I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness

John 8:12-20

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.”

The Pharisees challenged him, “Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid.”

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 come from or where I am going. You judge by human standards; I pass judgment on no one. But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me. In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true. I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”

“You do not know me or my Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.” He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put. Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.

Jesus again uses one of the ceremonies of the feast to explain his own mission. At dusk they lit four great golden candelabra to symbolize the pillar of fire by which God guided his people through the desert by night. Jesus says he will give the light which is life itself to all who follow him.

There is no validity in claims like these made without back-up, say the Pharisees. Jesus calls God to witness, but they are mystified by his talk of  'the Father'

Why?

When people talk from his own concept and his own standard there is no truth, they won't know what Jesus says. So the Pharisees challenged Jesus.

Jesus is the light of the world, Jesus is the light of the life for all who follow Jesus.

It is useless when people harden their hearts, insist on their own minds, there is no way to accept Jesus. So the way to heaven is narrow and hard to find, but the way to the darkness and destroy is broad and many people walk on it.

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猶太人在住棚節會點蠟燭在廣場，耶穌說他是世界的光。耶穌都針對猶太人的儀式，導正真正的含義。倒水的儀式中，說他可以供應活水。

這個婦女，不要再犯罪，指出人的無知，被蒙蔽。人在黑暗中，不知道從那裏來，往那裏去，不知人的最終目標。我們跟著耶穌走，我們才知道自己的目標。

耶穌把自己和天父畫上等號。

人喜歡做審判者，因為不會被審判。

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How?

I believe Jesus is the light of life, I will follow Jesus through all my life.