BIBLE LESSON 1

TYPES AND METAPHORES

 

LIGHT

Genesis 1:1-5

 

INTRODUCTION:

 

  1. How important is light?
  2. Imagine what the world would be like if there were no light
    1. Would you need eyes?
    2. Would there be such a thing as beauty?
    3. Would anything grow?

 

LESSON:   How the Lord Jesus Christ is compared to light?

 

  1. Light is something that is distinct from darkness, vv. 2 and 3.  God is light and in him is NO darkness at all, I John 1:5.  See where the Lord Jesus Christ is called THE LIGHT in John 1:4,5.
  2. Light is something that makes seeing possible.  Even as God commanded the light to shine out of darkness, v. 3, the first thing made out of chaos, so regeneration is the first work of God in the darkness of sinners hearts that God works to give life and the knowledge of Christ, Ephesians 4:18; 2 Corinthians 4:6. 
  3. Light is not something easy to explain.  We can describe what it does better than what it is.  So it is with God, Christ, and eternal things.  They are mysteries that are revealed in the Word, that God has caused to shine, but without eyes, no one will see them.  The Word is the light, the eyes to see are God’s work of grace producing faith, Luke 8:10
  4. The light of day or morning shines in different parts of the world at different times by God’s decree. When it is light in one place it is dark in others.  God in his sovereignty works in different hearts at different times according to His purpose and will, revealing Christ in some and passing by others, Isaiah 60: 1,2
    1. Darkness in Egypt and light in the dwellings in Israel- Exodus 10:21-23
    2. The conversion of Saul of Tarsus- Acts 9:7 with Acts 22:9-16
  5. Light is the source of life and essential not only to sight, but heat and comfort.  All natural and spiritual life is from Him, John 1:4, 8:12 with Colossians 1:12-18

 

APPLICATION:

 

1.      Think about the difference between the lights that men produce vs. the Lord Jesus as light.  Men’s act of religion and “good works” can in no way compare to the work of God’s grace in Christ.

  1. Consider different ways that light protects and keeps you from danger.  If we walk in the light (the truth as it is in Christ) we will see the path, even though encumbered with many thorns and briars along the way.  God by grace in Christ dwells in His children and is their light of reason and wisdom.
  2. Just as all living plants grow toward the light, so the true children of God ever turn to the light of God’s Word, finding their joy, peace, and hope in Christ the WORD.