Jesus The Context In 734 BC Assyria invaded the Northern Kingdom and conquered several cities in Israel 2 Kings 1529 As a result many people were deported to Assyria and Israel became a vassal state ID: 255995
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Light of the World :
JesusSlide2
The Context
In 734 B.C. Assyria invaded the Northern Kingdom and conquered several cities in Israel (2 Kings 15:29). As a result, many people were deported to Assyria and Israel became a vassal state.Slide3
The Context
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Assyrians and Babylonians would cause havoc on Israel and Judah. Terrible times that brought not only war and bloodshed, but also a great crisis of faith for God's people.Slide4
DARKNESS
(Is 8:21-22) Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God. (22) Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.Slide5
DARKNESS
Isa 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.Slide6
DARKNESS
Isa 8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? Slide7
DARKNESS
Isa 6:5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. Slide8
PICTURE OF
DARKNESS:
Ignorance
Rebellion
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LIGHT
(Is 9:1-2) ... there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress... (2) The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.Slide10
LIGHT
Why the sudden change?Slide11
LIGHT
Isaiah's prophecy gave a solution to the darkened world. The Messiah's coming, says Isaiah, means light for a people walking in darkness.Slide12
LIGHT
(Mt 4:13-16) Leaving Nazareth, he went and lived in Capernaum ... (14) to
fulfill
what was said through the prophet Isaiah ... (16) "the people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned."Slide13
LIGHT
His Names:
Wonderful
Counselor
He counsels us in the ways of GodSlide14
LIGHT
His Names:
Mighty God
God in the fleshSlide15
LIGHT
His Names:
Everlasting Father
Father or founder of eternal lifeSlide16
LIGHT
His Names:
Prince of Peace
Peace giver, with God, man, and ourselvesSlide17
LIGHT
Now, what is the purpose of light? Slide18
LIGHT
The purpose of light is to shine in darkness, to oppose darkness, to overcome and dispel darkness.Slide19
LIGHT
"In the beginning ... the earth was formless and empty," says the Bible, and "darkness was over the surface of the deep ..." (Gen 1:1-2). And then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light (Gen 1:3). Slide20
LIGHT
Light overcomes darkness.Slide21
LIGHT
For what reason did Jesus reveal himself as the light?Slide22
LIGHT
"So that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness" (John 12:46).Slide23
Reactions to the Light:
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hose who saw the light but would not believe
But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him
John 12:37 Slide24
Reactions to the Light:
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hose who believed but would not confess
Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
John 12:42-43 Slide25
Reactions to the Light:
Those who believe and follow the light
Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that
seeth
me
seeth
him that sent me.
John 12:44-45Slide26
Is Jesus Your Light?Slide27
Jesus is your light only if you believe in Him.Slide28
Let us abandon darkness, anguish, gloom, and despair and walk in the light and enjoy the fullness of life in Christ. Slide29
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light.
Eph
5:8 Slide30
Paul identifies the deeds of darkness for us: bitterness, rage, anger, fighting, slander, malice, sexual immorality, obscenity, foolish talk, coarse joking, idolatry (
Eph
4:29 - 5:7)Slide31
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Mt 5:16