1 John 1:1-10
The Incarnation of the Word
1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We write this to make our joy complete.
5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.
8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.
John 8:12-20
Jesus is the Light
12 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 will have the light of life.”
13 The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid.”
14 Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going. 15 You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one. 16 But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me. 17 In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true. 18 I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”
19 Then they asked him, “Where is your father?”
“You do not know me or my Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” 20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.
St. John writes that Both God and Jesus are the Light...
God created the Light...And in these verses St. John wrote that God is Light...When Jesus walked the earth, He always showed that He was Light, and not the darkness...His Light testified to God, testified to the Truth, and testified to eternal life...His Light always shines forth...And Jesus said that He is the Light of this world...The Light is Good, and the Light is LOVE...
God and Jesus give us the Light and Goodness of the world...Their Light give us the Spiritual Light to see the Truth...The Light shows us those things in the darkness...The Light shows us who we really are...There is no darkness in either of them...God's word is the Light for our path in our lives, it is a Light for our feet to follow, and the good path for us to take...Darkness is an opposing force to the Light...We are to follow this path of Light...God wants us to confess our sins and walk in this Lighted Path, because we do sin...If we say that we believe in Jesus and His Father and yet walk in the darkness and in evil and sin, we lie and do not live out the Truth and Spiritual Light that They behold...But if we walk in the Light, as They are the Light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, God's Son, is then our Savior and purifies us from all sin...