Jesus Is the Light of the World
12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” 13 So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not true.” 14 Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15 “You judge according to the flesh; I am not judging anyone. 16 “But even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me. 17 “Even in your law it has been written that the testimony of two men is true. 18 “I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.” 19 So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.” 20 These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
21 Then He said again to them, “I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.” 22 So the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23 And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. 24 “Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.” 25 So they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “What have I been saying to you from the beginning? 26 “I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.” 27 They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. 29 “And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” 30 As He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him.
5 comments:
I have been thinking as I read and for me as for those in the days of Jesus' walk on planet Earth you either believe in him or you don't.
I choose to believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and he brought salvation down from heaven.
In some of my darkest hours what strength this realization gives me.
One excerpt from Taylor Caldwell in his book Testimony of Two Men has meant so much to me and goes along with our link to God through Christ--"In man's darkest hours, bright flows the river of God."
Em, your comment reminds us of the common known poem Footprints by Mary Stevenson, where as the person is walking on the beach with the lord and notices only one set of footprints in the sand at his lowest points in life. And then when he questions where the lord was, he replies "When you saw only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."
This so true, that even during our darkest hours, the lord serves to light up our lives to help us through troubled times.
We are Intrigued of the straight foward natureness of Jesus in the way he speaks to these pharisees."... that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins"--very powerful message and straight to the point.
It is true that Jesus speaks plain so that anyone can believe. Jesus is the Light of the World and in Psalm 119 it is written that "thy Word is a lamp onto my feet and a light unto my path." When we wonder about tomorrow, Jesus is our comfort and guide. The blessing of the difficult times is the closeness we feel with Jesus and the strengthening of our faith as He carries us through.
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