As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When he had said this, he spat on the ground and made mud with the saliva and spread the mud on the man’s eyes, saying to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). Then he went and washed and came back able to see. (John 9:1-7, NRSV)
I love reading the Bible. Because passages I think I know, when I take the time to reread them, hit me in a totally new way. This just shows me that the Bible is living and allows me to see the world through God’s eyes.
Here I read, “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
Jesus told the disciples as long as I am in the world…
Well we know that Jesus died, and He descended to the dead, and then He rose again, and ascended. So is Jesus still in the world?
Is the light still in the world?
I hope you are saying Yes, because that is the correct answer!
Jesus is still in the world. Beyond the promises He made to always be with us, so wherever we are, He is.
We can see in these verses His light living on. He made a man who was blind from birth able to see, and showed the disciples that sin does not cause abnormalities. We are made they way we are so God’s glory may be shown through all of us.
So go and shine, and let the world see the light of Jesus!
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