Reflections
In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. (John 1:4)
How does a person receive LIGHT – which is the true knowledge of God in Christ JESUS? John says that the LIGHT is in His LIFE. Jesus is a Person who is both the LIGHT and the LIFE. He said so. Thus, BOTH are found in Him alone. Or, to put it another way, if Christ is in us, He is our life — but this is why it is then possible to grow to know Him — because He is likewise the personification of all light and Truth.
Paul used a phrase that captures Jesus as both light and life in the believer: He said, “I travail until Christ be FORMED in you.” (Gal. 4:19) In the original language, the phrase, “formed in you,” means, “to be inwardly realized and expressed.” That shows that if Christ is in us as our life that this is only the beginning of a life process — God then wants to bring us into a realization of Christ. But if that happens, the Christ who is our life will be made manifest to us — we will grow to know Him — and HE is THE LIGHT.
Resurrection life in Jesus Christ is not a static life. When we receive Christ we receive ALL that God has to give. But now we must discover and experience IN CHRIST what God has given in Him. Primary to this will be LIGHT — the light that is within the life — the Truth that is found in the Person. This is really how the Spirit of God, “guides us into all Truth.” Christ is formed in us and we come to know God in Christ.