- araratchurch
- Dec 30, 2025
- 2 min read
“And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.“
John 1:5 NKJV
Just hours before His crucifixion, Jesus told His disciples something He knew they would desperately need to know during what would soon take place:
“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”
John 16:33 NKJV
You see, in the next excruciating hours and days, it would look as though Jesus had been stopped in His tracks from doing what He was sent to do. Yes, it would look as though the evil ruler of this world had won after all!
But, there was something about Jesus that would make the notion of evil winning over him impossible. You see, in this same discourse, Jesus told His disciples this:
“I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.“
John 14:30 NKJV
Now, what does it mean that Satan had nothing in Him?
You see, Jesus, though all God, was also all Man. And—as the writer of Hebrew instructs—He was tempted in all things as we are:
“For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.“
Hebrews 4:15 NKJV
But note, though Jesus was subjected to every temptation, He did not sin!
Yes, this holy child born in Bethlehem, remained obedient to the will of the Father, even unto death. The enemy had no accusation against him that could stick.
Praise the Lord, the perfect Lamb of God, the Light that shined in darkness, could not be overcome, thwarted, or even slowed down, by the darkness!
Amazing news for us: He Who overcame everything thrown at Him by the world, the flesh and the devil, shares His victory with those who call upon His name! This means that, because of Jesus, darkness is not the boss of you anymore!
Peace to you.
Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!
- araratchurch
- Dec 29, 2025
- 1 min read
“In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.“
John 1:4 NKJV
Mankind was fallen, and couldn’t get up. The spark of eternal life had been forfeited in the midst of a garden paradise, as the word of a rebellious serpent was heeded. Now, all attempts at providing a light in the midst of such utter darkness brought only a flickering hope of the Light Who was to come.
Then, amidst the likely screams of a blessed virgin, followed by the cry of a newborn baby boy, the greatest Gift punctured into time. With this, the spark of life that would bring light into the darkness, emerged, hidden in the body of a tiny baby Boy.
”Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”“
John 8:12 NKJV
Yes, Jesus came to make an entrance for us into eternal life, and with that life, light.
“And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.“
I John 5:11-12 NKJV
Friend, Jesus came and secured for us what we could not even begin to regain for ourselves. He is the Light of Life! Those who have Him, need never again walk in darkness! Those who believe in Him, need never die.
Peace to you.
Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!
- araratchurch
- Dec 28, 2025
- 1 min read
“All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.“
John 1:3 NKJV
Jesus was on a boat with His disciples, and was sleeping. Suddenly, a great storm arose; and the disciples feared for their lives. They frantically awakened Jesus. He then rebuked the wind and sea like a parent rebukes an unruly child. The disciples’ amazement led them to ask a very important question:
“So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?””
Matthew 8:27 NKJV
The answer to the disciples’ question is simple: The wind and sea—indeed, all creation—came into existence through Him. Indeed, Jesus was rebuking like a parent because He is the Creator of the wind and sea!
The writer of Hebrews says it this way:
“God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;“
Hebrews 1:1-2 NKJV
Friend, our Savior and Lord, is the force through Whom ALL created things were made. Now, considering Who He is, can’t we trust Him with our lives? Are YOU trusting Him with YOUR life?
Peace to you.
Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!