Life is one of the repeated themes of John. We also find the link between light and life in Psalm 36:9:
For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light we see light.
Life comes from Christ. As soon as we try and live without God we cut ourselves off from the source of life. It is like a laptop computer that refuses to plug into the mains. It will seem to function as normal for a while, but then it will start to lose power and eventually die. So it is with the human race.
The life of Christ is light for all people. Look at society and consider what is still good. It all emanates from God. We see this most clearly in the West where our legal and social systems had Christian roots. Of course this wasn’t perfect, but there was a Christian heritage in there. These foundations have helped to make our societies stable. Yet now we are abandoning these foundations as quickly as we can, not just saying that we don’t need them, but positively rejecting anything linked to Christianity. Indeed it is almost a crime (and sometimes actually is a crime) to hold to Biblical teaching on certain matters, such as homosexuality.
The good news is that if we repent and return to Christ then we will rediscover the source of life and the light in our life will return. And there is no darkness that it cannot banish, but that is straying into the next verse.
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