John 1: The True Light

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.  In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.

He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— John 1:4-10 NIV

Anyone who professes to be a Christian should memorize these words for they are the entirety of the gospel, from creation to the present time.  Jesus is God.  He was with God at the beginning of time. Man had such difficulty believing and keeping true to God, that he came in person to show himself to his creation.  Even when God appeared in the flesh, creation did not accept him and does not to this day. 

Some of us, though, have received him, some of us have become the children of God.  Imagine that, we are the children of God.  Even if the world does not receive the gospel, even if the world does not receive us, it does not change the truth.  There was a beginning and one day there will be an end.  Those who have accepted this message are now witnesses to the light, the true light, the provision of light for everyone who has ever been born.