Bible moment
The Bible moment
John 3:19–21 continues the teaching connected with Jesus’ nighttime conversation with Nicodemus, a Pharisee and ruler of the Jews. The passage uses light and darkness as teaching images. It says that light has come into the world, yet people may love darkness because their works are evil. Wrongdoing avoids the light, while truth comes into the light so that the works may be shown to have been done in God. This teaching belongs with the passage’s wider message about belief, salvation, judgment, and God’s love for the world. The image should communicate the contrast without turning it into a physical battle or a frightening scene.
