Agnostics Cannot Understand Christ For The Same Reason A Thief Can’t Find A Policeman—They Don’t Want To.
There is a better translation of John 1:5, “the light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it.” The point is that all the darkness in hell cannot put out the light of Jesus Christ.
When he was born, the light of the star guided the wise men. When he was dedicated, Simeon prophesied that he would be a light to the Gentiles.
When he spoke, the light of his word terrified the religious world. When you really turn on the light of God’s word, the people in your church who will run the quickest are the religious people, not the saved and sanctified.
When he prayed, the devil and his demons trembled in the glow of hid presence. When he rose from the grave there was an explosion of light that knocked the Roman guards to the ground.
When he returns to earth, the entire world shall see him as lightning shining from east to west. That’s a wonderful prophecy found in Matthew 24:27, “For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
Do you know how weather forecasters can tell when a thunderstorm is going to end? When the lightning flashes from the east to the west. That’s how Jesus will return to the earth, like lightning bolts flashing to indicate the end of the storm.
When he sits on his throne in the New Jerusalem there will be no need for the sun or the moon, “for…the Lamb is the light thereof” Revelation 21:23.
He died in total darkness, but he will rule in the city where the Lamb is the light. Hell cannot put out the light, and hell cannot put the church out of business.
A television commentator asked me, “Preacher, are you afraid that the church is going into a postChristian era?” I replied, “If it is, it’s the church’s fault, because the light of God has never diminished from the moment Jesus was born in Bethlehem’s manger.”
Source: Turn On The Light
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