Jesus, the Light of the World

John 8:1-15
 Who is Jesus?
Seven “I Am” statements

– “I Am the Bread of Life”

– “I Am the Light of the World”
– “I Am the Gate”
– “I Am the Good Shepherd”
– “I Am the Resurrection and the Life”
– “I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life”
– “I Am the Vine”
 “I Am the Light of the World”
1. “Light” means that Jesus wasn’t a
mere man
 More than just a man:
• “Light” means that Jesus came from above
 More than just a man:
• “Light” means that Jesus came from above

• “Light” means that Jesus appeared in the world

 More than just a man:
• “Light” means that Jesus came from above

• “Light” means that Jesus appeared in the world

• “Light” means that Jesus possessed divine

wisdom
 More than just a man:
• “Light” means that Jesus came from above

• “Light” means that Jesus appeared in the world

• “Light” means that Jesus possessed divine

wisdom

• “Light” means that Jesus was completely pure

 More than just a man:
• “Light” means that Jesus came from above

• “Light” means that Jesus appeared in the world

• “Light” means that Jesus possessed divine

wisdom

• “Light” means that Jesus was completely pure

• “Light” means that Jesus manifested God’s

presence in the world
 “I Am the Light of the World”
2. “Light” means that Jesus’ presence
confronts darkness

“In Him was life, and that life was the

light of men. The light shines in the
darkness, but the darkness has not
extinguished it.” Jn 1:4-5
 Jesus’ presence confronts:
“For God did not send His Son into the
world to condemn the world but to save the
world through Him . . . Whoever does not
believe stands condemned already . . .
Everyone who does evil hates the light and
will not come into the light and will not
come into the light . . . But whosoever lives
by the truth comes into the light.”
John 3:17-21
 “I Am the Light of the World”
3. “Light” means that Jesus gives new
beginnings

“In the beginning God said, ‘Let there be light!”

 New Beginnings:
• Jesus rescues us from the darkness we
were born into
 New Beginnings:
• Jesus rescues us from the darkness we
were born into

“Darkness” = born in grasp of sin

“Darkness” = unable to grasp God

“Light” = delivered from the grasp of sin

“Light” = able to know God & spiritual truth
 New Beginnings:
• Jesus rescues us from the darkness we
were born into

• Jesus rescues us from the darkness

we’ve gotten ourselves into

“Light” = new wisdom for better living

 “I Am the Light of the World”
4. “Light” means that Jesus leads His
own
 Jesus Leads Me:

“The way of the wicked is like deep

darkness—they don’t know what makes
them stumble. But the path of the
righteous is like the first gleam of dawn
that shines brighter and brighter until the
noonday sun.”
Prov 4:18-19