JESUS: THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD (12 OF 31)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: John 8:12-30
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Jesus: The Light of the World (12 of 31)
Series: The Gospel of John
Tom Badal
John 8:12-30
Turn in your Bibles to John 8. We’re in a series we’ve entitled ‘‘The Gospel of John,’’ looking at the life and ministry of Jesus through the eyes of His closest and dearest friend, the Apostle John. Our aim in this series is, first, to meet Jesus. Then, as we’ve been learning over these last weeks, we want to learn from Jesus through His miracles and message. Then as the Gospel continues to move forward, what John wants us to do is believe in Jesus, putting our trust in Him. John says at the end of his Gospel that these things were written so that you and I might believe in Jesus Christ and that in believing, we might find life in Him. Last week Jesus made a declaration about being the One Who had living water and that if we would give our lives to Him, we too would have rivers of living water flowing from us.
This morning we find ourselves in John 8, starting in verse 12. Here Jesus makes another declaration about Who He is. All of these declarations-that He’s living water and today that He is the light-come during a celebration in the city of Jerusalem. There was a yearly festival called the Festival of Booths or the Festival of Tabernacles when the children of Israel commemorated and celebrated all God had done for their forefathers as they departed from their slavery in Egypt and headed toward the Promised Land. Jesus used moments of celebration to talk about His ministry. Let me give you an example. When He talked about being rivers of living water, it came on the heels of a very symbolic moment during the Feast of Tabernacles. On the last day of the feast, a priest would be given the job of going to one of the many pools in Jerusalem where he would draw out water with a gold pitcher. He would then, with great pomp and circumstance, make his way back to the temple. There he would go into the Holy of Holies and douse the altar with that water. This was in r ...
Series: The Gospel of John
Tom Badal
John 8:12-30
Turn in your Bibles to John 8. We’re in a series we’ve entitled ‘‘The Gospel of John,’’ looking at the life and ministry of Jesus through the eyes of His closest and dearest friend, the Apostle John. Our aim in this series is, first, to meet Jesus. Then, as we’ve been learning over these last weeks, we want to learn from Jesus through His miracles and message. Then as the Gospel continues to move forward, what John wants us to do is believe in Jesus, putting our trust in Him. John says at the end of his Gospel that these things were written so that you and I might believe in Jesus Christ and that in believing, we might find life in Him. Last week Jesus made a declaration about being the One Who had living water and that if we would give our lives to Him, we too would have rivers of living water flowing from us.
This morning we find ourselves in John 8, starting in verse 12. Here Jesus makes another declaration about Who He is. All of these declarations-that He’s living water and today that He is the light-come during a celebration in the city of Jerusalem. There was a yearly festival called the Festival of Booths or the Festival of Tabernacles when the children of Israel commemorated and celebrated all God had done for their forefathers as they departed from their slavery in Egypt and headed toward the Promised Land. Jesus used moments of celebration to talk about His ministry. Let me give you an example. When He talked about being rivers of living water, it came on the heels of a very symbolic moment during the Feast of Tabernacles. On the last day of the feast, a priest would be given the job of going to one of the many pools in Jerusalem where he would draw out water with a gold pitcher. He would then, with great pomp and circumstance, make his way back to the temple. There he would go into the Holy of Holies and douse the altar with that water. This was in r ...
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