Hello, thank you for joining me today for Give Him 15.

The title of today's post is,

Light Overcomes the Darkness.

In today's post, I'm continuing the theme of God's Light and Lightning, Overcoming Darkness.

The war between spiritual darkness and light is prevalent

throughout Scripture. Powerful picture of God's light prevailing over the darkness of Satan

is the cross. John 1, 4 and 5, says, in Him, that is in Jesus, was life. The life was the light

of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

The word used for comprehend actually has a dual meaning. It's the Greek word

catalambano, which means to comprehend or apprehend, including not only apprehending mentally,

but also physically. We apprehend mentally, but also physically.

We apprehend thoughts, but a policeman also apprehends criminals.

The powers of darkness could not understand or comprehend Christ's intentions.

He outwitted them at every turn, nor could they overpower, apprehend him.

Several translations use this overpowering aspect of the definition to translate verse 5. Weist translates it, and the light in the darkness is constantly shining, and the darkness

did not overwhelm it.

Darkness didn't overwhelm the light.

Moffat says it this way.

Amid the darkness, the light shone, the darkness did not master it.

And the Passion translation states, and this light never fails to shine through darkness,

light that darkness could not overcome. The cross was a battle between light and darkness. Light won. God arose and his

enemies were scattered. Bob Woods in pulpit digest tells the story of a couple who took their

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