John 1:3-5 is the text this morning.

3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

Only God can create, Genesis 1:1 tells us that and John tells us that Jesus was the one through whom all things were created, thus making Him not of this creation, no matter what the cults say.

The next 2 verses are enormous in their implication. (as though verse 3 wasn't?) Verse 4 tells us that He embodies Light and Life. Since He is the possessor of "life" in the eternal sense, and "light" as in making things pertaining to the eternal life knowable, He is then able to make them available to all who ask.

Verse 5 tells us that darkness hides these things from man's eyes. Why? How? When we get to John 3 Jesus tells Nicodemus that men loved darkness and so they are blinded from coming to Jesus and having that darkness lifted to see all things and let life in.

We will examine these verses and do so in light of what Jesus says on these matters, from elsewhere in John's Gospel.