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Analysis Of ' I Am The Light Of The World '

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The statement, “I am the light of the world” comes packed with deep meaning and coveys much truth whenever it is used . Jesus knew what this statement meant when He said it, but most people did not and still do not quite understand the weight of this reference. The following text will cover how this statement relates to God the Father as revealed in the Old Testament, how the statement reveals the deity of Christ, and finally the events surrounding the reason for the statement used.
Jesus’ use of the statement, “I am the light of the world” relates to God the Father as revealed in the Old Testament in a remarkable way. The best place to observe this is in the beginning in the book of Genesis,
‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.’
What Jesus was saying here is that He has been the light since the beginning. This is also further explained in the book of John when John mentions how if it were not for God creating the heavens and the earth and speaking light into existence, that there would be nothing. Even though this passage does not use ‘the “light of the world”

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