2. Jesus: the True Light
John 1:9-13

7. Jesus – the True Light
The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.(9)

8. Jesus – the True Light
The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.(9)
Lesser Lights

9. Jesus – the True Light
The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.(9)
False Lights

10. He is in every respect, the Real, True and Genuine Light.
Jesus – the True Light
The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.(9)
He is in every respect, the Real, True and Genuine Light.

11. Why is Jesus the True Light?
The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.(9)
Why is Jesus the True Light?

12. Jesus brings the Truth with Authority
He is the only One entitled to bring us Truth

13. Jesus brings the Truth with Authority
He is the only One entitled to bring us Truth:
He carries the Voice of God

14. Jesus brings the Truth with Authority
He is the only One entitled to bring us Truth:
He carries the Voice of God
Hebrews 1:1-2 In the past God spoke to our forefathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son

15. Jesus brings the Truth with Authority
He is the only One entitled to bring us Truth:
He carries the Voice of God
“I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me.” (8:28)
“For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment--what to say and what to speak.” (12:49)

16. Jesus brings the Truth with Authority
He is the only One entitled to bring us Truth:
He carries the Voice of God
“The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.” (14:10)

17. Jesus brings the Truth with Authority
He is the only One entitled to bring us Truth:
He bears the Stamp of Heaven

18. Jesus brings the Truth with Authority
He is the only One entitled to bring us Truth:
He bears the Stamp of Heaven
“the true light…was coming into the world” (9)

19. Jesus brings the Truth with Authority
He is the only One entitled to bring us Truth:
He bears the Stamp of Heaven
“the true light…was coming into the world” (9)
No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father's side, has made him known. (18)

20. Jesus brings the Truth with Authority
He is the only One entitled to bring us Truth:
He bears the Stamp of Heaven
John 3:31b,32,34b The one who comes from heaven is above all. He testifies to what he has seen and heard,… the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God

21. Jesus brings the Truth with Authority
He is the only One entitled to bring us Truth

22. Jesus brings the Truth with Power
John 1:10-13 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God

23. Jesus brings the Truth with Power
His Truth is the power to make us children of God

24. Jesus brings the Truth with Power
His Truth is the power to make us children of God
The rejecting darkness, (10-11)
The World didn’t know Him
His Own didn’t receive Him

25. Jesus brings the Truth with Power
His Truth is the power to make us children of God
The rejecting darkness, (10-11)
The World didn’t know Him
His Own didn’t receive Him
A passive rejection of Jesus
An active rejection of Jesus

26. Jesus brings the Truth with Power
His Truth is the power to make us children of God
The powerful Light (12-13)

27. Jesus brings the Truth with Power
His Truth is the power to make us children of God
The powerful Light (12-13)
12 Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.

28. Jesus brings the Truth with Power
His Truth is the Power to make us Children of God

29. There is Absolute Truth Jesus is the custodian of that Truth
Jesus is the True Light
There is Absolute Truth
Jesus is the custodian of that Truth

30. There is Absolute Truth Jesus is the custodian of that Truth
Jesus is the True Light
There is Absolute Truth
Jesus is the custodian of that Truth
“for this reason I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.” (John 18:37)

31. Anything in life doesn’t acknowledge this is false and brings darkness
Jesus is the True Light
Anything in life doesn’t acknowledge this is false and brings darkness
“The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.” (John 18:37)

33. These things are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing, you may have life in His name.