Read
John 12:36-50 (NLT)
Put your trust in the light while there is still time; then you will become children of the light.”
After saying these things, Jesus went away and was hidden from them.
But despite all the miraculous signs Jesus had done, most of the people still did not believe in him. This is exactly what Isaiah the prophet had predicted:
“Lord, who has believed our message?
To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm?”
But the people couldn’t believe, for as Isaiah also said,
“The Lord has blinded their eyes
and hardened their hearts—
so that their eyes cannot see,
and their hearts cannot understand,
and they cannot turn to me
and have me heal them.”
Isaiah was referring to Jesus when he said this, because he saw the future and spoke of the Messiah’s glory. Many people did believe in him, however, including some of the Jewish leaders. But they wouldn’t admit it for fear that the Pharisees would expel them from the synagogue. For they loved human praise more than the praise of God.
Jesus shouted to the crowds, “If you trust me, you are trusting not only me, but also God who sent me. For when you see me, you are seeing the one who sent me. I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the dark. I will not judge those who hear me but don’t obey me, for I have come to save the world and not to judge it. But all who reject me and my message will be judged on the day of judgment by the truth I have spoken. I don’t speak on my own authority. The Father who sent me has commanded me what to say and how to say it. And I know his commands lead to eternal life; so I say whatever the Father tells me to say.”
Jesus Storybook Bible:
The Light of the Whole World (p.184)
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Meditate
I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the dark. (John 12:46)
Pray
Lord Jesus, you are the light of the World. You have shone in our hearts the light of salvation and given us your own life. Through the cross you have made us children of light. Forgive us for following after the opinions of the world and not trusting in your Word. Thank you for being faithful, even when we are faithless. Enable us by the Spirit to shine as lights in the midst of this dark and twisted generation. In your name we pray. Amen.
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The Light
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