Posts Tagged ‘Declarations of Jesus’ Identity Can Be Found Throughout the Gospel of John. Jesus Is the Light of the World’

Daily Devotional: John 1:9,11-12 9 The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God Declarations of Jesus’ identity can be found throughout the Gospel of John. Jesus is the light of the world, according to one of these declarations. The darkness represents ignorance and uncertainty. Light is clarity, revealing things for what they truly are. Verse 9 states unequivocally that everyone who enters the world is given light. Nobody dies without receiving a revelation of the light. John then goes on to describe the various reactions to the light that shines on everyone. The first is from…