John 9:5

“Every day I remain on this dim and dingy planet, I will continue to be the light that shines in the dark.”  John 9:5 EFP 

Jesus continues to focus on the reason he was sent to earth. The scene has shifted away from the “fallen” woman who has been given her life back to the sad state of the blind man who has lived his entire life in darkness. The religious leaders were witnesses to the rays of hope granted the condemned woman, but they refused to recognize the moment. They continue to live in spiritual darkness.

But now Jesus is using this specific man as an example of the darkness that those who reject him have willingly chosen. But Jesus’ mission in coming to the world is to bring light—light that exposes hypocrisy but also the light that brings hope and forgiveness to all those who ask. The very same John makes a very telling declaration in his first epistle, chapter 1, verse 5. He says, “This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.”

It is impossible for light to be darkness. When light becomes darkness, it is no longer light. The opposite is also true. Being the “Light of the World” is not only what he does; it is who He is! He cannot be something that he is not. He is light. He is life. He is every good and perfect gift from God wrapped up in one extraordinary man. Sadly, John makes reference to those, who having seen the light have chosen to remain in darkness (John 3:19). Life is better in the light, even when the sun does not shine.