Di Light Wey Darkness No Fit Overcome

Strike one match inside room wey dark well well. Just one small flame. Then notice something. Darkness no fit quench am just because e dark. Darkness no get power over light. Na di oda way round e dey always be.

For di world of di Bible, night dey dark well well. No street light, no screen wey dey shine. One family go get small clay lamp, with wick wey dey float for olive oil, and when dem light am, di whole house go gather round am. John, di friend of Jesus, write im Gospel give people wey sabi wetin e mean to wait through long night until morning reach. And as e begin to tell who Jesus be, e reach for di oldest picture for di Bible. For di very first day of creation, before sun or moon, God talk say make light dey.

Inside am life dey, John write, as e dey talk about di Word, di Son of God. And di life na di light of people. Everything wey get life, na from am e get am. And dat life na light: e dey show us di way, e dey show us wetin be true, e dey show us God. Then John write one sentence wey get two meaning. Di light dey shine for darkness, and darkness no overcome am. Di old King James Bible talk say darkness no comprehend am; e no understand am. Di newer translations talk say darkness no overcome am. Di two dey true. Darkness no fit understand di light, and e no fit quench am.

Then John introduce another man, wey dem also call John. One man come, wey God send, and im name na John. We sabi am as John di Baptist, di prophet of di wilderness for di side of River Jordan, wey wear cloth wey dem make from camel hair. E come as witness, to tell people about di light, so dat through am everybody fit believe. But di Gospel writer dey careful. John no be dat Light. John di Baptist be like person wey stand for dark street, carry signboard with arrow. Look there. Di light dey come.

And then di promise. Dat one na di true Light, wey dey give light to every person wey dey come inside di world. Or as another translation put am, di true light wey dey give light to everybody dey come inside di world. No be light for only one nation. No be light for only clever people, or good people, or rich people. Light for everybody. And e dey come. For one dark night for Bethlehem, e come. Small light for di beginning, like match inside dark room. One baby. But no darkness go ever overcome am.

Dat one Greek word for verse five, wey King James Version translate as comprehended, and World English Bible translate as overcome, fit mean to grab, to seize, or to hold something. You fit grab one idea for your head, or you fit seize something by force. Translators don argue for long time about wetin John mean. Plenty of dem believe say e choose dat word because e carry di two meaning at di same time.

Di Light Wey Darkness No Fit Overcome. You go find am for John chapter one, verse four to nine. Na why plenty Christians dey light candle for Christmas: one small flame for darkness, to remember di light wey come. So see one question wey you go carry dey go. Where e dark for your world, and how you fit point person go meet di light?