THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

This study is about the person who is the light of life and that is Christ. 

The book of John chapter 8:12 tells us:Once again Jesus spoke to the people. This time he said, “I am the light for the world! Follow me, and you won't be walking in the dark. You will have the light that gives life.” 

God's light is able to protect us as Psalm 27 verse1 tells us: 
You, Lord, are the light 
that keeps me safe. 
I am not afraid of anyone. 
You protect me, 
and I have no fears. 

God's light is able to lead us to Him the provider of all things as PSALM 43 tells us: 

1 Show that I am right, God! 
Defend me against everyone 
who doesn't know you; 
rescue me from each 
of those deceitful liars. 
2 I run to you 
for protection. 
Why have you turned me away? 
Why must enemies mistreat me 
and make me sad? 

3 Send your light and your truth 
to guide me. 
Let them lead me to your house 
on your sacred mountain. 
4 Then I will worship 
at your altar because you 
make me joyful. 
You are my God, 
and I will praise you. 
Yes, I will praise you 
as I play my harp. 

5 Why am I discouraged? 
Why am I restless? 
I trust you! 
And I will praise you again 
because you help me, 
and you are my God. 

John 3:10 Jesus replied: 
How can you be a teacher of Israel and not know these things? 11 I tell you for certain that we know what we are talking about because we have seen it ourselves. But none of you will accept what we say. 12 If you don't believe when I talk to you about things on earth, how can you possibly believe if I talk to you about things in heaven? 

13 No one has gone up to heaven except the Son of Man, who came down from there. 14 And the Son of Man must be lifted up, just as that metal snake was lifted up by Moses in the desert.  15 Then everyone who has faith in the Son of Man will have eternal life. 
16 God loved the people of this world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who has faith in him will have eternal life and never really die. 

17 God did not send his Son into the world to condemn its people. He sent him to save them! 18 No one who has faith in God's Son will be condemned. But everyone who doesn't have faith in him has already been condemned for not having faith in God's only Son. 

19 The light has come into the world, and people who do evil things are judged guilty because they love the dark more than the light. 20 People who do evil hate the light and won't come to the light, because it clearly shows what they have done. 

21 But everyone who lives by the truth will come to the light, because they want others to know that God is really the one doing what they do. 

God is Light and if we walk in the light God will save us from our sins and we will be saved as it tells us in 1 John 1:5 

5 Jesus told us that God is light and doesn't have any darkness in him. Now we are telling you. 
6 If we say that we share in life with God and keep on living in the dark, we are lying and are not living by the truth. 

7 But if we live in the light, as God does, we share in life with each other. And the blood of his Son Jesus washes all our sins away. 8 If we say that we have not sinned, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth isn't in our hearts. 
9 But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away. 

and when we are in the city of God there will be no need of light as he provides the light of the city and as the people are able to see His light we will no longer need the sun and the moon to give us light as He is our Light as it tells us in Revelation 21: 

21 Each of the twelve gates was a solid pearl. The streets of the city were made of pure gold, clear as crystal. 
22 I did not see a temple there. The Lord God All-Powerful and the Lamb were its temple. 23 And the city did not need the sun or the moon. 

The glory of God was shining on it, and the Lamb was its light. 
24 Nations will walk by the light of that city, and kings will bring their riches there. 25 Its gates are always open during the day, and night never comes. 

26 The glorious treasures of nations will be brought into the city. 27 But nothing unworthy will be allowed to enter. No one who is dirty minded or who tells lies will be there. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life  will be in the city. 

and in Rev 22: 
3 God's curse will no longer be on the people of that city. He and the Lamb will be seated there on their thrones, and its people will worship God 4 and will see him face to face. God's name will be written on the foreheads of the people. 5 Never again will night appear, and no one who lives there will ever need a lamp or the sun. The Lord God will be their light, and they will rule forever. 
 
 
 

The Contemporary English [computer file], electronic ed., Logos Library System, (Nashville: Thomas Nelson) 1997, c1995 by the American Bible Society, [Online] Available: Logos Library System.

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