The Light of the World
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Everything changes when God opens our eyes to the radiant glory of Christ. Today, R.C. Sproul teaches that Jesus came into the world to redeem people lost in the darkness of sin.
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
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| 0:00.0 | When somebody becomes converted, we use the expression, they've seen the light, because before they were blinded to the things of God. |
| 0:08.0 | Religion seemed unnecessary, irrational, fanatical, and all the rest. |
| 0:12.4 | And all of a sudden, when your eyes are opened and you see the full orb sweetness of the radiance of Christ, everything changes. |
| 0:26.7 | In John chapter 8, Jesus declared that he is the light of the world, and that whoever follows |
| 0:33.1 | him will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. And it is he, the Lord Jesus, that |
| 0:39.6 | we proclaim to a lost world filled with darkness. Hi, I'm Nathan W. Bingham, and welcome to the |
| 0:46.5 | Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind. We've started a series on Saturdays exploring several |
| 0:53.4 | of Jesus' I Am sayings from John's Gospel. |
| 0:56.8 | The series is called Knowing Christ. |
| 0:59.0 | And you can own this eight-message series on DVD with digital access to the messages and study guide in the free Ligeneer app and R.C. Sproll's title, Who is Jesus? |
| 1:10.2 | When you give a donation of any amount at renewingyour R.C. Sproles' title, Who is Jesus, when you give a donation of any amount at |
| 1:12.6 | Renewing Your Mind.org? But why did Jesus call himself the light of the world? Here's Dr. Sprawl. |
| 1:22.3 | As we continue now with our study of the I-Ms of Jesus, as they're found in John's Gospel. |
| 1:30.3 | We're going to turn our attention now to the second of the series of I-M's, which is the |
| 1:37.3 | statement that Jesus made, I am the light of the world. |
| 1:43.3 | Now, depending on which translation of the Bible you have in front of you, |
| 1:48.1 | you may find this reference in a little different place from somebody else. In my Bible, |
| 1:55.0 | I find it in John chapter 8, verse 12, where we read, then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world, |
| 2:07.7 | and he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life. Now, the reason I mentioned in passing that it may be at a different spot |
| 2:20.6 | in your Bible is that what precedes this in my text is the account of the woman caught in adultery. |
| 2:29.0 | And in fact, as a subheading in the new King James Bible, it says this for chapter 8, an adulterous |
| 2:36.4 | faces the light of the world. But the reason that this is problematic is that in some |
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