God is Light

1 John 1:5-7 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
 
WHEN John writes, “God is light.” we must understand he is defining light as a fundamental nature of God. When God initiated creation with, “Let there be light.” (Genesis 1:3) he did not create the sun and the moon at that point, but he established himself in the world. The good creation could begin when God became present over the formless void.
   John witnessed God, the Light of the World, unveiled in Jesus’ life. He heard Jesus proclaim, “I am the light of the world.” (John 8:12) to define himself as creator and sustainer of life. John saw God’s glorious light in the Transfiguration on the Mount where Jesus’ clothes became as white as light. (Matthew 17:2). John had watched darkness flee when Jesus rebuked disease, death and demonic darkness. John had witnessed the resurrection of Jairus’ daughter (Mark 3:35-40) and watched Lazarus walk from the tomb (John 11:44). He had seen Jesus’ empty tomb and stood in wonder as Jesus ascended into the heavens.
   Have you ever noticed the light when you open the door from a lighted room into a dark room? The light goes in, doesn’t it? The darkness cannot come out. It cannot get into the light.
   That’s how it is with the gospel. The Good News of Jesus’ salvation through the forgiveness of sins cannot be stopped by the darkness. The gospel is the direct representation of God into the world. Notice how persistent the gospel has been. Twelve apostles opened the door of the gospel light into a dark world. Through the centuries the gospel has overcome all types of dark elements of the human heart that have attempted to dim and douse the Light from the world. But Hell has not and cannot prevail against the light because God is Light. He is the good news of salvation. He is eternal life for the forgiveness of sins. He is the light who reveals our sins and shows us the way to repentance. Jesus lights our pathway on the way of righteousness.
   When we live in God’s light we will  have fellowship with one another. Remember this is spiritual and eternal connection to all in the church and to God. This is the great promise and hope of the Gospel Light. In Jesus there is only light.