A week ago we began reading the Gospel of John and right away read that Jesus was the light of all mankind. That was what John wrote about the Saviour. Now, in John chapter 8, Jesus tells us that He is the Light of the world. He is that light which shines brightly and purely, showing all the darkness, all the sin that has spread throughout the world. His bright light illuminates us and shows us our own sin, and like the people in this chapter we don’t like to think about our own sinfulness. It is human nature to want to hold on to the thought that there is some goodness within us, something which makes us worthy of God’s favour, of forgiveness and heaven.
The religious people were quick to condemn the woman caught in adultery. Like them, we too are quick to condemn others, quick to point out their sin and failings, yet so slow to see our own faults, failures and sin. It is so easy to gloss over our own sin and cry out against the sin we see in others and in society. We are human, sinful, and this passage surely points that out. In the glare of the one true Light our own sin is revealed. But praise God He has sent the liberator, the Son who sets us free, the only way to God, the great “I AM.” Jesus, the light of life.
Gary
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