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have all made bad decisions at some point in our lives. Why were the decisions bad? Usually bad decisions occur
because the information that we had was wrong or incomplete. The difference between bad and good information
is like the difference between darkness and light. During the time that the Apostle John wrote the gospel of
John under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, most of the Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, and others were in the dark.
They worshipped Jupiter, Isis, Zeus, Baal, and other gods. They served and worshipped gods that were not gods
at all. The were really in the dark - spiritual darkness. What they had been taught all of their lives, what
they had believed, and what they hoped for was wrong and empty. They were in darkness, and so were the Jews.The Light. In the opening verses of the gospel of John, the apostle declared
that the Word or LOGOS was the eternal God who made the world. There was no other god who created anything.
The LOGOS was the only one who created anything. The LOGOS existed before the beginning began. But the most
amazing statement that John made was that the LOGOS had life in Himself. That is, He existed on His own and
by Himself. He was self-existing.
When we come to the last part of verses 4-5 we discover that the LOGOS is also the Light of
men.
In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. (NASB) John 1:4-5 This Light shines in the darkness. The Greek word translated as “darkness” has the idea of a
total and utter darkness. That means this darkness was the darkest dark. Darkness cannot get any darker than
this darkness. Our English text also misses the meaning of the phrase ”comprehend.” The Greek word
translated as “comprehend” really has the idea of “overtake, eclipse, overpower, or pounce
on.” So if we put it all together the Holy Spirit is saying that spiritual darkness is not able to suppress,
extinguish, eclipse, or illuminate the Light. That is, the darkness rejected the Light and tried to put out
the Light. It attempted to suppress the Light, but it was not successful. It could not turn-off the Light.
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