Light From The Beginning
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What made God create all things from nothing, bring order out of chaos, and light out of darkness?
God has always existed and is fully complete, and yet, God desired to create all things that we know, enjoy, and appreciate. Jesus was with God in the beginning and he is the beginning of everything. God created everything by his Word—through Jesus.
In Jesus is light and life. God has brought light into darkness. Jesus shines his light into this dark world and this world’s darkness will never overcome his light.
The Apostle John wrote, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:1-5, ESV).
Jesus is the Word of God and the light of life. Through Jesus we are created, we are ordered out of our chaos, and we have his light shining in our darkness. In Jesus we have the light of God, which will never be overcome by evil and darkness. In Jesus we have the light that was from the very beginning.
May we experience Jesus—the light of life—the Word of God—and experience God’s perfect light and life in our lives.
In Christ alone, Robbie
A Collect For The First Sunday Of Christmas: “Almighty God, you have poured upon us the new light of your incarnate Word: Grant that this light, kindled in our hearts, may shine forth in our lives; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).
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