Life Light And Hope In Jesus

LIGHT LIFE & HOPE IN JESUS

Many years ago my wife and I visited some caves in Somerset (UK). We went down quite deep until no daylight coud reach that far down. Thankfully, there were electric lights to show off the beauty of the rock formations and the underground lake. Just to ilustrate the darkness of the caves to this party of visitors, after a warning, the guide switched off all the lights. Suddenly all vision was gone, I became totally disorientated, in total darkness I had feelings of isolation, loss, fear and hopelessness! Then a child shouted, "Turn the lights on". As soon as light returned there was relief - all of us felt safer and alive again as we continued on with rhe guided tour.

What a difference the light makes!

Let's read a passage that tells of real light and real life. 1 John ch.1

My text today is John 8v12 "When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said: "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but have the light of life".

Without light we struggle in darkness, gloom, shadows, and unclear vision.

We can't see what's ahead of us, we've no idea if our next step will be secure or lead us to fall down.

But when the lights come on - all is revealed to our senses.

In our spiritual sense, it's Jesus who will give us that new light which illumines our way forward and brings clear vision of the kingdom of God.

In spiritual considerations, for most people, the relevance of Jesus Christ to their lives seems unreal, appears as foolishness. They're unable to understand such things, they have no spiritual vision and no true illumination.

No surprise - the Bible tells us it's so: 1 Cor 2v14 "The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned."

Friends, we all need illumination. Natural light to see in the physical world; spiritual light to energise the spiritual part of our beings.

For half my life I had only the natural light to live by and had no idea about spiritual matters. Indeed, they were foolishness to my natural intellect. Then one day, by His Holy Spirit, God broke into my life and flooded me with spiritual illumination. As a result, I turned to Jesus. It was a spiritual dawn for me, a spiritual awakening. It changed my life forever!

I had a new light, a new life and a new hope; and I've still got it today; it can never be taken away from me.

Most people are still living in spiritual darkness; they've got no true light; no real life; no lasting hope.

Here's the good news 2 Cor 4v6: "For God who said: "Let light shine out of darkness", made his light shine in our hearts, to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ."

Today the Holy Spirit is shining a new light into your heart. Just be open to let the light of Jesus penetrate into your innermost being and illumine your soul. In Jesus you will exxperience a whole new dimension to your life; you can have that new spiritual life right now!

Jesus Christ has something wonderful for you: John 10v10 tells you what it is:-

"I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."

Whatever life you've got in your physical body; Jesus is offering you a new abundant life through your spiritual being.

Jesus is the only source of real true spiritual life that wil last forever:

1 John 5v12-13: "He who has the Son has life; and he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life."

Receiving the Light of the Lord Jesus Christ into your innermost being, means that your mind and spirit are illuminated and energised from foolishness and darkness into Godly wisdom and spiritual understanding. All you have to do is open yourself to receive this new dimension into your life.

Then you can have new life, abundant spiritual life by believing in Jesus Christ as being God come to earth in a human form.

All you have to do is to agree with what the Bible says about Jesus and receive him as your Saviour and Lord:

John 3v16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish, but have eternal life."