Why did God use water and light to symbolize the word of life?
Plants and animals cannot survive without both water and light. Water and light are the sources of life for all living things, but according to Jn 1:3, God created all things through the word. It says nothing that has been made was made without the word of God. God is the creator of all things and God is the word (Jn 1:1). This is why the one true God, who is a spirit, is the Lord of all creation (Gn 1; Jn 4:24). This all comes together and makes sense when we remember that the Bible also refers to God’s word as water (Am 8:11-13) and light (Jn 1:4).
Just as flesh cannot live without water and light, men cannot live without God because he is life (Jn 1:4). God used water and light to symbolize his words of life to let people know that his words provide life to human souls (Dt 32:1-2; Is 55:1-3; Am 8:11; Jn 1:1-4).
How can we receive God who is water and light?
Jn 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Therefore, we can accept God into our hearts by receiving his words of life (Heb 8:10). God also compared his words of life to his seed (Lk 8:11). This means people who are born again of his seed by receiving his words become gods themselves (Jn 10:35; Acts 17:29). The same idea can also be expressed in terms of the light. God is with those who chose to come into the light that represents the word of life. God cannot dwell with us if the word that was there in the beginning is not hidden away in our hearts. It is only when we have the word that God can dwell within us (Jn 3:31-34).
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I cannot survive without God's words
ReplyDeleteThat is water and the light
You can’t always tell from appearance.
ReplyDeleteThe Word was God. God was the Word. Without God nothing else could exist.
ReplyDeleteJohn 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.” Amen.
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ReplyDeleteWater and indispensable to our lives as if it is the root of life, light and airy, light and air and water and in the spirit of our Creator God gave us the true truth the truth we indeed have life, and indeedget hope Thank you.
ReplyDeleteThank you shinchonji
ReplyDeleteThank you by the word of God's truth.
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