Immanuel! The God of Light, John 1:6-13

John has already presented Jesus as the God of Life. He is the Eternal God, the Creator God, and the Unequaled God. In Him is life and that life is the light of men.
In our passage today, John is expanding on Jesus as light. Remember, Light is life, purity, joy, holiness. Everything good and perfect come from the light.
James 1:17 says "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change."
Jesus is not only the Light and Giver of good gifts, He is the Greatest Gift. He left His place in glory to put on human flesh—to take God’s judgment for sin in our place. What began at Christmas (Advent) culminates at Easter (Crucifixion).
Jesus didn’t take on human flesh just for fun, He came to provide the only way of salvation for sinners. Yet humans respond to Him is two different ways—with two different results.