2. John 8:12 We are not impressed by Jesus as the Light,
because we do not know what darkness is!

3. Plato (400b.C.)and his cave

6. Matthew 4:16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light, And upon those who sat in the region and shadow of death Light has dawned."

7. „Frühmorgens aber kam er wieder in den Tempel“

8. Place:
Women‘s courtyard
Lampstand
25 m. /82 f. high

9. We need Jesus more than just for the forgivess of sins
We tend to live with the fake and do not know the real thing!
Luke 1:79 To give light to those who sit in
darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace."

10. Col 2:17 laws /regulations which are a shadow
of things to come,but the substance is of Christ.
Hebrews 10:1 For the law, having a shadow of
the good things to come,

12. Jesus also wants to shine his light in the following areas:
2) We need light (=Jesus) because we belong to darkness and we need to be set free!
AND WE ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS!!!

13. Acts.26:18
18 to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

14. Col.1:12
12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
13 For he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves,

15. Eph.6:12
12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

16. 3) Our mind is dark! No understanding!

17. Eph.4:17
17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God

18. 4) Light (=Jesus) gives revelation
2.Kor. 4:6 + prayer in Eph.1:18!
6 For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
Read John 14:6-9 (NOT THE OT!!!)

19. 5) Eph.1:18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,

20. enlighten = photizo
to give light, to shine, light up, to bring to light,
to cause something to exist and thus come to light and become clear to all !

21. Eph. 5: But everything exposed by the light becomes visible,14 for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said: "Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

22. 6) Make sin visible
Joh 1:9 The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. .

23. Joh. 3:19-21
Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God." .

24. 1Cor 4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts.

25. 4) Orientation and direction
Joh 12:35
"You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.
36 Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light."

26. Only because of light I can see something!

27. 5) Growth = Life
Joh. 1:4-5
4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men.
5 The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

28. Popov the clown

29. 6) With light we feel safe!
Fear is gone!!!

30. 7) Light casts out darkness.

31. 7) Light creates unity
John 3: und Joh.1:5-7