John 8:12 English Standard Version
I Am the Light of the World
12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
Think about the term “that’s enlightening” which brings us understanding, it is seeing things in a new way. It is truth about what we are seeing. Given that this is a spiritual element we should see this as the source of spiritual truth. Just as it is impossible for the human eye to look at the sun, it is impossible for the human eye to look at the Son. We see what He illuminates as a reflection of the spiritual issue, seeing these things in a reflective way.
The human eye is a series of physical creations. They eye is the receptor, the optic nerve is the transmission line, the optic centers combine the left and right eye to translate those signals to give depth and process them in a way that the brain can understand.
The spiritual eye is a spiritual gift that is not mechanical and not affected by health or misinterpretation. It sees truth spiritually without error. Since we are human, this sight system is unnatural and different in the way we once “saw things”. Spiritual sight is a new way for our new creation to receive truth.
2 Corinthians 5:7 English Standard Version (ESV) for we walk by faith, not by sight.
John 12:35b English Standard Version (ESV) The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
The essence of spiritual sight is to walk by faith and walking by faith is walking in God’s will. We can only understand where we stand by faith. Right standing with God is righteousness.