The Light of the World

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The Word

in the Beginning / was = no beginning
is God
Creator God
the source of life
The Light of the world

Jehovah is Light

light is a universal image
Psalm 27:1 LEB
Yahweh is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the refuge of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Psalm 104:1–2 LEB
Bless Yahweh, O my soul. O Yahweh my God, you are very great. You clothe yourself with splendor and majesty, you who cover yourself with light as with a garment, who stretch out the heavens like a tent curtain,
John 1:4–5 LEB
In him was life, and the life was the light of humanity. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
God is portrayed as the light
light allows us to see things as it really is
Nova/ girl named Naia/ found at the bottom of a 100 foot hole in a cave in Mexico/ been down there for Millennia/ thought to have gone into the cave looking for water and lost her light / wandered into the drop off
without light, the reality could be totally different
in total darkness life would be miserable
plants have a pale unhealthy skin
no beauty
God is the light
God opens our hearts vision to to the truth

The Light Reveals Who We Really Are

it unmasks us
---Glasses that color blind people can see colors for the first time
without light everything is a lie

The Witness

John 1:6–7 AV
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
people from all over came to the wilderness to hear John
no McD Starbucks
John spoke about the light, people wanted to hear
a witness tells what they know
the blind witnessed that they now see
deaf can hear
lame can walk
dead now live
demon possession is now gone
What can we witness about Jesus?
we are reflections of the light, a lamp
Matthew 5:14 LEB
You are the light of the world. A city located on top of a hill cannot be hidden,
coming home at night Thornsen rd lights of home depot

The Unrecognized Light

V 9-11
came into the world He created but was not recognized
came to his own and was rejected
John even pointed Him out
1 Peter 2:9 LEB
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s possession, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light,
Christians have been called out
unless our eyes have been opened we will not see the light
we are as blind as a bat until God removes the scales from our eyes
only then, can we see
Gods grace
Light of the world
You stepped down into darkness
Opened my eyes let me see
Beauty that made
This heart adore You
Hope of a life spent with You
we also would not have recognized the light except that God opened our eyes to the beauty of His Son
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