John 8:25-26

Day and night are indeed both the same to the blind are they not? Refusing to believe Jesus’ Words, the Pharisees - perhaps even sarcastically - pose the question to our Savior: “Who are you?” Jesus had already made it abundantly clear who He was– always teaching the same message – never veering from the Truth. You do not find Him changing His teaching to pander the crowds or simply to blend with them and give them what their itching ears longed to hear. This is a good lesson for us all. Truth is Truth and does not change with the audience, it remains ever the Truth – it is neither relative nor subjective. John the Baptist speaks of Jesus in the following way earlier in the gospel of John:

31 "The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32 He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33 The man who has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. 34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. 36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him." John 3:31-36 (NIV)

Paul attests to the supremacy of Christ in Colossians by giving us the following detailed description of our Lord:

15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. 19 For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, 20 and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross. Col 1:15-20 (NIV)

Unfortunately most men prefer remaining in the darkness, refusing to change – desirous of their temporal evil deeds over the Savior. Jesus confirms this Truth with the following Words:

19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." John 3:19-21 (NIV)

Darkness hides – our no ultimate meaning of life, our no worthy motivations, and our no adequate goals. No matter what glamorous deluded slant we want to place on this choice, if we remain in the darkness, Scripture says we lie and do not live by the Truth:

5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 1 John 1:5-7 (NIV)

Refusing to turn from worthless ways, one will continue to wallow and wander in the walk of darkness fearful of the Light exposing their deeds for what they truly are. Simply put, choosing to love darkness rather than choosing to love God. Interestingly, Jesus tells us here that God is reliable the word meaning without anything to hide, true, real and authentic. In Him there is no darkness at all – Truth never need hide behind the cloak of darkness.

I am led to close with these verses from Ecclesiastes penned by Solomon which provide a contrast to those who remain alienated from God by choosing to live in the darkness of their ways – demonstrating and emphasizing as well, that the enjoyment of life is a gift from God the Father:

18 Then I realized that it is good and proper for a man to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in his toilsome labor under the sun during the few days of life God has given him--for this is his lot. 19 Moreover, when God gives any man wealth and possessions, and enables him to enjoy them, to accept his lot and be happy in his work--this is a gift of God. 20 He seldom reflects on the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with gladness of heart. Eccl 5:18-20 (NIV)