Analysis Of 'Jesus Is The Light Of The World'

Kayla Waid

Professor Dennis Crump

RELI 1003-M09

29 September 2015

Jesus is the Light of the World In John chapter eight verse twelve it quotes, “I am the light of the world; he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” In my opinion that has some of the strongest words just in one verse. John was written to prove that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. In John it gives us an up close and personal look at Christ’s identity. This verse has so many interpretations. Right before this verse was even mentioned, the teachers and Pharisees brought in a women at the temple courts where everyone met; which got accused for adultery. For more information, when people got brought in for adultery they had to get stoned,

No other source is able to be used in human beings. If we do not follow him He will not give us the light of eternal life. Following Jesus is a great thing, but there is two determined promises that He makes in the verse. First, He promised his followers and all the believers that they will NEVER walk in darkness. This promise was an act of the assurance of revelation that we appreciate so much, and should thank God for every day. As a TRUE follower of the light of the world, we shall never follow or continue sin. Preferably, we seek forgiveness of our sins to stay close to the light of the world. He requires us to be “lights” too. In other words, follow his footsteps and be like him. In Matthew chapter five verse fourteen through sixteen we see believers portray as the light of the world. A great example that connects with this is, the moon has no light but it gets reflection off of the sun. So, believers reflect the light of Christ so that people can see it in us. The light is obvious to others if we do what God wants us to do which is: good deeds we do in faith, the capability of the Holy Spirit and have fun. As a Christian you can enjoy life because your conscious are clear. You can enjoy life because God LOVES you and you can see that by all the blessings you receive

The Pharisees do not yet realize the great extreme scale of Jesus’ claims regarding himself, so they do not respond with a charge of curse. Instead, they challenge the form of his self-proclamation charging him with bearing witness to himself. Therefore lacking sufficient witnesses. The need for two or three witnesses is laid down in law, and later tradition reflected here, said that “none may be believed when he testifies of himself. Jesus says his testimony is valid, because he knows where he is from and where he is going even though the Pharisees do not. That is, he really knows the truth about himself because he knows the Father and his conscious of his relation to the Father. They cannot see the truth about him because they are judging by human standards. Jesus contrasts their ability to judge with his own ability. They judge by human standards, he says “but I pass judgement on no one.” He passes judgment with reality because he does oneness with the Father. He judges simply by revealing the truth and pointing out ones distance from that truth. Even though the Pharisees have determined Jesus is in error, and they have condemned him in the sense of writing him off. On the other hand, Jesus has determined they are in errors which has shown that they are culpable of their rejection of him and for the alienation from God which lies behind this rejection. But He still bears witness to them, offering them revelation and