Every Human Born ...Gets An Invitation ...John 1:9

Common Sense Commentary: God says of Jesus, "In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; ... a man sent from God ... came ... to bear witness of the Light that all ... through him might believe.  That was the true Light, which lighteth every (human) that cometh into the world."  Jn.1:4-9.   Don't miss this ... "the true Light ... lighteth every man that comes into the world."   It may only be a gleam of light which whispers to their soul, "There has to be a true and living God !  Ask Him to reveal Himself to you."  That kind of awakening will also pray, Oh God, whoever you are, send someone to tell me the truth and I will believe "

He was 90 years old when I met him and heard his testimony of salvation.  He spoke at Bible Baptist Seminary in about 1954-55 where I (RB) was a student.  He told how, when he was a teenager, he became convinced that there had to be a true and living God besides the false ones he knew about.  It became an obsession
for him to know the truth so he could serve the only "real" God and Creator.  So he went up on 12,389 ft. high Mount Fuji and prayed a day and night to the unknown God to guide him to the truth.  He came down and walked into Tokyo ...up and down the narrow streets looking and listening for God to reveal Himself.  As he walked past shop after shop, on the second or third day, he suddenly heard a voice ... reading something.  He immediately realized it was words from God. He went into the shop and asked the owner, "What is that you are reading?"  The man answered, "The Christian Bible."  He accepted Christ and during his long life, founded dozens of churches, a children's home and a Bible School in Japan.  I have not seen or heard of him since ... but I know where he is. He saw the Light ... "the true Light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world."  Jn.1:9.   "And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon,  to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamb (Christ) is the light thereof.  Rev.21:23.  My old friend would be 145-6 years old now, if he were still here but where he is, he is as young as when he first ... saw the Light ... in Tokyo.

There was a place in Athens, Mars' Hill, where seekers of God gathered to talk, exchange ideas and argue about which god was the true god.  They had seen that glimmer of light from God and knew there had to be a Creator.   Some already had their minds made up.  A few of them, no doubt,  were sincere in their quest. So God sent Paul to that exact spot to shine the Gospel spotlight on them.  "Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' Hill, and said, Ye men of Athens .... as I passed by, and beheld your devotions , I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.  Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you."  Acts17:22-23.   A few of them believed and walked away with Paul.

That same light shined into the darkness of a Jew named Nicodemus in Jn.19:39.
God shined it upon an Ethiopian Eunuch, crossing a desert, seeking the true God in Acts.8:27-39.   The same was true of a Macedonian named Lydia who was praying and seeking God  when God sent Paul across the sea to tell her of Jesus in Acts.16:9-15.  That same beam of Light caused a Roman Centurion named Cornelius to be burdened to know the true God in Acts 10. Read the chapter.
Even the cruel Saul of Tarsus, broken and blinded by Jesus, was humbly praying and seeking God when a Christian witness was sent to tell him the Gospel. Acts.9:11.

Many times God has aroused me from sleep to go out in the night and witness to a policeman, a drunk, a broken down traveler or a Fort Worth mobster named Angie Castine ... who was found dead in an abandoned well the week after I gave him the gospel.  I believe thousands or maybe millions of lost souls want to know the truth about God ... when He has touched their hearts with "the Light which lighteth every person that cometh into the world."   Are you available?