Jesus the Light of the World: Who Is He?

Light changes everything. Holly and I were sitting out on the back porch. I think it was night before last, and we were commenting, man, it really is dark tonight. Where's the moon? Because usually we get a silhouette of the trees and plants in our yard and and just love setting out there. And then all of a sudden, slowly, the moon came out from behind a few clouds and over the top of the trees and just lit up the backyard, and we could see. See, light makes a difference. What is Jesus talking about? We got light in the room. We don't need Jesus to be light. Is that what he's talking about? [00:45:03] (42 seconds)  #LightChangesEverything

Jesus shines his light down. What if that one child becomes an evangelist and leads millions to Christ around the world? And it happened because one VBS worker took the time to shine the light. That child can influence an entire family. Sometimes when a little heart catches fire, it can it it can change the whole world. Never underestimate what God can do in one week. Never estimate what God can do in one moment. The light of the world can shine into our darkness and change things in a moment. [00:50:48] (50 seconds)  #ShineOneLight

Just if your mom goes to church, does that mean you're automatically going to heaven? No. What if what if you you go to church all the time? You go on Sundays and Wednesdays, and sometimes just for good measure, you show up on Sundays I mean, Mondays. Just going to church you going to church, is is that gonna get you into heaven? No. Well, what if I help little old ladies across the street? Is that gonna get me into heaven? No. They seem to have a good grasp on this. No. No. If grandpa loves Jesus, does that mean I'm going to heaven? No. Here's the thing. [00:40:15] (48 seconds)  #FaithIsPersonal

Father, every day, the question comes to mind it seems, who do I say you are? Maybe not so much in the words that I I utter or someone else ask me, but in my actions. Every time I choose to be obedient and follow you, I say that you are my lord and my savior. And yet every time I choose to walk away in sin, Lord, I I I treat you as if you're just a good teacher. Lord, help us to see this morning that you are the light of the world, that you are the savior. The bible says there is no other name. There is no other person by which we must be saved except the name of Jesus. There aren't multiple paths to the same place. It's just through Jesus, the light of the world. [00:54:53] (57 seconds)  #JesusOnlyWay

Well, Jesus loves you. He died for your sin, and he wants to have that personal relationship. He wants to be the light of the world in your life. He wants to be the savior of your life. He wants to be the love of your life for he is the lover of your soul. Not only was he crucified dead and buried, he was raised from the dead that we could once again have eternal life with him. He died in place of your sin. What's a sin? It's just falling short of the perfection of God. [00:53:02] (39 seconds)  #SaviorAndResurrection

They had such great great faith in God and trust in God, and they taught me to. And one day when I was six, it became my choice. I I couldn't use their faith anymore. Anymore. I couldn't borrow their faith anymore. I had to make the decision that I was going to make Jesus my lord and my savior. All of their faith was awesome and it it showed me the way, but there was a time where I had to make it mine. I had to answer the question, who is Jesus to me? [00:43:57] (39 seconds)  #MakeFaithYours

Jesus says Peter is going to answer in a minute and says, you're the messiah. You're the savior. You're the son of God. So here's the here's the thing. Reason he makes it a personal question is we can't borrow somebody else's faith in Jesus. We we can't use somebody else's obedience and faith in Jesus to get us into heaven because that's what they said Jesus was. That's who they said he was to them, not who you say he is to you. [00:41:03] (34 seconds)  #PersonalConfession

You see, the bible says sin is darkness. Sin is like darkness. And the only light that can get rid of the darkness of sin is the light of Jesus. He's saying, I'm the light of the world that I can I can shine my light in the darkness and the sin has to flee? It has to run away. I am the light of salvation. I am the light of the world. You don't have to be in darkness. You don't have to walk in sin. What what a promise, isn't it? [00:45:45] (34 seconds)  #LightOverDarkness