Jn.1:5 – Amp – The Light shines on in the darkness, and the darkness did not understand it or overpower it or appropriate it or absorb it [and is unreceptive to it]. This verse is a description of Jesus as the Light of the World. This is not the kind of light that flows out …
Matt.2:4-7 – Now Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, in order to register along with Mary, who was betrothed to him, and was pregnant. While they were there, the …
Jn.1:4,5 – “In Him was life, and the life was the Light of mankind. And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.” This is where true life begins. All of us were born living in the darkness of this fallen world. We may have heard about light, believed in …
Matt.4:15-17 – “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles: The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned.” From that time Jesus began …
Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the World…” Can you remember the way you viewed the world before the light of Christ burst into your life? I can, even though it was many, many years ago. I remember looking at church as the most boring hour of the week, …
Gen.1:1-3 – – In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was a formless and desolate emptiness, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the surface of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. …
Jn 12:38-41 – “LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?” For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, “HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WILL NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, …
Matt. 9:29,30 – “Then He touched their eyes, saying, ‘It shall be done for you according to your faith.’ And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them, saying, ‘See that no one knows about this!’” One of the common miracles Jesus performed (as if any miracle is just common) was the opening of …
Lk.5:14 – You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; As soon as you become a Christian you have a target put on you. It seems to be the ambition of many lost people to trip up a Christian, to destroy their testimony. Our lives are like …
John 21:4 – But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. This was possibly several weeks after the resurrection but resurrection dawn was still among them. The day was now breaking- this new gospel day – was breaking in on them. …
