Bible Verse of the Day Wednesday June 15th, 2022

 John 1:10  He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.

Jesus stepped into the world that He had created, and the world did not realize He was God in the flesh. The world spoken of in this verse is not the ground, trees, and physical elements; it refers to the people of the world. The primary usage of the word "world" throughout John's gospel is humans. Christ Jesus was God that became a human being who dwelled on the earth (John 1:14). We could say that the world (the People) did not recognize its creator. There has never been a human being on this earth that God failed to reveal Himself to (Romans 1:18). However, unbelievers reject the revelation from God and go so far as to suppress it. It is a sad situation in human depravity because it denies the love of a creator that wants all people to come to Christ Jesus (1 Timothy 2:4) and know eternal life. The opposite of eternal life is death; there is nothing between life and death; we either have eternal life or eternal death.

No one has ever been born or will ever live on this earth that God does not desire to know salvation and eternal life. God brings about the grace that goes before the decisions of humans. God's grace is there for all to reach out and take before accepting Christ, no matter what has occurred in one's life. The notion that there might be someone that has never heard of Christ Jesus is false. God has shown Himself through nature from the world's creation (Romans1:19-20).

Christ Jesus is the one true light that shines into the world, there have been humans that thought they were the light, but they were only flickers. Jesus brought a divine illumination that drives out the darkness of sin and unbelief to the world. We cannot attain eternal life through the false light of a human being; it can only come through Jesus. His sacrifice on the Cross of Calvary is the only escape from eternal death and darkness.   Many reject the light and refuse to enter it (John 3:19-21). These lost souls will live this life and the life to come in darkness because they refused to accept Christ Jesus as their Lord and Savior. The saddest part is some prefer the darkness of the world over the light of Christ Jesus (John 8:12; 9:5).