The Life Of God

In him was life; and the life was the light of men. John 1:4 ​

The light shines in the darkness; and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:5​

The
light of the Word, Christ, shines in the darkness of men's hearts, but men do not understand that it is Christ, gently and anonymously reasoning with them, attempting to reprove them for their evil ways; and because men do not want to give up their evil ways, they deny what the light shows them to be true, or cast the reproof aside. ​

The scriptures only testify to Jesus, the source of the life of God- Christ, which life is Jesus, who is eternal life.
Scriptures are not alive; they are dead. There is no life to be obtained from studying the scriptures.
Only the Spirit of Christ is alive, and only the Spirit can impart the new life of God.
The life of God, imparted only from the Spirit, must be obtained while on earth, and is everlasting.
The life of God is not getting dressed up in your best clothes, singing, praying, and reading the Bible.
The life of God is to have the Spirit of Jesus Christ guiding your every word and deed, making everything you do and say, perfectly virtuous. The life of God is to be restored in God's image of true righteousness and holiness, which image is Jesus Christ being within you in sufficient measure to be your true, controlling Lord.

All men have a small measure of the light (Christ) that shines in the darkness within them to expose the evil in their hearts. Jesus, is the true Light who enlightens every man. The light is in us all; we must believe its pleadings with us to be true, and believe the Light to be the Son of God: believe in the light, that you may become the children of light. John 12:36. God is light. 1 John 1:5. It is not enough to believe there is a light; you must believe what the light shows you to be true.

 

[Emmanuelle]

We just praise Jesus for the light He has shown to all of us. We are the children of light only if we do not sin and walk in the path God has set for us.