"He Brings Good Things to Light"

Scripture: "I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness." -John 12:46, NKJV

As a child growing up, I was always drawn to commercials or companies with catchy slogans or nice commercial development. There was one company who had a catchy slogan and it is one that I have captured in today's topic. The company who came up with the slogan was General Electric or as they are commonly known, GE. Their slogan was "GE, We Bring Good Things to Light". GE wanted you to know that their products would provide light or lighting to your home, office, or anywhere else. If we look at this thing on a spiritual level, there's someone who brings good things to light and that's our Heavenly Father through His Son Jesus Christ and the blessed Holy Spirit. Within today's text, it provides further proof that Jesus brings good things to light and also clarifies what/who these good things are.

Our main scripture for today is found in the Gospel account according to John. As we know, within the New Testament, there are four Gospel accounts: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The first three are known as the Synoptic Gospels. They are coined this way due to the fact they write in a similar fashion and managed to tell the same episodes of Jesus, but with a different twist. John writes his Gospel account, differently from his contemporaries, because he considers Jesus was already here without going through His genealogy. Within this particular chapter of John, it prepares for you for the death of Jesus Christ through His anointing of feet at Bethany, His triumphal entry on a donkey where the crowd yelled out Hosanna, the discussion of the fruitful grain of wheat, and His prediction of His death on the cross. Within this chapter as well, Jesus discusses how we should walk in the light.

As the text begins, Jesus tells us and those who are around that "I have come as a light into the world". In other words, He came to shed some light on the darkness and evil of the world at that time. If we really sit and think about it, Jesus was sitting on His throne in Heaven, watching everything that was going on the Earth and God checked the lineup of great men and women of God to see who could take on the sins of this world. He checked to see who could shed some light on some dark subjects. He checked to see who could turn one's midnight into day. As God looked around, He could not call on Moses, because he hit the rock twice instead of once, therefore, disobeying God. He could not call on Noah, because he was considered a drunk. He could not call on David because he was an adulterer. He could not call on Solomon, because Solomon had a thing with women, 700 wives and 300 concubines. After checking His awesome lineup of men and women, Jesus told His Father that He would come out of the bullpen and save the game, shed some light, and help this world get back on track. When we think about the light, it illuminates, it glows, it shows us things one cannot see in the dark, and in that regard, aren't you glad that Jesus is the light of the world? As the topic stated, He brings good things to light, and what are these things or who does He bring to light?

The text concludes with the answer to this question by stating "that whomever believes in Me should not abide in darkness". In other words, if you have a belief in your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, then you are the good thing He has brought to light. Jesus wanted you and I out of our respective darkness. The darkness of past hurts, He wants us out of that darkness! The darkness of financial troubles, He wants you out of that darkness! The darkness of marital problems, He wants you out of that darkness! The darkness of health issues, He wants you out of that darkness! He came to shed light on your dark spots, so through Him, you can do something about it! As you are in His light, you are illuminated that His light through you can illuminate others that are in darkness!

In closing, GE may have brought good things to light, but there's no light that shines brighter than Jesus Christ. He's there with you all the time. He visits you every day, as He sends His angels, to touch you with a finger of love, that you may walk in this dark world. The blessing is that you have been illuminated through His light! Aren't you glad about being the good thing that Jesus has brought to light? If you are, then let your light shine before men that your Father in Heaven may get the Glory!