So we've been doing five verses a day through the Gospel of John. Today weβre looking at John 1:6β10, and thereβs actually a lot going on in just these few verses. First thing we see is that God sent a man named John. This is talking about John the Baptist, and his role is very clear: heβs a witness to the Light. Now that word witness is important. In the Jewish world, a witness is someone who testifies to what they have seen so that others can believe itβs true. Johnβs job wasnβt to be the light. His job was simply to point people to it. And the text makes that crystal clear. It actually pauses to tell us: John himself was not the light. He was only there to testify about the light so that people would believe. Then Johnβs gospel doubles down on something powerful. It says the true Light gives light to everyone coming into the world. That wording matters, because it implies that while others may claim to have βlight,β there is only one true light. And hereβs where it gets deep. The text says that this Light was already in the worldβ¦ and the world was made through Himβ¦ but the world didnβt recognize Him. Think about that for a second. The one who created everythingβ¦ The one who spoke the world into existenceβ¦ The one who is literally the source of life and lightβ¦ is standing in the world He made, and people still donβt recognize Him. Thatβs a powerful reminder that sometimes people can be surrounded by truth and still miss it. But it also shows the importance of witnesses. God sent John to point people in the right direction so they wouldnβt miss who Jesus really is. And if weβre being honest, in a lot of ways that same role still exists today. Not that weβre the light, but we can point people toward it. Letβs talk about it: 1οΈβ£ Why do you think the text makes it so clear that John is not the Light, only a witness to it? 2οΈβ£ How do you interpret the idea that the world didnβt recognize the one who created it? 3οΈβ£ In what ways can we be witnesses to the light in our everyday lives?