The “Light of God” By Kiang P Lee

Greetings Friends!

What is the “Light of God?” The “Light of God” is the very inner celestial Being of the holy Triune God who exists in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (Matt.28:18-20; 2 Cor.13:14). God is called the “Father of Lights” (Jam.1:17-18; also, 1 John 1:5).

Paul refers to the Holy Spirit as “the Spirit of His Son” in his letter to the Galatians, “God has sent the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, and now you can call God your dear Father” (Gal.4:6, NLB; also, Phi.1:19). Whenever the name of Jesus or God is used in Scripture, it must be applied and understood through God’s united Tri-Personal Godhead in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Later, Jesus said, “I am the Light of the World. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the Light of Life” (John 8:12).

John confirmed this eternal truth, saying, “No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him” (John 1:18, NKJV). By saying, “bosom of the Father” it makes reference to Jesus’s coeternity with God, and His intimate one-on-one, and face-to-face, relationship with the Father. Jesus is the “Light of God” for He springs from the one wellspring of the “Father of Lights” (Jam.1:17-18; 1 John 1:5).

John continues, “The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14). This speaks of the wonderful truth of the incarnation of Jesus wherein God became human in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the second Person of the Trinity, and be our Savior and Redeemer.

Jesus spoke passionately to His listeners about His relationship with His Father, “I am not here on My own authority, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him, but I know Him because I am from Him and He sent Me” (John 7:28-29). So, Jesus originated from the “Father of Lights” and the inner trinitarian Godhead of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Jam.1:17-18; Matt.28:19) Author Jon T. Murphree, said, “In the Trinity, Each Person “occupies” the Others’ personalities. Each of the thee Persons becomes a “home” for the other Two. One is Host and the Others are Guests (2 Cor.13:14).

Jesus further affirms this beautiful relationship of the Father and the Son, “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself; He can do only what He sees His Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. For the Father Loves the Son and shows Him all He does” (John 5:19-20).

God reveals His plan for humanity through Jesus, “When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you” (John 14:20, NLB). This unification objective with all humanity has always been God’s plan from the start. (Eph.1:11, NLB)

We had read earlier the bona fide beginning of the creation account from John’s Gospel (as contrasted with the traditional Genesis creation account), “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 all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:1-5).

So, the passage identifies Jesus is the Creator, while stating that He is “the Light.” Jesus is true “Life” who is Creator and essentially part and parcel of the “Light of God” radiating from the “Father of Lights” (Jam.1:17-18; 1 John 1:5).

What would be this improbable divine direction Jesus explained is the enlightened but incredible pathway for humans to embrace “God’s Light?” Jesus expounded this inconceivable highway to the Pharisee Nicodemus, “You must be born anew in the Spirit” (John 3:3, 5-6). It sounds absurd as much as it is incredible. Yet, it fulfills what John the Baptist told his hearers, “I baptize you with water. But One who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire” (Luke 3:16). Without the Holy Spirit we will remain where fallen Adam has consigned us – we will remain in darkness.

We read this after Jesus’ resurrection and ascension into heaven, “Now He (Jesus) is exalted to the place of highest honor in heaven, at God’s right hand. And the Father, as He had promised, gave Him the Holy Spirit to pour out upon us, just as you see and hear today” (Act.2:33).

John reminded us of our ultimate destination, “This then is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that God is Light, and in Him is no darkness at all…If we walk in the Light, as He is in the Light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanse us from all sin” (1 John 1:5, 7). Sin is utmost darkness emerging from the devil himself, while “God’s Light” is reflected through Jesus Christ. This passage speaks of the triune Being of God in the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (Matt.28:19; 2 Cor.13:14).

John speaks of eternal life this way, “Now this is eternal life; that they know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You sent” (John 17:3). John attested, “For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day” (John 6:40). Yes, the Light of Life exists in the divine presence of the holy Trinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Recall, humanity was cut-off from access to the Holy Spirit, as illustrated by the Tree of Life, when our first parents disobeyed God. Think back about what God said when He created Adam: Adam was created to exist fully in the “image and likeness” of God. (Gen.1:27). But in Adam’s moment of weakness, he fell for Satan’s devious guile and cunning, and ate the forbidden fruit. (Gen.3:1-6)

The Scripture tell us, “And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the Tree of Life and eat, and live forever.” So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. After He drove the man out, He placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the Tree of Life” (Gen.3:22-24).

Now, with the divine manifestation of the incarnation in God’s time, Jesus took our fallen humanity upon Himself as the Immanuel, just as John attested, “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14; Isa.7:14; Matt.1:23). Through the incarnation, Jesus has opened the pathway for the Spirit, the third Person of the Trinity, to enter human life again as it was before the fall of Adam. (1 Cor.3:16-17; Act.2:33).

By stating the “Word became flesh” in the above passage, does not mean the Word (Jesus) ceased being God; rather, the Word, who was God, also took on humanity as the Immanuel (Phi.2:6–7; Isa7:14; Matt.1:23). The incarnation is the most remarkable event in all of human history. And with the coming of the Messiah to redeem humanity, Jesus had given passage for the Holy Spirit, (and the Trinity) to unite the triune Godhead with mankind forever (Act.2:33).

On the day of Pentecost, when all the believers were gathered, the Holy Spirit was poured upon mankind. This momemtous activity inevitably inaugurated the new covenant under Christ (2 Cor.3:6; Rom.7:6; Heb10:16).

We read the following from Scripture, “When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues a as the Spirit enabled them” (Act.2:1-4). What an astounding revelation of the introduction of the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Trinity, ushering in the new covenant in Christ for all humanity.

Then Peter told his listeners the unmitigated truth, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call” (Act.2:38-39). What a beautiful revelation of God’s divine nature and wondrous declaration of the third Person of the Trinity. (Matt.28:19; 2 Cor.13:14).

Through Jesus’ mediation as human Savior, He gave passage for the Holy Spirit to enter human life, as affirmed in Scripture, “Exalted to the right hand of God, He (Jesus) has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear” (Act.2:33). Yes, with Jesus’ work as mankind’s Redeemer, He has given validation for the Holy Spirit to enter the heart of human life. Paul said, “Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God lives in you?” (1 Cor.3:16).

After Adam’s fall, Satan introduced his most potent weapon to keep humanity enslaved to sin: fear! By accepting the spirit of fear, Adam became a product of the devil’s evil fortification which engulfed mankind as a whole. However, with the coming of Jesus in the incarnation, He gave passage for the Holy Spirit to enter the human heart, and bring the “Love-Fruits” of the Spirit to repeal and defeat forever every spirit of fear of the devil in humanity. (1 Cor.13:1-12; Gal.5.22-23; Gal.5:19-21; 1 Cor.3:16; see appendix **** below).

What we are seeing here is the Tri-Personal Godhead in the Trinity, comprising the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, being united in Love for and in humanity through Jesus forever. (Act.2:38; Matt.28:19; 2 Cor.13:14; John 3:16-17). Thus, we read of our oneness and completeness in Him, “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col.1:27). The Love of God is bound up in humanity through the Loving triune Being of the three Persons in the Trinity forever.

Jesus declared openly, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in darkness, but will have the Light of Life” (John 8:12). Yes, Jesus is the true Light of Life, and the true Life of the Light. Jesus openly promised the gift of the Holy Spirit from the Father, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By this He meant the Spirit” (John 7:37-39; John 14:26; Luk.24:49; Act.2:33).

Author J.T. Murphree said, “In the Trinity, intimacy is complete. Through Love, diversity, and unity they are so inextricably interwoven that the Father, Son, and Spirit do not exist as Persons alongside each other as much as they exist in and through each other.” (Pg.29, “The Trinity and Human Personality”).

Yes, the Holy Spirit is freely available to humanity when humans abide in Jesus, and Jesus correspondingly indwells mankind. For apart from Him, we remain in the dark without His Light, and we will be unfruitful, and barren. Speaking of immortality, Paul said this of the Spirit, “And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of His Spirit who lives in you” (Rom.8:11).

So, let’s go back to our first question about the title of this post about the “Light of God.” “God’s Light” is found nowhere except in the divine adorable Love and Light of the divine trinitarian presence of God composed of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. (Matt.28:19). What does Light means in other terms? It would be the same as equipping a person to allow the Spirit’s Love to empower and immerse a person’s life.

That being the case, we read John’s passage, “God is Love. Whoever lives in Love lives in God, and God lives in them” (1 John 4:16). “God’s Light” means to be immersed in the Love-Fruits of the Spirit. (See the Spirit’s Love-Fruits, at appendix **** below).

Jesus said passionately, “A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it in a bowl. Instead, they put it on its stand and gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your Light shine before others that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven” (Matt.5:14-16).

James gives us an aerial perspective into the way of this evil world, and the Love-Fruits of the Spirit, “If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind. But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere. And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness” (Jam.3:13-18). Notice how the Spirit’s Love-Fruits is associated with Godly light and wisdom. (See the Spirit’s Love-Fruits below: ****).

The Scriptures say, “But He gives us more and more grace [through the power of the Holy Spirit to defy sin and live an obedient life that reflects both our faith and our gratitude for our salvation]. Therefore, it says, “God is opposed to the proud and haughty, but [continually] gives [the gift of] grace to the humble [who turn away from self-righteousness].” So submit to [the authority of] God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him] and he will flee from you. Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you.” (Jam.4:6-8, Amp. Bible).

As humans, we enter the life of the Trinity through Christ who is in every way the true reflection of the “Light of God.” Jesus is the “Light of God” in each human life. Individually as a person we can only reflect Him and His Light in us. The Psalmist tells us zealously concerning our ultimate human destination, “Send out Your light and Your truth; let them guide me. Let them lead me to Your holy mountain, to the place where You live. There I will go to the altar of God, to God—the source of all my joy. I will praise You with my harp, O God, my God!” (Psa.43-44). We live by the Love-Fruits of the Spirit through our deeds, and bring glory to God, the “Father of Lights.” (See the Spirit’s Love-Fruits in the appendix below: ****).

Let us end this post with a prayer: “Almighty God, Father of all humanity, Father of Lights, thank You for Your infinite mercy for humanity, that though death has been our tragic lot because of Adam’s fall in Eden, You prepared the Second Adam in your Son Jesus Christ, to enter our temporary existence and redeem and save us from sin and death. (Rom.6:23). Thank you that through Your Son, Jesus, You have shone Your divine Light upon humanity. Thank You that Jesus has brought humanity out of our darkness into the marvelous “Light of God.” Jesus is the Immanuel Light in us.

“Grant Your promised celestial life in Your Son through Your Holy Spirit, and open our eyes to the wondrous gifts You have conferred upon us all so we may serve one another in Your Love, we praise and glorify You in your Son, Amen.”

Prayer is A Solemn One-On-One Spiritual Love Dialogue Between a Person and God the Father.

Each and every human being has an open welcome into the celestial life of Love in God’s holy, eternal Family. (1 Tim.6:19) Then keep in touch with God’s Word for you by reading and studying your Bible, and visiting this blog and website and look at various subjects that may be relevant for your situation – go to: http://bulamanriver.net. You can email me with your questions at the address shown below.

Blessing: Until we meet again in my next post, may the blessings of the God who ceaselessly expresses Himself in His dependable Triune Love, be with you always. May the Spirit enliven your spirit and make all things concerning you possible as you live the “Triune Life” of God.  Be strong in the Lord’s joy.

In Love, farewell for now!

Kiang,  (Your Servant in Christ)

*Triune Life: “Triune Life” speaks of the process of theosis or deification of humanity. What is theosis or deification? “It refers to apotheosis, meaning “making divine.” Theosis or deification is a transformative process whose aim is likeness to or union with God (as taught by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Church).” (Wikipedia.org)

The belief in the process of ‘deification’ is understood in accordance with Jesus’ teaching, when He said, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are “gods” ’? If He called them ‘gods,’ to whom the Word of God came—and Scripture cannot be set aside (cannot be broken)” (John 10:34-35; Psa.82:6). (You can read about the Triune Life at: http://bulamanriver.net/9199, and other posts)

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Adam was solitary and incomplete until God made Eve. He said, “It is not good for the man to be alone (solitary). I will make a helper suitable for him” (Gen.2:18, italics mine). So, God gave Adam a family to raise composed of a father, mother, and offspring, to reflect Himself in His plural Being. The Bible states that the Church’s or humanity’s destiny is to marry Christ, the second Person of the Triune Godhead, in the new age to come which will be an everlasting divine relationship. (2 Cor.11:2; Eph.5:23-27, 32; Rev.19:7) The Bible is abundantly clear about God’s nature and declaration of Himself in His relational Triune Being from the past, the present, and the future. God has never lived as a solitary Being, but a Tri-Personal Being.

It’s noteworthy to understand that Eve was not created an individual creation from the dust of the earth as was Adam. She was not created apart from Adam as an individualized separate human being, instead, she was taken out from Adam’s side to show she was biologically one and indivisibly part of Adam, like God is in His Tri-Personal Being of the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit. Eve was not detached (solitary) from Adam, but intrinsically inseparable from Adam’s innermost humanity, as God is in His divine triunity. When Adam saw Eve, he said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man” (Gen.2:21-23) God created humanity to reflect Himself in His unified Tri-Personal Being (Trinity)

Rublev’s Icon of The Trinity (Wiki Commons)

Each one of us was created as an indivisible relational human being incubated and given birth from Adam’s mold as one species, for God created humanity to reflect the eternal likeness in His triunity. We are born for relationships with the divine triune Love as our guiding principle. All this show that humans were created to be indivisibly one to reflect God’s Tri-Personal image of Oneness (Trinity), not solitary separateness.

When God sent Jesus His eternal Son, He became human in order to unify humanity spiritually to the Triune Being of God through Christ once for all time. Hence, when the prophet Isaiah proclaimed Jesus’ coming, He was given the prophetic name, Immanuel (Isa.7:14). The name means “God with us” (Matt.1:23). Humanity is ‘organically’ one with the Triune God through Christ, just as humanity is one with Adam who was created in God’s image and likeness. (Gen.1:26-27)

Most religions believe God as some solitary being. The true God is not solitary by any means, He is the one Triunity in His Tri-Personal Being. God consist of three Persons in One divine triune Godhead. (Matt.28:18-20) They exist in One “homoousion” meaning consisting in one substance, or “consubstantiality.” The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit exist in One hypostatic union, One substance, like Eve was biologically part of and never physically separate, but of one substance from Adam, for she came out of Adam. Likewise, humanity is made of one spiritual substance with the triune God through Jesus Christ who took our humanity upon Himself and joined it to the divine Light of God in His triune Being forever.

The three-dimensional Triune Light/Life/Love is opposed to living the one-dimensional solitary life of the fallen humanity inherited from Satan through Adam’s rebellion. For additional information about the Triune Life: http://bulamanriver.net/?p=8036. Also at: http://bulamanriver.net/9092.

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****The “Love-Fruits of the Holy Spirit:” *the fruit of patience, *the fruit of kindness, *the fruit of contentedness,  *the fruit of modesty (unboastful), *the fruit of humility, *the fruit of honor, *the fruit of unselfishness, *the fruit of calmness and dignity, *the fruit of forgiveness and compassion, *the fruit of delighting in good and shunning evil, *the fruit of tolerance, *the fruit of responsibility, *the fruit of enduring hope, *the fruit of steadfast perseverance, *the fruit of joy, *the fruit of peace, *the fruit of goodness, *the fruit of faith, *the fruit of gentleness, *the fruit of self-control, *the fruit of zeal and spiritual fervor, *the fruit of friendship, *the fruit of sharing and generosity, *the fruit of prayerfulness, *the fruit of hospitality, etc. (1 Cor.13; also Gal. 5:22-23; Rom. 12:9-21).

These attributes may seem ordinary and mundane, but when empowered and propelled in the Spirit’s power, they are transformed into divine elements of transformation.

The “Love-Fruits” of the Holy Spirit:

These Love-fruits speaks volumes and gives us a peek into the different tones of God’s Love. They are not rules to live by as if they are legalistic requirements to follow. They tell us how God in His Tri-Personal Being in the Father, Son, and Spirit, have lived in One unified shared Love-experience from eternity as God, and desires to share His “Triune Life” with believers. They reveal the holy emotions of the Tri-Personal Being of God. These are not human emotions, they reveal the divine passion and desire of how God lives “naturally” in an intuitive and spontaneous fashion amongst Them.

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