Source of All Light
Then spake
Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth
me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. John 8:12.
Jesus of
Nazareth declared Himself the Light of the world. What think ye of Him? What
position does He occupy among the world's religious teachers? Hundreds, yes
thousands, of men are recognized as having been great thinkers, men who
speculated, who published their theories, and charmed the minds of many with
their intellectual and moral attainments. These so-called great men who have
left to the world the productions of their life of thought have been ranked as
the wisest men the world has ever known. But these cannot compare with Christ.
There was a revelation before man's productions were brought forth. His finite
knowledge is but the result of beholding the wondrous things that have been
shining in our world contained in the teachings of Christ, the greatest of all
teachers. Whatever great ideas man may have evolved have come through Christ.
Every precious gem of thought every flash of the intellect, is revealed by the
Light of the world. . . .
Christ makes no
apology when He declares, "I am the light of the world." He was, in
life and teaching, the gospel, the foundation of all pure doctrine. Just as the
sun compares with the lesser lights in the heavens, so did Christ, the Source
of light, compare with the teachers of His day. He was before them all, and
shining with the brightness of the sun, He diffused His penetrating, gladdening
rays throughout the world. . . .
Measured by
finite minds, men are called learned and great, but with all their boasted
wisdom, their science and learning, they cannot thus know God, and Jesus Christ
whom He has sent. . . . No man who has ever lived, or who ever will live, can
claim to be the infallible guide, the supreme revealer of truth. Men may seek
to reach the highest standard in learning, but there is One, "a teacher
sent from God," who still stands higher than they. No human teacher can
equal Him.
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