But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
The words of our Lord seem straightforward and clear. It’s safer to walk in the light than in the darkness. Our first impression might then be that day and night refer to this age versus the coming next age of the Tribulation.[1]
But the words of the Lord were in response to the disciples’ concern that the Jews wanted to kill Him. I take it then that Jesus’ answer was meant to cause them to think not of their safety but of their responsibility.
I recently listened to a documentary on John Quincy Adams, the youngest American statesman, appointed by George Washington as Secretary to the Ambassador to France at age eleven, diplomat to five countries, the sixth president of the United States, and a congressman after that for eight terms. He devoted most of his energies as a congressman to abolishing slavery. Though unsuccessful in his lifetime, he persisted in his effort because he believed “duty belongs to man, the results are God's.”
Adams died in the capitol building, having suffered a stroke on the House Floor.
I believe Jesus taught us the principle Adams lived by in this passage. Duty, the clear teachings of the Word of God, is the light that prevents us from stumbling in the darkness.
[1] (John 9:4 (KJV)
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
2 Corinthians 6:2 (KJV)
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
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