Messages: God is Light. God is Love. God is Truth.
"This article is an attempt to step beyond the merely symbolic understanding of light to see if “the glory of God” might be found in a familiar setting, at least provisionally. “Easter in ordinary,” as one scholar has put it, suggesting that the sacred may be inscribed in the commonplace." David A. Grandy, "Physical Light and The Light of Christ." https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/physical-light-and-the-light-of-christ/
“. . . the word ‘light’ is often used in a symbolic fashion in the scriptures.” I certainly agree, but it strikes me that behind its symbolic meanings, light is something in and of itself. At least that is the intuition that motivates this article, and if this intuition is correct, it would seem that the study of light should be spiritually rewarding, particularly in view of the profound significance that scripture ascribes to light. For example: “The glory of God is intelligence, or, in other words, light and truth” (D&C 93:36).”
David A. Grandy, "Physical Light and The Light of Christ." https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/physical-light-and-the-light-of-christ/
We have experienced seeing or feeling the light of Christ in others—How much spiritual energy does it take to exude His light? What does it take to have that spiritual energy?
"When the gift of the Holy Ghost is obtained, we have within us access to the complete source of spiritual energy to bring the Light of Christ to its full brightness in our soul; thus making us like God, who is light (see 1 John 1:5). Once the Holy Ghost is with us and powering radiation from the Light of Christ, the only thing keeping us from turning into our own spiritual spotlight is our “natural man” (Mosiah 3:19), which causes resistance to God (analogous to the resistor in the light bulb circuit). We need more faith, obedience, submissiveness, and, most succinctly, we need to have our “eye single to [God’s] glory” (Doctrine and Covenants 88:67). Drawing closer to God reduces our resistance to the Holy Ghost and increases the brightness of the Light of Christ radiating from within us."
Franklin, Aaron D.. The Spiritual Physics of Light: How We See, Feel, and Know Truth (p. 55). RSC, BYU, and Deseret Book Co. Kindle Edition.
“God has created man with a mind capable of instruction, and a faculty which may be enlarged in proportion to the heed and diligence given to the light communicated from heaven to the intellect; and . . . the nearer man approaches perfection, the clearer are his views, and the greater his enjoyments, till he has overcome the evils of his life and lost every desire for sin; and like the ancients, arrives at that point of faith where he is wrapped in the power and glory of his Maker, and is caught up to dwell with Him.” Joseph Smith. (History of the Church, 2:8).
https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/content/teacher-of-gods-truth?lang=eng
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