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The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

In the bible Jesus is described as the light that has come into the world, however we are also described as lights. Why is light important? It is important because without it we can not see, when Jesus is described as light it is referring to Him as the Logos, or the word of God (John 1:1 NIV) Jesus as the word of God gives light to mankind through his life, death, and resurrection and the bible promises that those who become born again by believing on His name, will have eternal life. The reason why he is refereed to as the word of God is because his nature is truth, and Jesus in his incarnation on earth was full of grace and truth, (John 1:14 NIV) "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." Jesus can be referred to as the word of God because he was sinless, (1 John 3:5 NIV) "But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin." Jesus is not just a person to look up to, we look up to Jesus because he takes away or forgives our sins. 

We all have a sin problem, from the garden of Eden when Adam and Even fell, their sin spread to all mankind. Even those of us who weren't born yet were infected with a sin nature or an inclination to sin. Part of understanding the gospel is realizing that all of human kind are sinners. If we fail to see that we have sinned, we will fail to legitimately see that we need a Saviour, (Romans 3:23 NIV) "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God," and (1 Corinthians 15:22 NIV) "For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive." So at this point, it is not a matter of mental assent to a proposition, Christ's death was a reality, what is needed now is faith. Part of the misdirection in the century that we live in is the misapplication of faith in God's salvation plan. Faith is the key that opens the door to eternal life, and the cross is the means of that faith. To have faith in God's salvation plan, you must recognize that you are a sinner, and you must change your mind about your sin, (That is called repentance!) When we agree with God about our sin, we are repenting.

The next step is to believe the gospel. It doesn't have to be confusing, simply put Jesus died for you and me on a cross so our sins could be forgiven, and he rose from the grave by the power of  
God on the third day. He spent three days dead, and then rose bodily and then was eventually ascended to Heaven, where he is now interceding for the saints, (Romans 8:34 NIV) "Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us." Place your faith in the gospel the bible teaches and you will be saved, now and for eternity. This is Mike. 
 

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