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INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
A. The “I Am” Series
A. The “I Am” Series
1. Jesus reveals Himself as the eternal Son of God
2. The “I AM” statements help us understand Him
B. The Light of the World
B. The Light of the World
1 Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, 2 but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. 3 As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd. 4 “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?” 6 They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. 7 They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” 8 Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust. 9 When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman. 10 Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?” 11 “No, Lord,” she said. And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.” 12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”
1. What does this “I AM” Statement Mean?
a. What does it mean to be the Light of the World?
2. How does it relate to you and me?
Today we are going to look at this statement and see that light bring a knowledge of our need, we will see that Light brings hope to the hopeless and light brings direction to those who are delivered.
I. LIGHT BRINGS A KNOWLEDGE OF OUR NEED (v. 1-9)
I. LIGHT BRINGS A KNOWLEDGE OF OUR NEED (v. 1-9)
1 Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, 2 but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. 3 As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd. 4 “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5 The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?” 6 They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. 7 They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” 8 Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust. 9 When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman.
1. The woman taken in adultery
2. All eyes focused on this guilty woman
3. The Pharisees attempt to catch Jesus between law and grace
a. He said He had come to fulfill the law
b. He was also the friend of sinners
c. The law demanded death for adultery
d. What would Jesus Do?
4. Jesus stooped and wrote on the ground
a. The law had been written in stone for Moses
b. Perhaps he wrote the Commandments in the sand
c. The law makes us all face our sins
5. The pharisees now made aware of their sins
a. “Let him… cast the first stone”
b. Exposed to the light they all departed
II. LIGHT BRINGS HOPE TO THE HOPELESS (v. 10)
II. LIGHT BRINGS HOPE TO THE HOPELESS (v. 10)
10 Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”
1. The woman was guilty, without hope
2. Now she would have hope, forgiveness
a. “Where are thine accusers?”
b. “Neither do I condemn thee”
3. Light for all in the dark
a. The dayspring from on high (Luke 1:78)
78 Because of God’s tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us,
b. A light for the Gentiles (Luke 2:32)
32 He is a light to reveal God to the nations, and he is the glory of your people Israel!”
c. The light was the life of men (John 1:4-6)
4 The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it. 6 God sent a man, John the Baptist,
4. Our Lord’s passion for a lost world
a. “World” appears s77 times in John’s Gospel
b. Capsulized in John 3:16
16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
5. The adulteress deserved death but received life
6. She deserved to be condemned but received pardon
III. LIGHT BRINGS DIRECTION TO THOSE WHO ARE DELIVERED (v. 11-12)
III. LIGHT BRINGS DIRECTION TO THOSE WHO ARE DELIVERED (v. 11-12)
11 “No, Lord,” she said. And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.” 12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”
1. “Go, and sin no more”
2. “Shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life”
3. Theses are direction for those who have been forgiven.
a. Salvation is only the beginning (Eph 2:8-10)
8 God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God. 9 Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. 10 For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.
b. We are not to walk in darkness anymore
c. We are to walk in newness of life (Rom 6:4)
4 For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSION
A. The sinless Savior Brings Light and Life to Sinners
B. Come Out of Darkness into the Light of the World
C. He Will Enable You to Walk in His Light