What a wonderful consciousness was this for one that saw his life gliding rapidly away in an obscure corner of the world, among a despised class of persons, and knew that a cross was prepared for him at the capital. Knowing that the light of life is to go forth from him, from him alone, to all nations, peoples, and languages, how admirable is the quiet, unhasting humility that enables him to sit down among the poorest and meanest of earth, occupy himself with all their cares and solicitudes, heal their diseases, correct their errors, embrace their infant children, partake of their humble meals, and listen in their synagogues! He knew that he was to be the sun of all the world, bathe the continents in light, and create new heavens and new earth for the more effectual manifestation of his unimagined glory. Yet he could converse in a strain of perfect tranquility with the Samaritan woman at the well, and could go about Jerusalem looking for the poor man whom the -Pharisees had put out of the synagogue. This is something that should never be forgotten when we read the Gospel; and the wonder is that it does not more attract the attention of men. The evidence of Christ's humility and contentedness of spirit, rests upon the surest foundation; all his actions and his mode of life declare that he was at home among the poor and needy of earth, and sought not great things for himself; but there drop from his lips at times, expressions that indicate the perfect and abiding consciousness that he is to sit down upon the throne of this world, and fill it with the effulgence beaming from his countenance. Before the high priest and Pilate he was as a lamb led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he opened not his mouth; and it was only with the greatest difficulty that they could force him once to speak and to disclose the sublime consciousness that was in him, by a reference to his future coming in the clouds of heaven and in the glory of God, to take complete possession of the world.

A daily devotional written by a Baptist Missionary to India, Reverend George Bowen (1816-1888) over 150 years ago.

Bowen's Daily Meditations

" I am the light of the world." - John 8:12. 

Whoever comes to Me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in Me shall never thirst. (John 6:35 ESV)


 
“I am the bread of life” (John 6:35). “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12). “I am the good shepherd” (John 10:14). “I am the true vine” (John 15:1). “I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25). Here is the great I AM saying what He is. And then you notice how frequently He links with that a ‘shall’. The ‘shalls’ of the ‘I am's’ in John’s Gospel are tremendously impressive – not always using the exact word, but in the context you will find the same conclusion. But here are some of the ‘shalls’. “I am the bread of life... he that eats this bread shall live for ever” (John 6:58). “I am the light of the world; he that follows Me shall not walk in darkness” (John 8:12). The link between what He is and ourselves is this, “he that believeth on Me.” What I AM shall become true of him. “He that believeth on Me shall never die” (John 11:26), “...shall not hunger” (John 6:35), shall never wander like sheep without a shepherd, he shall have a governing, controlling reality like a shepherd in his life. “Shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” What I AM shall become true. “I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth on Me, though he die, yet shall he live; and whosoever lives and believes on Me shall never die.” What I AM is made good when you believe. 
 Now it is not what 
 we are. I am dead; He is alive. I can never be other than dead, but He as the 
 Life can become Life in me in my death, if only I believe. I am hungry, 
 spiritually starved; He is Bread, and I need never hunger; although I shall 
 always hunger in myself, yet He will become the Bread to supply me. Think of 
 it! I need never hunger, I am down there in the country, isolated, getting no 
 fellowship, no food; I am away in some place where there is no spiritual 
 bread, and He says, 
 
 “He that 
 eats Me shall never hunger.” Is that dependent upon where I am, 
 what my situation and circumstances are as to available spiritual meat? No, it 
 is Himself, not a place; it is Himself, not circumstances. But how can it be? – 
 “He that believes.”

This devotional contains short daily portions from a selection of Mr. Austin-Sparks' messages. In his own words, “Perhaps this is just like a window opened into heaven. If you get the right window you can see quite a lot. You can see great things and you can see far things. But the best that I can hope is that this has just opened a window, and that as you look through it you are seeing one thing - how superior is Jesus Christ to all else, and how superior is the dispensation into which we have come, and how superior are all the resources at our disposal to all that ever was before!” Open Windows messages have been selected and compiled by Austin-Sparks.Net from the works of T. Austin-Sparks. In some cases they appear in abridged form. The introductory verse and its associated Bible version have been selected by the editor and did not always appear within the original message.

Open Windows

Features Of Zion - Chapter 4

 The “SHALLS” of Christ 

The natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. Open my eyes, that I may see wondrous things from Your law. I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life. § We all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image … just as by the Spirit of the Lord. It is the God who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory … give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him … that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.

Daily Light on the Daily Path or Daily Light is a Christian daily devotional scripture reading published by Bagster & Sons about 1875. It has been reprinted continually since then. It consists of brief groupings of scripture passages which speak to prominent Biblical themes—two themes (morning and evening) for each day of the year. It appends no commentary, but simply allows scripture to speak for itself.

Morning Daily Light

 The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore, when your  eye is good, your whole body also is full of light. 

By the word of Your lips, I have kept away from the paths of the destroyer. Uphold my steps in Your paths, that my footsteps may not slip. § When you roam, they will lead you; when you sleep, they will keep you; and when you awake, they will speak with you. For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light. § Your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” whenever you turn to the right hand or whenever you turn to the left. I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life. § We have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place. § Now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I shall know just as I also am known. § They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.

 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. 

A Star shall come out of Jacob. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. § Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag upon the mountains of Bether. “Watchman, what of the night?” The watchman said, “The morning comes, and also the night. If you will inquire, inquire; return! Come back!” I am the light of the world. § I will give him the morning star. Take heed, watch and pray; for you do not know when the time is. It is like a man going to a far country, who left his house and gave authority to his servants, and to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to watch. Watch therefore … lest, coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. And what I say to you, I say to all: Watch!

Evening Daily Light

 I am … the Bright and Morning Star. 

<h3>Dispute Over Jesus’ Testimony</h3> 12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, <woj>“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” </woj>

John 8:12

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, <woj>“I am<cr>1</cr> the light of the world.<cr>2</cr> Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”<cr>3</cr> </woj>

 12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am   the light of the world.   Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”  

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The New International Version (NIV) is an English translation of the Bible first published in 1978 by Biblica (formerly the International Bible Society). The NIV was published to meet the need for a modern translation done by Bible scholars using the earliest, highest quality manuscripts available. Of equal importance was that the Bible be expressed in broadly understood modern English.

The NIV is published by Zondervan in the United States and Hodder & Stoughton in the UK. The NIV was updated in 1984 and 2011 and has become one of the most popular and best-selling modern translations.

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 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, <woj>“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” </woj>

 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am   the light of the world.   Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”  

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