BY
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
BY
LUCKY EYIS AMIWERO
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JOHN 9:5
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5) As long as I am in the
world I am the light of the
world
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JESUS CHRIST AS LIGHT OF
THE WORLD:
JESUS CHRIST – if a man
wishes to be delivered from
darkness, he must come to
JESUS CHRIST
CHRIST is the only one who
gives real sight to men
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JOHN 11:9-10
RELATED CHAPTERS
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9) JESUS answered, are
there not twelve hours in
the day ? he stumbleth not
because he seeth the light
of this world
10) But if a man walk in the
night, he stumbleth,
because there is no light in
him
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HE SEETH THE LIGHT OF
THE WORLD:
JESUS answered, there are
twelve hours in a day:
Walk while is the day
*Go and do what is right,
regardless of the danger
Go and do what is right lest
the day pass and the
opportunity is lost
*If JESUS had walked in the
dark, failing to work and
failing to do what he knew
to be right, he would have
stumbled and show that
there is no light in him.
A man must do the same as
JESUS,
a man has only 12 hours of
daylight, he must work and
do what is right in the day
If he works in the Night, he
will stumbled
*JESUS is the light of this
world , man must have
,JESUS CHRIST to have light
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JOHN 12:35-36
JESUS AS LIGHT
JESUS is the light of the
world, the Light was to be
with them for only a little
while longer; the light to be
crucified. Man must believe
in the light, if men believed
they become the children of
GOD.
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35) Then JESUS said unto
them, yet a little while is the
light with you, walk while ye
have the light lest darkness
come upon you for he that
walketh in darkness
knoweth not whither he
goeth
36) While ye have light,
believe in the light, that ye
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THE BELIEVER AS THE
CHILDREN OF LIGHT
JESUS CHRIST is the Light of
the world and have no
darkness in him.
*JESUS CHRIST give light to
every man who comes into
the world
*Believers are said to
become Children of Light
through belief in the light,
JESUS CHRIST himself
* Believer have been
transferred from the
dominion of darkness into
the kingdom of CHRIST, the
inheritance of light
*Before they come to
CHRIST, believers are not
only in darkness but in
embodiment of darkness,
but when when they come
to JESUS CHRIST, believers
are placed in the Light and
become embodiment of
Light
Believers are the light of
the world are to set their
lamp on a lamp stand to
illuminate the world
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JOHN 12:46
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46) I am come a light into
the world, that whosoever
believeth on me should not
abide in darkness
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JESUS CAME AS A LIGHT
INTO THE WORLD:
A man is delivered from
darkness only through
JESUS CHRIST, the light,
CHRIST is the light of the
world
*He came to be the light of
the world to bring light and
salvation to mankind
His very purpose is to give
light and save
*The man who believe on
JESUS CHRIST is given light,
the light to see and learn
the truth of GOD and
himself, of the world and
others, of the future and of
life eternity
*A man is delivered from
darkness only through
JESUS, who is the light of
the world
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ROMANS 13:12-13
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12)The night is far spent,
the day is at hand: let us
therefore cast off the works
of darkness, and let us put
on the armor of light
13)Let us walk honestly , as
in the day; not in rioting and
drunkenness , not in
chambering and
wantonness, not in strife
and envying
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LET US THEREFORE CAST
OFF THE WORKS OF
DARKNESS AND PUT ON
THE ARMOR OF LIGHT
It is time the believer put
aside the deeds of darkness,
that is all former sin and put
on the armor of Light
The deed of darkness are
deed which men do under
the cover of darkness and
want to keep secret sins
THE ARMOR OF LIGHT/GOD
It is the armor of GOD
EPH. 6:10-20
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2 CORINTHIANS 4:3-6
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3) but if our gospel be hid,
it is hid to them that are lost
4)In whom the god of this
world hath blinded the
minds of them which
believe not, lest the light of
the glorious gospel of
CHRIST, who is the image of
GOD, should shine unto
them
5) For we preach not
ourselves, but CHRIST JESUS
the LORD; and ourselves
your servants for JESUS sake
shine in our hearts, to give
the light of the knowledge
of the glory of GOD in the
face of JESUS CHRIST
6) For GOD, who
commanded the light to
shine out of darkness, hath
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THE GOSPEL IS HID TO
THOSE WHO SATAN HAS
BLINDED THEIR MIND
The gospel is hid to men
because they are perishing,
men are on the road to be
lost, as they have turn away
from GOD and traveling to
the opposite direction along
the road that lead to
destruction.
The god of this world is
Satan who blind person
mind by appealing to his
flesh- to the craving of sinful
man, by enticing with the
lust of the eye, the lust of
flesh, the pride of life, which
focus on the world
:CAR
: HOUSE
: POSSESSION
: POSITION
: FAME
: COVERT
THE LIGHT OF THE
GLORIOUS GOSPEL OF
JESUS CHRIST
JESUS CHRIST- as the light
the image of GOD, men
where able to see GOD,
exactly how GOD is like:
Loving, Compassionate,
caring, Healing, restoring,
saving Correcting,
disciplining, holy, righteous
just
FOR GOD WHO
COMMANDED THE LIGHT
TO SHINE OUT OF
DARKNESS
GOD who created light the
FATHER of light and send his
SON to be the Light of the
world it is GOD who said,
light shall shine out of
darkness, who shone in our
heart for the illumination of
the knowledge the glory of
GOD
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2 CORINTHIANS 6:14
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14) Be ye not unequally
yoked together with
unbelievers; for what
fellowship hath
righteousness with
unrighteousness? And what
communion hath light with
darkness?
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WHAT COMMUNION HATH
LIGHT WITH DARKNESS
That is, the state of light
and knowledge , into which
brought by divine mercy.
WITH DARKNESS – That
state of ignorance, misery,
in which they continue to be
lost
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2 CORINTHIANS 11:13-
15
RELATED CHAPTER
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13) For such are false
apostles, deceitful workers,
transforming themselves
into the gospel of CHRIST
14)And no marvel; for
Satan himself is
transformed into an angel
of light
15)Therefore it is no great
thing if his ministers also be
transformed as the
ministers of righteousness;
whose end shall be
according to their works
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FALSE TEACHER
The believer should fear
false teacher deceitful
worker, false minster who
masquerade as Minster of
JESUS CHRIST but they are
not they are like Satan often
appear as an angel or
messenger of light
Who are always mislead
people away from JESUS
CHRIST-
In false belief and
doctrine
Into rituals and
ceremony
Into organization
and program
Into focusing on the
person the Minster
than in JESUS CHRIST
Money and riches
*The false minister are to
be judged according to their
works or actions
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EPHESIANS 5:8-9
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8) For ye were sometimes
darkness, but now are ye
light in the LORD; walk as
children of light
9) For the fruits of the Spirit
is in all goodness and
righteousness and truth
10)Proving what is
acceptable unto the LORD
11)And have no fellowship
with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather
reprove them
12) For it is a shame even
to speak of these things
which are done of the them
in secret
13) But all things that are
reproved are made manifest
by the light; for whatsoever
doth make manifest is light
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DARKNESS AND LIGHT
Before a person is saved, he
is not only in darkness, but
the embodiment of
darkness. A person who
does not know GOD is in
darkness.
*He does not know why he
is on earth.
*How ever, the believer
was in darkness, but now he
is light in the LORD JESUS
said I am the light of the
world and the believer as
the light of the world:
Ø Light, not darkness,
is the nature of
believer
Ø Light bears the
things of life- the
fruit of the spirit
Ø Light shows what is
acceptable and
pleasing
Ø Light exposes the
deed of darkness
Ø Light awakens the
sleep
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PHILIPPIANS 2:15
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15) that ye may be
blameless and harmless, the
sons of GOD, without
rebuke, in the midst of a
crooked and perverse
nation, among whom ye
shine as lights in the world
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SHINE AS LIGHT IN THE
WORLD(PURITY)
Believers are to work at
being blameless free from
faultless and pure in life,
with sport
*The world is wicked, evil,
twisted, greedy, perverted;
therefore believers has a
path to walk, to shine as a
light in the world, he is to
reflect the purity and
holiness of GOD
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1 THESSALONIANS 5:5
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5) Ye are all the children of
light, and the children of the
day we are not of the night,
nor of darkness
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YE ARE THE CHILDREN OF
LIGHT:
The believer is a child of
light, which is believer is a
child of GOD
*The believer possesses the
very nature of GOD which n
is the light
*The believer will escape
judgment as a child
accepted by GOD, he will be
accepted in the day of the
LORDS return
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1 TIMOTHY 6:16
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16)Who only hath
immortality, dwelling in the
light which no man can
approach unto; whom no
man hat seen, nor can see;
to whom be honor and
power everlasting
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DWELLING IN THE LIGHT
WHICH NO MAN CAN
APPROACH
JESUS CHRIST- alone dwells
in the light which no man
can approach unto, the
glorious light of GOD’S
presence, No person shall
ever approach GOD or dwell
in the light of GOD’S
presence apart from JESUS
CHRIST
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1 PETER 2:9
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9)But ye are a chosen
generation, a royal
priesthood, a holy nation, a
peculiar people; that ye
should show forth the
praises of him who hath
called you out of darkness
into his marvelous light
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CALLED YOU OUT OF
DARKNESS INTO HIS
MARVELOUS LIGHT:
GOD is changing people
within their hearts and
minds and lives, changing
them where it really matter.
*GOD is implementing his
divine nature within
believers, when a person
believes in JESUS CHRIST,
GOD divine nature is
immediately implanted in to
his heart
*The person is born again
and received a renewed
mind.
*JESUS CHRIST called us
out of the state of ignorance
and error, misery death, and
sin to the marvelous Light:
The light of knowledge,
wisdom, holiness to the
glorious light
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JAMES 1:17
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17) Every good gift and
every perfect gift is from
above, and cometh down
from the FATHER of lights,
with whom is no
variableness, neither
shadow of turning
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EVERY GOOD GIFT COME
DOWN FROM THE FATHER
OF LIGHT
GOD is the FATHER of lights
and he is unchangeable,
*GOD is the One who gives
men every good and perfect
gift that man receives
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I JOHN 2:9
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9) he that saith he is in the
light and hateth his brother,
is in darkness even until
now
10) He that loveth his
brother abidieth in the light,
and there is none occasion
of stumbling in him
11) But he that hateth his
brother is in darkness, and
walketh in darkness, and
knoweth not wither he
goeth, because that
darkness hath blinded his
eyes
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LIGHT DON’T HATE
The believers who
professes to know God and
hate his brother is in
darkness and have no light
in him
*JESUS reveals the light of
love to us, we must love our
neighbors as our self even
our enemies
*No man walks in the light
of GOD and hate, neglect
dislike, disregards and
mistreat them he
unbeliever lives in darkness
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