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Summit Life with J.D. Greear

I Am the Light of the World, Part 2

Summit Life with J.D. Greear

J.D. Greear Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Jesus said in John 8:12 that those who follow him will not walk in darkness, which means that our lives will radiate with his light. In this message, Pastor J.D. continues to share how to look to the light of Jesus to be saved and then live in a way that glows with the knowledge that you belong to Jesus and Jesus belongs to you.

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0:00.0

Today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

0:02.4

The irony of the gospel is that if you expose and confess your sins to Jesus,

0:08.2

he will cover them in grace.

0:10.4

I know that you feel afraid to bring your guilt and your weakness and your failure and your shame to Jesus.

0:15.3

But friend, I've got good news for you. it's safe.

0:30.6

Welcome back to Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer.

0:35.6

As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich, and we're so glad that you're back with us today.

0:41.5

Jesus said in John 812 that those who follow him will not walk in darkness.

0:43.2

So what does that mean then?

0:47.7

It means that our lives will actually radiate with his light.

0:53.1

Today, Pastor J.D. continues to share how we look to the light of Jesus to be saved, and then how we live in a way that

0:55.1

glows with the knowledge that we belong to Jesus, and Jesus belongs to us. As always, if you miss

1:02.2

any of these brand new programs, or if you're in search of our featured monthly resource,

1:07.2

you can find it all online at jd.gere.com. Now, let's rejoin Pastor Jadie as he teaches from

1:14.0

John chapter 8. Jesus not only claims to be the great I am in the gospel of John, he attaches

1:21.4

that name to our greatest areas of brokenness and need. So what is the need, what are the needs met by this

1:30.1

claim? How does Jesus as the light of the world benefit me personally and you? John answers that

1:38.9

question by sandwiching this claim between two stories. We had a miracle sandwich last week. We got another one this

1:45.6

week. The first, the first piece of bread on this sandwich is John ate 1 through 11. The

1:51.2

forgiving of the woman caught the act of adultery. Now, I've got to add, many scholars say this

1:57.2

story was most likely not in the original manuscripts. It was added in later. But there is no

2:02.2

question that this story was passed around in the early church, and the story is so incredibly

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