Portraits of a Savior

Light of the World

John 8:12

12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” 

1. The portrait

Light brings life

Light brings truth

Light brings beauty

2. The claim

John 8:12; 20

12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world

20 These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

Jesus is ultimate life

Jesus is ultimate truth

Hebrews 1:3

3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature…

Jesus is ultimate beauty

“You have made us for Yourself O Lord and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.” - St. Augustine

3. The call

John 8:12

…Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Matthew 5:14

14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.”

Ephesians 5:8

8 …for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light

Walking in the Light

See the growth of new life

See the truth of who you are

See the beauty of what He’s done

John 3:16-19

16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.

Matthew 27:45-46

45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Isaiah 60:1

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you