I AM : THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD

READ JOHN 1:1-13

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life,[a] and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own,[b] and his own people[c] did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

DISCUSS:

1. What stands out to you from this passage?

2. What things does this passage say about the identity of Jesus?

3. Why would the world prior to the arriving be described as being in darkness (v5)?


READ 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. What would it look like to be walking in darkness? (See eph 5:8-14)
2. How does following Jesus provide a way of darkness?

READ 1 JOHN 1:5-7

5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[b] sin.

1. Given that Jesus is Light - how should our lives be changed by experiencing his light?
2. What would it look like to ‘walk in the the light’?
3. How is it that Jesus purifies from sin and darkness?


APPLY AND PRAY

What is an area of your life that needs to be brought under the Light of Jesus?