The Light of the World – John 8:12

The Light of the World – John 8:12

Psalm 27:1

Understanding the Darkness

— Darkness is seen as and Folly

Psalm 82:5  Micah 3:6 

— Darkness is seen as Evil and

— Darkness is seen as , Misery, and Death

Isaiah 8:22

“I frankly confess that, for myself, even if it could be, I should not want “free-will” to be given me, nor anything to be left in my own hands to enable me to endeavor after salvation; not merely because in the face of so many dangers, and adversities and assaults of devils, I could not stand my ground; but because even were there no dangers. I should still be forced to labor with no guarantee of success.¦ But now that God has taken my salvation out of the control of my own will, and put it under the control of His, and promised to save me, not according to my working or running, but according to His own grace and mercy, I have the comfortable certainty that He is faithful and will not lie to me, and that He is also great and powerful so that no devils or opposition can break Him or pluck me from Him.” ~ Martin Luther

— The World of Darkness is seen as God’s and future Wrath

Zeph 1:15

What is true of a dark world is also true of every life that exists apart from the gospel of Jesus Christ!

The Second “I Am” Statement

Jesus was a fulfillment of what the festival ! 

Jesus said that He was light! 

The Importance of the Cloud in the Wilderness 

— The cloud symbolized God’s with His people

— The cloud was important because it was a source of for the people

— The cloud was important because it is how God His people 

What does it mean to Follow Jesus?

“To follow Christ is to commit ourselves wholly and entirely to Him as our only leader and Savior and to submit ourselves to Him in every matter both of doctrine and practice.” ~ J.C. Ryle 

Following Jesus in active obedience isn’t a remedy to the darkness that we find ourselves in — Jesus Christ alone is that remedy!