EVENING SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 8/15/2024 8:06 PM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-1 “The
Nature of God”
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: 1 John 1:5
Message of the
verse: “5 This
is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light,
and in Him there is no darkness at all.”
The message, that was preached by
John and also the other apostles, was on that they heard from Him [Jesus] and announce
[d] to their audiences, for they did have many people that they spoke it
to. MacArthur adds “As God in human
flesh (1 John 1:1-4, 18; Titus 2:13; Heb. 1:8; 1 John 5:20; cf. John 4:26;
8:24, 28, 58; 18:5). Jesus Christ is the perfect source of revelation regarding
the nature and character of God. The
apostle earlier recorded Jesus’ statement, ‘God is spirit” (John 4:24); here in
his first letter he declared, God is Light and later affirms, ‘God is love’
(4:8).”
The following quote from MacArthur’s commentary is
very important for all of us to know and to understand as we move through this
first letter of John. “The description
of God as Light captures the essence of His nature and is foundational to the
rest of the epistle. However, unlike the
straightforward expression ‘God is spirit’ (meaning that God is immaterial in
form; compare John 4:24 with Luke 24:39) and ‘God is love’ (meaning that the
persons of the Trinity love one another and mankind; cf. 3:17; Titus 3:4), the
idea that God is Light (cf. Ps. 78:14; Isa. 60:19-20; John 1:9; 3:19; 8:12;
9:5; 12:46; Acts 9:3; Rev. 21:23) is more complex.”
Now after this statement “the idea
that God is Light” there are a number of verses that MacArthur says we can
compare it with and I think that it is important for us to now take a look at
these verses because of the importance of this truth that God is Light.
Ps. 78:14 Then He led them with
the cloud by day And all the night with a light of fire.
Isa. 60:19-20 “19 "No longer will you have the sun for
light by day, Nor for brightness will the moon give you light; But you will have the LORD for
an everlasting light, And your God for your glory. 20 “Your sun will no
longer set, Nor will your moon wane; For you will have the LORD for an
everlasting light, And the days of your mourning will be over.
John 1:9 “There was the true Light which, coming into the
world, enlightens every man.
John 3:19 “This is the judgment, that the Light has come
into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their
deeds were evil.
John 8:12 “Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I
am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but
will have the Light of life.’”
John 9:5 “"While I am in the world, I am the Light of
the world."
John 12:46 “"I have come as Light into the
world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.”
Acts 9:3 “As he was traveling, it happened that he was
approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him;”
Rev. 21:23 “And the city has no need of the sun or of the
moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is
the Lamb. 8/15/2024
8:32 PM
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