Jesus the true light

John 1:9-13

http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Jhn&c=1&v=9&t=NASB#9 

Jesus was the true light that came to enlighten man. He came to show man who God is and what true faith really is. He was the WORD come to life.God was no longer just speaking through the written word, he was speaking through the Living Word.

When verse 10 says that He was in the world, it is saying God Himself was in the world. Yet those he created, those that He made to be His  people did not recognize their creator. He was not accepted by His own people.

Remember Jesus went to the Jews first, His own people. But they did not see Him for who He was.  John is saying this to point to the fact that in his account of Jesus he will show his readers who Jesus is.

He does show in verses 12 and 13 that some did believe Jesus was who He said He was. And by the will of God were given the right to become children of God. When John writes these verses he is setting the stage for his readers to see that there is still hope in Jesus. If after reading his account they believe in Jesus and what He has done for them they too can become children of God.

But we are still in the introductory stage of John's gospel there is still so much more to come proving who Jesus is. We will go through the whole gospel; to get the full understanding of why Jesus came to earth, what He did and why we need to believe in Him and all of His teachings.

In Him!