John 9:3-5 … Born for Revelation (11/08/16)
“We are born blind so that God’s Works might be revealed through us. We must Do the Works of Him who sent us while it is day … As long as we are in the world, we are the Light of the world.” ~ Jesus (John 9:3-5)
Quite importantly, note that even though most translations of this passage have Jesus saying “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world”, the ancient Greek actually shows him to more likely say something akin to, “While I very well might be of this world, the Light that I am is [definitely] of this world.”
And please note as well that Jesus does not say here that he is the only embodiment of that Light. Rather, as John 14:20-26 & John 12:44-47 make quite clear, Jesus believed that we are all innately “the Light of the World”; that as long as we are alive in human form, we can all embody the Light of God in those moments we choose to act accordingly – in those moments we choose to Care for those most in need of the same.
Indeed, this is how we fulfill the “Will of God” in our lives – this is how “God’s works (which are always reflections of perfect, selfless Love – a la Matthew 5:48 + 1 John 4 et al) are revealed through us.”
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