>>>
John 8:12 - The Second I AM; Jesus the Light of the World!

John 8:12 (NLT) Jesus spoke to the people 
once more and said, I am the light of the 
world. If you follow me, you wont have to walk 
in darkness, because you will have the light 
that leads to life.  

INTRODUCTION

   Twenty-three times in all we find our 
Lord's meaningful "I AM" in the Greek text of this 
Gospel 4:26; 6:20, 35, 41, 48, 51; 8:12, 18, 24, 
28, 58; 10:7, 9, 11, 14; 11:25; 13:19; 14:6; 
15:1, 5; 18:5, 6, 8). In several of these, He 
joins His "I AM" with seven tremendous metaphors 
which are expressive of His saving relationship 
toward the world. 
   "I AM the Bread of life" (6:35, 41, 48, 
51). 
   "I AM the Light of the world" (8:12).
   "I AM the Door of the sheep" (10:7, 9).
   "I AM the Good Shepherd" (10:11, 14).
   "I AM the Resurrection and the Life" 
(11:25). 
   "I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life" 
(14:6). 
   "I AM the true Vine" (15:1, 5). 
[MacArthur Daily Bible 2003] 

COMMENTARY PEARL

   Engine trouble on our sailboat caused 
unexpected delays. My husband and I arrived at the 
mouth of the Fraser River as the wind was calm and 
the sun was setting. At dusk, we motored 
upriver. It was nearly impossible to see hazards in 
the water, but we had to keep going so we could 
find a place to moor.  
   I pulled out our big light. Gene steered 
the sailboat while I stood on the deck holding a 
three-thousand-lumen spotlight (equivalent to the light of three 
thousand candles). Steel navigational buoys located 
fourteen hundred feet apart dotted the length of that 
section of the river, marking the lanes in which 
incoming and outgoing vessels traveled. Colliding 
with one could seriously damage a hull, which is 
the body of the boat. My task was to find these 
markers and shine the light on them so Gene could 
steer away from them. Trying to navigate the river 
without that light would have been treacherous, 
foolish, and nearly impossible.  
   Jesus knew that navigating life 
successfully in spiritual darkness was impossible for 
mankind. He loved us so much that He came to earth 
and died for us (John 3:16). He revealed Himself 
as the light of life (John 1: 4). He unveiled 
the enemys tactics and lies so we could steer 
clear of them (James 4:7). I cant imagine 
navigating life apart from the light of Jesus any more 
than I can motor safely upriver in the dark. 
Grace Fox  
   Faith Step: Recall an instance in which 
Jesus saved you from a potentially painful 
situation. [Mornings With Jesus 2023 Devotional by 
Guideposts and Zondervan] 

COMMENTARY

As the Light of the world, Christ claimed to 
be God, for God is light (1 John 1:5). [Wiersbe 
Expository Outlines] 

I am the light of the world - The fountain 
whence all intellectual light and spiritual 
understanding proceed: without me all is darkness, misery, 
and death. (Adam Clarke Commentary) 

As the sun is the physical light of the 
world, so Jesus is the spiritual light of the 
world. As the light of the world, Jesus exposes sin 
(vv. 1"11) and gives sight (9:1"7). [Nelson 
SB] 

Christ is the "LIGHT, which LIGHTETH every 
man that cometh into the world." John 1:9. As 
through Christ every human being has life, so also 
through Him every soul receives some ray of divine 
LIGHT. Not only intellectual but spiritual power, a 
perception of right, a desire for goodness, exists in 
every heart. But against these principles there is 
struggling an antagonistic power. The result of the 
eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil is 
manifest in every man's experience. There is in his 
nature a bent to evil, a force which, unaided, he 
cannot resist. To withstand this force, to attain 
that ideal which in his inmost soul he accepts as 
alone worthy, he can find help in but one power. 
That power is Christ. Co-operation with that 
power is man's greatest need. ED29 

LINK FOR FURTHER STUDY 

John 8:12 - The Second I AM; Jesus the Light 
of the World! 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20211226-1019.html 

LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT

https://abible.com/links/