Jesus I Am The Light
Jesus saith to him i am the way and the truth and the life.
Jesus i am the light. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness but will have the light of life john 8 12 nasb while i am in the world i am the light of the world john 9 5 nasb i have come as light into the world so that everyone who believes in me will not remain in darkness. From henceforward ye know by personal experience him and or perhaps even ye have seen him the whole sentence must be taken together. If ye had learned to know me ye would have known absolutely my father also. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life john 8 12 i am the light of the world is rooted in jesus relationship with his father.
He who follows me will not walk in the darkness but will have the light of life. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life john 8 12. With the pharisees and other religious leaders there jesus said i am the light of the world. This i am statement was made while jesus and a vast multitude of jews were gathered in jerusalem for the feast of tabernacles.
In declaring himself to be the light of the world jesus was claiming that he is the exclusive source of spiritual light. In john 8 12 jesus said i am the light of the world. No one cometh unto the father but by me. 2 jesus is truth light and love cont b jesus is light john 8 12 to john 9 41 he declares himself to be the light and appeals to the witness of the father and of himself john 8 12 20 12 then spake jesus again unto them saying i am the light of the world omitting the inserted section this verse immediately follows john 7 52 but the words mark an interval after which the.
John 8 12 then jesus again spoke to them saying i am the light of the world. John piper states jesus speaks from god and for god and as god. When jesus spoke again to the people he said i am the light of the world. The phrase is recorded in the gospels of matthew and john it is closely related to the parables of salt and light and lamp under a bushel.
John 8 12 and matthew 5 14 16. I am the light of the world john 8 12 is the second of seven i am declarations of jesus recorded only in john s gospel that point to his unique divine identity and purpose. It was one of the three major feasts each year. For those who don t believe whether they realize it or not they are walking in darkness and in the ways of their father the devil however such were we too.
And one of the main ceremonies during the feast of the tabernacles was the illumination of the temple. Then jesus again spoke to them saying i am the light of the world.