"And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and the men loved the darkness rather than the light ..." (v19). Jesus never rejected anyone who approached Him with honest questions, searching for light and truth. Yet, as in His encounter with Nicodemus, Jesus called individuals to make a decision: "You must be born again" (v7). If we recognize that God sent the Son because He "so loved the world," then the decision is a simple one.

What we love and nurture forms our eternal destiny. Jesus is Light; when we accept Him we are transformed.