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Selected Profound Sayings of Jesus from John 8:12-30

We have read through this section with the emphasis on Jesus confusing a lot of people. Let’s look specifically at some things He said, some of the most profound things ever uttered by Him or any other human.

1. v. 12 “I am the light of the world…” The whole world sat in darkness until Jesus came. Yes I know there was the genius of Alexander, Plato, Agustus, and even Moses and Isaiah, but they were not the light of the world, didn’t ever claim to be. But here comes this carpenter from Nazareth claiming to not only give light to the world, but to BE the light of the world! And if you don’t follow Him you walk and live in darkness! You know nothing… nothing of eternal significance. The purpose of light is to make manifest and Jesus claimed to make manifest God Himself and all eternal realities. He was the perfect man in the likeness of God.

“We do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are seen are eternal.” (2Cor.4:18) Jesus makes eternal things manifest. He alone has the words of eternal life. He alone could say, “He who has seen Me has seen the Father.”

Don’t get upset at those who cannot see. They can’t know because they can’t see. According to John 3 without being born again, given a new set of eyes, they cannot see and thus enter the kingdom of God. In saving a soul, God must emancipate us and enlighten us.

Even to this day, most people think Jesus worked His works and said His sayings as the divine Son of God; that is – as God. But that is not so. Jesus did everything He did and said everything He said according to what the Father told Him to do and told Him to say. Acts 10:38 tells us that in no uncertain terms. Jesus of Nazareth (a man) was anointed by the Holy Spirit and went about healing all who were oppressed by the devil because God was with Him.” Not because He was God!

Jesus is our model in ministry, whether it be speaking the word of God or doing the works of God. He was and is truly man, doing what man was created to do, bearing the likeness of God and reigning over the earth (Gen.1:26-28). To see this man was to see God. And He did this perfectly, the only one who ever has. That’s because He always did those things that pleased Him.

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