Sermon Tone Analysis

Chapter 1

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*The Light*

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*[[Vs 4|bible:john 1:4]]*

* *The Word (Jesus) IS life*

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* Life is man's most important asset, without it we’re nothing.

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* John’s gospel focuses on the importance of knowing that life comes from Jesus

*/John 14:6/*/ //Jesus said to him, "*I am the way, and the truth, and the life*; no one comes to the Father *but through Me*./

*/John 20:31/*/ //but these have been written so that *you may believe* that *Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God*; and that *believing you may have life in His name*./

/Other References: John 5:26; John 6:57 (the word eat mean to consume); John 10:10; John 17:3/

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* *Jesus, is the source of physical and “eternal life”*

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*/John 11:25/*/ //Jesus said to her, "*I am the resurrection* and *the life*; he *who believes in Me will live* even if he dies/

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* *Resurrection *– to raise up

* *Life *– to be alive

This statement may seem perplex someone living even though they’re died.

Its meaning is twofold; Jesus is talking about the coming resurrection at the end of time.

But also, Jesus is saying that he who *TRULY* believes in me will die to self and I will raise him up and give him life anew.

\\ *Note: one must die to self (our sins) first* and then have life anew *(NOT LIKE THE ONE OF OLD).*

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* *Jesus, the light of men*

* The word “Light” in the Bible symbolizes “of God”.

* “Darkness” is commonly used to signify death, ignorance, sin, and separation from God.

* Isaiah described the coming of salvation as the people living in darkness seeing a great light (Jesus)

*/Isaiah 9:2/*/ //The people who *walk in darkness* *will see a great light*; Those who *live in a dark land*, the *light will shine on them*./

/Other Reference: Matthew 4:16/

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* Light (Jesus) is to expose our darkness

*John 8:**12* Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me *will not* walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life."

*John 12:46* "I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me *will not* remain in darkness.

Other References:* *John 9:5; John 12:46

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*2 key points to avoid if we are to truly FOLLOW Jesus*

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Not to walk in the darkness (8:12)

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Not to remain in darkness (12:46)

·We need to watch (be prayerfully alert) where we are walking

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/*Ephesians 5:**8* for you were *formerly* darkness, but *now you are Light in the Lord*; *walk as children of Light*/

/*Romans 13:12* The night is almost gone, and *the day is near,* Therefore *let us lay aside the deeds of darkness* and *put on the armor of light*./

*[[Vs 5|bible:john 1:5]]*

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* *The Light shines in darkness* ·

* * **“Shine”* means to bring forth into the light or to expose to the light

“*Darkness*” is personified in this verse: John makes darkness personal

Darkness is unable to “*Comprehend”* light.

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* * **Comprehend* – means in the Greek /“to lay hold of”/

*Dictionary defines Comprehend*

#. to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of

#. to understand

We have problems with darkness in our lives because *we allow it *to confuse our thoughts and actions to the point where we can not see or comprehend the Light

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*John 3:/19/*/ /"This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

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*Note: what in our life could be causing us to not fully comprehend Jesus?*

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*[[Vs 6|bible:john 1:6]]*

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* *Sent by God*

* *came* = “came into being” or “arrived”

* Before John the Baptist (not John the gospel writer) was born he was given a special mission (Luke 1:11-17)

* John was the great forerunner mentioned in Isaiah to prepare the way for Jesus.

* A caller was one who would go before a king’s arrival and announce his coming (this was a custom for time of Jesus).

*/Isaiah 40:3/*/ //A voice is calling, "Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God./

* Being sent meant like the Old Testament prophets before him John was equipped and commissioned by God for special ministry.

*Note:** Your life is for a purpose, God has a special plan for you.*

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*[[Vs 7|bible:john 1:7]]*

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* *John mission was to pave the way*

* John was to pointed to the light switch (Jesus)

* John is one of the witness to testify of Jesus

*/John 1:15/*/ //John testified about Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for *He existed before me*.'"/

* Note: John is referring to Jesus deity because John was born 6 months prior to Jesus’ birth.

*/John 1:34 /*/"I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God."/

* Note: John is referring again to Jesus deity by calling him the Son of God.

/Other References: John 1://32, 34; John 3:11, 26; John 5:31-32/

* The Father also testify of Jesus */John 5:36/*/ //"But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for *the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish*--the very *works that I do--testify about Me*, that the Father has sent Me. *37* "And the *Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me*.

You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form./

* People in sin are in such darkness that they need someone to tell them where the light is

*Note:** We’re all called to be a pointer to the light switch *

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*[[Vs 8|bible:john: 1:8]]*

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* *John was not the light*

* John the Baptist was awesome, but not the Light.

* This is important to point out because some evidence suggests that the movement begun by John the Baptist continued after his death and even after the death and resurrection of Jesus

*/John 4:1/*/ //Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing *more disciples* than John/

*/Luke 5:33/*/ //And they said to Him, "The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do the same, but Yours eat and drink."/

Other References: John 1:20; Mark 6:29

* Twenty years after Jesus' resurrection Paul found about 12 disciples of John the Baptist in Ephesus.

/References: Acts 18:25; Acts19:1-7/

* A Mandaean (măn´dēenz) sect still continues south of Baghdad and in parts of Iran which, though hostile to Christianity, claims an ancestral link to John the Baptist and follows this teachings.

* Be careful not to look up to or lift up man, but Jesus.

When eyes are taken off of the Messiah and onto one’s self or another, disaster will follow.

*Note:** There is only one true Light and that is Jesus*

 

*[[Vs 9|bible:john 1:9]]*

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* *Light of the World*

·         There’s only one true light

·         Christ gives light to every man.

This does not mean universal salvation or general revelation.

What it means is that Christ as the Light shines on each person either in salvation or in illuminating him with regard to his sin and coming judgment.

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*/John 3:18/*/ //" He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

*19* "This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

*20* *"For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.*

*21 *"But he who *practices* the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought (to work)/ /in God."/

/Other Reference: John 9:39-41; John 16:8-11/

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* What man can see in the dark?

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*Note:** soiled clothes in the light; Jesus as a light to reveal sin to mankind.

If we are having trouble seeing in the darkness, it’s because we are not looking for the light switch.*

*[[Vs 10|bible:john 1:10]]*

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* ***Jesus walked among us*

* ***He was in the world*

*  “*world*” in Greek is = Kosmos, this is where we get our word “cosmos”