False Lights
April 14, 2021•135 words
John 8:12, Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
False lights on every side invite man’s attention in the present day. Reason, philosophy, earnestness, liberalism, conscience, and the voice of the Church are all, in their various ways, crying loudly that they have got “the light” to show us. Their advocates know not what they say. Wretched are those who believe their high professions! He only is the true light who came into the world to save sinners, who died as our substitute on the cross and sits at God’s right hand to be our Friend. “In His light we shall see light” (Psalm 36:9).
—J.C. Ryle, ‘Expository Thoughts on John'