[TheRealThing]

Agreed. I've always hated it when I hear preachers say things like there is no god like our God. He is the Most High so, they are obviously right about that but, a more accurate way to convey the message is that there are no 'other' gods.

Jesus started the narrative 7 chapters earlier in John when He declared Himself to be the "LIGHT OF THE WORLD". He had come to earth to show men that He was the "WAY", and not the orthodox church of Israel. He therefore had to draw clear distinction between Himself and the church, of whose leaders He said were "of their father the Devil". The church very predictably rejected Him in that day and yet, in a bit of irony, that very same rejection is still happening today. People like to think that had the Lord come during our day we would have accepted Him with gladness. Men still hold forth their wisdom as superior, as so called scholars on the science channels attempt to debunk everything from the virgin birth to rationalizing that the Red Sea crossing was really not so big a deal because the water would have been ankle deep at the most. And, folks like Bill O'Reilly confidently declare the Bible is "full of allegory" and his running buddy Bernie Goldberg is just as positive when he says the Bible is "full" of errors and mistakes. Notice that the Lord Himself broke with the orthodox church of Israel, without a word of regret. His Word is final and those who would tweek it a bit here and there are just as far in the dark as the vilest of men. In other words, there was no mixing of accepted church knowledge during Jesus' day and God's truth. Neither will there any mixing of man's conventional wisdom of our day and God's truth be allowed.

So, in this day as in the day when God literally walked among men, those who truly experience the miracle of knowing God, will come to know Him through His Son's unspeakable gift on the cross. But, it is impossible to understand the one true way apart from understanding. And, understanding is accomplished through Christ Who is "THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD." And not just for matters of eternal life, I mean, just consider for one minute the enormous amount of time that man has been willing to waste trying to disprove the existence of God. True knowledge never contradicts God or any part of His Word.