to condemn the world; instead, through him the world is to be saved. Whoever believes in him
will not be condemned. He who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not
believed in the name of the only Son of God.

This is how Judgment is made: Light has come into the world, and people loved darkness
rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For whoever does wrong hates the light,
and doesn’t come to the light, for fear that his deeds will be seen as evil. But whoever lives
according to the truth comes into the light, so that it can be clearly seen that his works have
been done in God.”

Reflect

Jealousy is like a cancer that grows silently, hidden in the body as it eats away at the healthy
tissue. Jealousy eats away at our self-esteem and at our love of neighbor. It is hard to love
someone when your energy and attention is focused on the things that they have and the
things that you do not have. The influence of social media has made jealousy epidemic in our
culture today. Seeing others’ perfectly curated lives inflames our jealousy and increases our
dissatisfaction with our own lives.

But we have no need of jealousy because we possess that which is more precious than
clothes, jewelry, and fancy vacations. We are loved by God so abundantly that he gave his
only Son to deliver us from death and bring us to eternal life – a gift beyond all others. By
focusing on the light that Christ brought into the world, we can banish the darkness of
jealousy from our hearts.

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