John
8:12-30
12 When
Jesus spoke again to the people, He said,
I AM
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
Whoever
follows me will never walk in darkness,
But will
have the Light of Life.'
13 The
Pharisees challenged Him,
'Here You
are, appearing as Your own witness;
Your
Testimony is Not Valid.'
14 Jesus
answered, 'Even if I Testify on My own behalf,
My
Testimony is Valid.'
For I know
where I came from and where I am going.
But you
have No Idea where I came from and where I am going.
15 You
judge by human standards;
I pass
judgment on no one.
16 But if
I do judge, My decisions are Right,
Because I
am not alone.
I STAND
WITH THE FATHER WHO SENT ME.
17 In your
own Law it is written
That the
Testimony of two men is Valid.
18 I am
One Who Testifies for My self;
My other
witness is the One Who sent Me—the Father.'
19 Then
they asked Him, 'Where is Your Father?'
'You do
not know Me or My Father,' Jesus replied.
'If you
knew Me, you would know My Father also.'
20 He
spoke these words while teaching in the Temple area
Near the
place where the offerings were put.
Yet no one
seized Him, because His time had no yet come.
21 Once
more Jesus said to them,
I am going
away, and you will look for Me,
AND YOU
WILL DIE IN YOUR SIN.
Where I
go, you cannot come.'
22 This
made the Jews ask, 'Will he kill Himself?
Is that
why He says, 'Where I go, you cannot come'?'
23 But he
continued,
'YOU
ARE FROM BELOW; I AM FROM ABOVE.
YOU ARE
OF THIS WORLD;
I AM
NOT OF THIS WORLD.
24 I told
you that you would die in your sins;
IF YOU
DO NOT BELIEVE THAT I AM THE ONE I CLAIM TO BE,
YOU
WILL INDEED DIE IN YOUR SINS.'
25 'WHO
ARE YOU?' they asked.
'Just what
I have been claiming all along,' Jesus replied.
26 I have
much to say in judgment of you.
But He Who
sent Me is reliable,
AND
WHAT I HAVE HEARD FROM HIM
I TELL
THE WORLD.'
27 They
did not understand
That He
was telling them about His Father.
28 So
Jesus said, 'When you have lifted up the Son of Man,
Then you
will know who I am and that I do nothing on My own
But speak
just what the Father has taught Me.
29 THE
ONE WHO SENT ME IS WITH ME;
He has not
left Me alone,
For I
always do what pleases Him.'
30 EVEN
AS HE SPOKE,
MANY
PUT THEIR FAITH IN HIM.
(John
8:1-30)
Today, the
only Light in this Dark World
Is Christ
Jesus
And those
in whom He dwells.
All else is
Darkness.
Those who do
not believe Jesus is the Christ of God
Will Die in
their Sins.
Christ Jesus
is not of this World
As those who
believe Him, are not of this World.
Those in whom
Christ dwells,
Tell the
World what Christ has taught them,
And God is
with them.
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