The Glory of Christ as Light

It is very sad to see how great the spiritual blindness was, of so many of the Jewish people at this time of Christ's going to the cross. Those people who were standing around, listening to Jesus say these things, are a good example of what the majority of the people of Israel were like in those days. When Jesus made this profound statement of how He would, by means of His going to the cross, draw all peoples to Himself, they immediately piped up and said – We have heard from the law that the Christ is to remain forever. They were implying that if those statements in the law which they were thinking of, were true, then how could He say that He was the Son of Man, the One who would have to die?
Who is this Son of Man, they asked? Now, I hope that you can see that they wanted Jesus to tell them plainly that He was the Christ. They wanted Him to explain to them why, if He was indeed the Christ, that He had to die. But you will notice, that in response to their questions, Jesus does not give them the answers that they wanted to hear. Instead He gave them 3 truths about Himself and spiritual light. He knew that they had already seen enough of His miracles and heard enough of His teaching, to be able to conclude that He was the Christ. And so, He gave them these truths, which He knew, if they believed them, they would find eternal life.
These truths are also very pertinent to us today. Let me give them to you now. 1st 0f all – The truth that the light is with you. 2nd – The truth that you should walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. 3rd – The truth that while you have the light, you should become sons of the light.