Pop Quiz Question: What was the very first command that God ever gave in the Bible?

Answer: "Let there be light" (Genesis 1:3, NASB)

Light is a major theme in the Bible. God and light are so interconnected and so inseparable that the Bible even says, "God is light and in Him there is no darkness at all." (I John 1:5, NASB)

That verse alone sheds a lot of light on the verse that we are going to be studying today where Jesus said, "I am the light of the world." (John 8:12, NASB)

You may not think this is necessary, but I want to remind all of us of just how important light really is. Everything that we see is a result of light. We were created for light. We are drawn to light. As children, we were never afraid of the light; we were only afraid of the dark. Light is all our eyes can reall…