1/3/2003 John 1:4-5 [NIV]

 

1/3/2003 John 1:4-5 [NIV]

"In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome [did not comprehend] it."

“Does not compute”. This familiar term describes a computer’s inability to make sense of input given it and leads to a breakdown in its ability to process information. This verse in the Gospel of John describes how light shines in darkness and there is nothing darkness can do about it. Neither darkness nor Evil has the ability to overcome the light of God.

Evil can only overcome good when our good confronts it on evil’s terms. “Good” people cannot fight evil apart from God, because only God is Good and Light. This explains why all the best human intentions that exclude God will go sideways and end up doing more harm than good. Political revolutions intended to correct evil almost always end up producing more evil. Social justice interventions based on compassion like ‘harm reduction’ increase and trap people in addictions without hope of recovery.

We live in a world of darkness and to us, darkness is very real. To many, it is more real than God, who is Light. But the world we live in will someday pass away and we will continue to live on. God came into this world to be a sacrificial lamb for our sin and give us eternal life because we could do nothing about the darkness in our lives.

But evil can never have the final word. Light and life have no end and can never be defeated. Those who die clinging to that truth and that hope, are immortal.

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