今天的这节经文，是这个月刚开始的时候我们所读的，只是现在加添了第12节。
有关耶稣的生平，大都是神的儿子被人鄙视、拒绝，并出卖，是一出令人震惊的悲剧。然而，今天的经文提醒我们，神的光照在黑暗里，“黑暗并不能战胜光”，相反，是光战胜了黑暗——这实在是大喜的消息！
多美妙，圣灵能够使用黑暗来引导我们进入光明中。这光，带领我们来到父神的面前，成为祂挚爱的儿女。这生命之光，是永远长存的。在约翰福音的末尾，当使徒约翰记述了耶稣的生平、受苦、死亡、和复活后，他进一步说明他之所以讲述耶稣的故事，目的是“要叫你们信耶稣是基督，是神的儿子，并且叫你们信了他，就可以因他的名得生命” （约翰福音 20:31）。
相信和接受耶稣，是每一个人都有的机会。启示录 7:9这样描述道：“有许多的人… 是从各国、各族、各民、各方来的，站在宝座和羔羊面前。”
当基督再来的时候，当祂召唤祂的儿女返回天家的时候，你是否也是其中的一位呢？
主耶稣，祢是我的神，我信靠祢做我的救主。藉着圣灵的能力，我欣然接受祢的父亲为我的父亲。奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。
约翰福音 1:1-12
1太初有道，道与神同在，道就是神。"Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God..." — John 1:12
Today we return to the same Bible passage we used at the beginning of this month, with one additional verse.
As we have seen, a major part of the story of Jesus is the shocking, sad history of how the Son of God was despised, rejected, and betrayed. But, as today's verses also remind us, God's light shone in the darkness, and (good news!) "the darkness has not overcome it." Instead, the reverse is true: the light overcomes the darkness.
Amazingly, the Holy Spirit can use darkness to lead us to the light. This is the light that brings us back into God's presence as his loved children—the light of life that lasts forever. At the end of John's gospel, after he tells the story of Jesus' life, suffering, death, and resurrection, John clarifies why he has told Jesus' story: "that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name" (John 20:31).
That opportunity to receive Jesus, to believe in him, is for everyone. Revelation 7:9 describes "a great multitude . . . from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb."
Will you be part of that multitude on the day when Christ returns, or when he calls you home?
Lord Jesus, I receive you as my God; I believe in you as my Savior; I embrace your Father as my Father, through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
诵读: 楚云
片头: 张妙阳
