Rejection of the Light

• ^{9, 10} The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
  • John 15:18, 19, 25
• ¹¹ He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 
  • John 5:45–47

Reception of the Light

• ¹² But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
  • 1 John 3:1
• ¹³ who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
  • John 3:5–8

Glory and Grace of the Light 

• ¹⁴ And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 
• ^{16, 17} For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
  • John 6:30–33

So What?

• It is only through the light of Jesus Christ that we can see God.
  • John 1:18