I AM: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

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John 9:1–7 NKJV

Now as Jesus passed by, He saw a man who was blind from birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When He had said these things, He spat on the ground and made clay with the saliva; and He anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay. And He said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which is translated, Sent). So he went and washed, and came back seeing.

This story is a mircle and a sign.

The mircle was Jesus healed the blind man.

The sign is He’s revealing that He’s the Light of the world.

Life needs light!

You have someone who lived a life of darkness for his entire life.Someone who was born this way!

You ever here someone say “I was born this way?”

Regrading there sin I was born this way!

And it could be true you probably where born that way!

Because man is born in sin and shaped in iniquity! but we need to be born again.

Everything we see in this world is just a reflection of light.

Jesus said as long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

It doesn’t mean Jesus stops being the light of the world it means His light shines brightly while He’s in the world.

When Jesus happened the disciples where engulfed by darkness. Because there Light left. They where confused scared. They couldn’t see because of the darkness.

When the Holy Spirit descended they became endowed and empowered with Light once again.

The Word that became flesh is the true Light that came into the world

John 1:4 NKJV

In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.

John 1:5 NKJV

And the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

John 1:7 NKJV

This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe.

He brought the light of truth into the world, truth about God John 1:18

John 1:18 NKJV

No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

The light of God exposes.

The light of God brings healing

John 8:3–12 NKJV

Then the scribes and Pharisees brought to Him a woman caught in adultery. And when they had set her in the midst, they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses, in the law, commanded us that such should be stoned. But what do You say?” This they said, testing Him, that they might have something of which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger, as though He did not hear. So when they continued asking Him, He raised Himself up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw a stone at her first.” And again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had raised Himself up and saw no one but the woman, He said to her, “Woman, where are those accusers of yours? Has no one condemned you?” She said, “No one, Lord.” And Jesus said to her, “Neither do I condemn you; go and sin no more.” Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

The story of the women caught in the very act of adultery. They drag this women before Jesus to try to stump Him.

Adultery according to the law was punishable by death. so they wanted to test Jesus. Either they where trying to get Him to stone the women or trying to get Him to break the law.

Jesus said the famous statement “you who is without sin cast the first stone.” So the light exposes sin!

“Never Leave a Child in the Dark”

In Florence Nightingale’s “Notes on Nursing” (1859) she mentions on the first page the evil effects of “the want of fresh air, or of light, or of warmth.”

In [the] chapter “Health of Houses,” the longest of her five sections deals with light. “A dark house is always an unhealthy house, an ill-aired house, a dirty house.”

And in her added final chapter to girls on “Minding Baby,” she writes: “Plenty of light, and sunlight particularly, is necessary to make a child active, and merry and clever.… Never leave a child in the dark.”

Light is the source of life!

Light is a symbol of God

Light speaks of God purity

1 Jn 1:5

1 John 1:5 (NKJV) — 5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.

See also Job 25:4–6; Is 5:20; 1 Jn 1:7

Job 25:4–6 (NKJV) — 4 How then can man be righteous before God? Or how can he be pure who is born of a woman? 5 If even the moon does not shine, And the stars are not pure in His sight, 6 How much less man, who is a maggot, And a son of man, who is a worm?”

The light of God has no equal theres no equivalence.

The moon only reflects the light of the sun.

The stars and dim compared to Christ. They are far less glorious

Man compared to a starry universe is so insignificant and small. Bildad compared man to a maggot a worm. Because of Jobs great suffering he literally had sores with worms in them Job 7:5 “My flesh is caked with worms and dust, My skin is cracked and breaks out afresh.”

1 John 1:7 NKJV

But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.

We walk with Christ we walk in the light.

God’s glory

Re 21:23

Revelation 21:23 (NKJV) — 23 The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.

See also Ps 76:4; Ps 84:11; Is 60:19–20; Hab 3:4; 1 Ti 6:15–16

Psalm 76:4 (NKJV) — 4 You are more glorious and excellent Than the mountains of prey.

His majesty exceeds even the mountains rich with wild game.

Psalm 84:11 (NKJV) — 11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield; The Lord will give grace and glory; No good thing will He withhold From those who walk uprightly.

God’s knowledge

Ps 90:8; Ps 139:11–12; Da 2:22; 1 Co 4:5

Psalm 90:8 (NKJV) — 8 You have set our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your countenance.

Psalm 139:11–12 (NKJV) — 11 If I say, “Surely the darkness shall fall on me,” Even the night shall be light about me; 12 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, But the night shines as the day; The darkness and the light are both alike to You.

Theres nothing hidden from God

Daniel 2:22 (NKJV) — 22 He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him.

1 Corinthians 4:5 (NKJV) — 5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each one’s praise will come from God.

God’s unchangeability

Jas 1:17

James 1:17 (NKJV) — 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

God’s vengeance

See also Ps 94:1; Is 10:17

Psalm 94:1 (NKJV) — 1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs— O God, to whom vengeance belongs, shine forth!

Isaiah 10:17 (NKJV) — 17 So the Light of Israel will be for a fire, And his Holy One for a flame; It will burn and devour His thorns and his briers in one day.

Satan as an imitator of light

2 Co 11:14

2 Corinthians 11:14 (NKJV) — 14 And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light.

Satan provides a counterfeit light

Light as a symbol of God’s favour towards his people

Ezr 9:8

Ezra 9:8 (NKJV) — 8 And now for a little while grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a measure of revival in our bondage.

See also Nu 6:25; Job 3:20; Job 29:2–3; Ps 4:6; Ps 31:16; Ps 44:3; Ps 67:1; Ps 80:3; Ps 80:7; Mic 7:8–9; Re 22:5

Numbers 6:25 (NKJV) — 25 The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you;

Job 3:20 (NKJV) — 20 “Why is light given to him who is in misery, And life to the bitter of soul,

Job 29:2–3 (NKJV) — 2 “Oh, that I were as in months past, As in the days when God watched over me; 3 When His lamp shone upon my head, And when by His light I walked through darkness;

Psalm 4:6 (NKJV) — 6 There are many who say, “Who will show us any good?” Lord, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us.

Psalm 31:16 (NKJV) — 16 Make Your face shine upon Your servant; Save me for Your mercies’ sake.

Psalm 44:3 (NKJV) — 3 For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them.

Psalm 67:1 (NKJV) — 1 God be merciful to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us, Selah

Psalm 80:3 (NKJV) — 3 Restore us, O God; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!

Psalm 80:7 (NKJV) — 7 Restore us, O God of hosts; Cause Your face to shine, And we shall be saved!

Micah 7:8–9 (NKJV) — 8 Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; When I fall, I will arise; When I sit in darkness, The Lord will be a light to me. 9 I will bear the indignation of the Lord, Because I have sinned against Him, Until He pleads my case And executes justice for me. He will bring me forth to the light; I will see His righteousness.

Revelation 22:5 (NKJV) — 5 There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.

Light as a symbol of God’s word

As perceived by believers

Ps 119:105

Psalm 119:105 (NKJV) — 105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.

See also Ps 19:8; Ps 119:130; 2 Pe 1:19

Psalm 19:8 (NKJV) — 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes;

Psalm 119:130 (NKJV) — 130 The entrance of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple.

2 Peter 1:19 (NKJV) — 19 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;

As perceived by unbelievers

Jn 3:20

John 3:20 (NKJV) — 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

See also Job 24:13–17; Jn 1:5

Job 24:13–17 (NKJV) — 13 “There are those who rebel against the light; They do not know its ways Nor abide in its paths. 14 The murderer rises with the light; He kills the poor and needy; And in the night he is like a thief. 15 The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me’; And he disguises his face. 16 In the dark they break into houses Which they marked for themselves in the daytime; They do not know the light. 17 For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death; If someone recognizes them, They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

John 1:5 (NKJV) — 5 And the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.

Light as a symbol of salvation

1 Pe 2:9

1 Peter 2:9 (NKJV) — 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

See also Is 9:2; Is 51:4; Ac 26:23; Eph 5:14; Col 1:12; 1 Jn 2:8

Isaiah 9:2 (NKJV) — 2 The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has shined.

Isaiah 51:4 (NKJV) — 4 “Listen to Me, My people; And give ear to Me, O My nation: For law will proceed from Me, And I will make My justice rest As a light of the peoples.

Acts 26:23 (NKJV) — 23 that the Christ would suffer, that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”

Ephesians 5:14 (NKJV) — 14 Therefore He says: “Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.”

Colossians 1:12 (NKJV) — 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light.

1 John 2:8 (NKJV) — 8 Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining.

Light as a symbol of Jesus Christ

Foretold in the OT

Nu 24:17

Numbers 24:17 (NKJV) — 17 “I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A Star shall come out of Jacob; A Scepter shall rise out of Israel, And batter the brow of Moab, And destroy all the sons of tumult.

See also Is 9:2; Is 42:6–7; Is 49:6; Is 53:11; Mal 4:2

Isaiah 9:2 (NKJV) — 2 The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has shined.

Isaiah 42:6–7 (NKJV) — 6 “I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles, 7 To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the prison, Those who sit in darkness from the prison house.

Isaiah 49:6 (NKJV) — 6 Indeed He says, ‘It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also give You as a light to the Gentiles, That You should be My salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”

Isaiah 53:11 (NKJV) — 11 He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, For He shall bear their iniquities.

Malachi 4:2 (NKJV) — 2 But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves.

Revealed in the NT

Jn 8:12

John 8:12 (NKJV) — 12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”

See also Mt 4:16; Mt 17:2; Lk 1:78–79; Lk 2:32; Jn 1:4–9; Jn 9:5; Jn 12:35–36; Jn 12:46; Ac 13:47; 2 Co 4:6; Heb 1:3; Re 1:16; Re 22:16

Matthew 4:16 (NKJV) — 16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned.”

Matthew 17:2 (NKJV) — 2 and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

Luke 1:78–79 (NKJV) — 78 Through the tender mercy of our God, With which the Dayspring from on high has visited us; 79 To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace.”

Luke 2:32 (NKJV) — 32 A light to bring revelation to the Gentiles, And the glory of Your people Israel.”

John 1:4–9 (NKJV) — 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shined in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.

John 9:5 (NKJV) — 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

John 12:35–36 (NKJV) — 35 Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” These things Jesus spoke, and departed, and was hidden from them.

John 12:46 (NKJV) — 46 I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.

Acts 13:47 (NKJV) — 47 For so the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, That you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”

2 Corinthians 4:6 (NKJV) — 6 For it is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 1:3 (NKJV) — 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Revelation 1:16 (NKJV) — 16 He had in His right hand seven stars, out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.

Revelation 22:16 (NKJV) — 16 “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”