Source of All Light

[Thompson, Darryl]

Source of All Light 

     Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the
world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have
the light of life. John 8:12.  

     Jesus of Nazareth declared Himself the Light of the world. What
think ye of Him? What position does He occupy among the world's
religious teachers? Hundreds, yes thousands, of men are recognized as
having been great thinkers, men who speculated, who published their
theories, and charmed the minds of many with their intellectual and
moral attainments. These so-called great men who have left to the world
the productions of their life of thought have been ranked as the wisest
men the world has ever known. But these cannot compare with Christ.
There was a revelation before man's productions were brought forth. His
finite knowledge is but the result of beholding the wondrous things that
have been shining in our world contained in the teachings of Christ, the
greatest of all teachers. Whatever great ideas man may have evolved have
come through Christ. Every precious gem of thought every flash of the
intellect, is revealed by the Light of the world. . . .  

     Christ makes no apology when He declares, "I am the light of the
world." He was, in life and teaching, the gospel, the foundation of all
pure doctrine. Just as the sun compares with the lesser lights in the
heavens, so did Christ, the Source of light, compare with the teachers
of His day. He was before them all, and shining with the brightness of
the sun, He diffused His penetrating, gladdening rays throughout the
world. . . .  

     Measured by finite minds, men are called learned and great, but
with all their boasted wisdom, their science and learning, they cannot
thus know God, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent. . . . No man who has
ever lived, or who ever will live, can claim to be the infallible guide,
the supreme revealer of truth. Men may seek to reach the highest
standard in learning, but there is One, "a teacher sent from God," who
still stands higher than they. No human teacher can equal Him.  

>From That I May Know Him - Page 97