Scripture to Read: John 1:4–5
Knowing Christ is God is essential to our faith. With all of the religions in the world claiming to be “a way” to God or “a way” to heaven or “a way” to escape eternal punishment, we know that Christ is “The Way” and that there is no other way. As God the Holy Spirit led John to write, we read in John 1:4–5, “In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” Christ is not “a way” to life, but Christ is Life (Colossians 3:4, John 11:25, Galatians 2:20). This means that acquiring life apart from Christ is impossible. When God’s Word says, “In Him was life,” God is making it clear that He is the only One with the power to give life. Both physical life and eternal life are what come through Christ alone. When God the Father, through Christ, created Adam, we read in Genesis 2:7, “Then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.” Life originates with our Creator, God Almighty, and knowing this as we read John 1:3, we understand that Christ is the one who provides life. Since Christ is life, we see that Christ is “the Light of men.” Light eliminates darkness, but apart from Christ, though physically alive, humans are all born spiritually dead—that’s why many did not “comprehend” Christ as God then and still now today.
Challenge & Application
• Since life is only possible through Christ, why do people search for life in so many other places, people, and things?
• Since Christ is Light, how do we shine brightly for Him each day so others see Him through us?
Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!