Jesus The Light Of The World Homilies Of Bishop John Louis Theme: jesus, the light of the world readings: 1 sam. 16:1, 6 7, 10 13 eph. 5:8 14 john 9:1 41 4th sunday of lent. introduction. in the gospel according to st. john, the miracles of jesus are presented as signs intended to lead his audience to understand certain deeper truths of salvation. Jesus christ, the eternal word of god (cf. john 1:1 2, 14), is the light of the world (cf. john 1:4 9; 8:12; 9:5). thus, when jesus appeared in the twin towns of zebulun and naphtali, st. matthew rightly saw it as the fulfillment of the prophecy of isaiah. hence, he wrote: “the land of zebulun and the land of naphtali… the people who sat in.
Jesus The Light Of The World Homilies Of Bishop John Louis Jesus is not only the great light to the people of zebulun and naphtali; he is indeed the great light of the whole world (john 8:12; 9:5). except for the 3 day eclipse of his death which occurred long time ago at calvary, the great light of christ has been shining brightly for the past 2,000 years; and it will shine forever!. Our world is in a desperately dark condition, but thanks be to god, who sent us his son, jesus, the light of the world. in this message, adrian rogers reveals five things about the light of jesus christ. John 8:12 30: 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." so the pharisees said to him, "you are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true." jesus answered, "even if i do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for i. Our world has nothing to do with the light. in john 1:5 john says, “the light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.”. in john 3:19 the bible says, “this is the verdict: light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.”. second: jesus is our light.
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