- Light of the Knowledge of God
2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
We have the promise of the light of the knowledge of the glory of God. God gave this to us; God is shining in our hearts; the very light of God is shining in our hearts in the face of Jesus Christ. The face of Christ is the presence of Jesus (God). This is where we are; this is who we are. We are in the very presence of God and of His Glory. We are the light-bearers of the glory of God on the dark earth.Each of us is one of billions of points of light shining like stars in a dark world.
God created all things by His Word: He said something, and it came into existence. The first thing God created (or commanded) was light. In the midst of darkness and chaos God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light, pushing back all the darkness. Then, in the awesome power of light, God created a bright and beautiful universe, placed an earth in it, and specially created humans to live on it.
The humans were plunged into darkness by Sin, but God commanded again and the Light of the World shined out of the darkness of Sin and Death. The Light entered the darkness and pushed it away, forgiving Sin and granting Life. The Light was the Life of men, forgiven and righteous men. The darkness could not overcome the light; death cannot overcome life; sin cannot overcome grace; evil cannot overcome good. This promise, which we cannot see, is visible to our minds when we picture how light shines in the darkness; this we can understand. It is precisely this that happens in our own spirits when the light of Christ shines into the darkness of our souls. Faith in the Gospel has that kind of power. When we believe the gospel the Light shines in the darkness of the Sin and Death that is in us. The darkness loses; the light wins.It shines with the knowledge of the glory of God. All we can say is: “I’m gonna let it shine!”