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Day 19 of 47 going through John's gospel - more info at https://www.severnvineyard.org/time-space-jesus

What could happen if you take time and make space with Jesus today? This ten-minute podcast is part reading, part music, and part silence, all designed to help you create a space to picture and feel the scene with Jesus in it. You can use this space in lots of ways, including meditation, prayer, re-reading the passage or thinking about what it means for you today.

Today's reflection: What does it mean to you that Jesus is the light of the world?

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Again, Jesus spoke to the people, saying, \u201cI am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.\u201d

Then the Pharisees said to him, \u201cYou are testifying about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.\u201d 

Jesus answered them, \u201cEven if I testify about myself, my testimony is valid, because I know where I came from, and where I\u2019m going; but you don\u2019t know where I\u2019m from, or where I\u2019m going. You judge by human standards. I judge no one. But even if I do judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but with the Father who sent me. And it is written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid. I am one who testifies about myself, and my other witness is the Father who sent me.\u201d

So they said to him, \u201cWhere is your Father?\u201d

Jesus answered, \u201cYou don\u2019t know me or my Father. If you knew me, you would also know my Father.\u201d Jesus said these things in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his time had not yet come. Then Jesus said again to them, \u201cI am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I am going, you cannot come.\u201d

The Jews said, \u201cWill he kill himself? Is that why he says, \u2018Where I am going, you cannot come\u2019?\u201d

He said to them, \u201cYou are from below. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world. So I said to you that you will die in your sins, because unless you believe that I am who I am, you will die in your sins.\u201d

So they said to him, \u201cWho are you?\u201d

Jesus said to them, \u201cJust what I have been saying to you from the beginning. I have many things to say and to judge concerning you. But the one who sent me is trustworthy; and it\u2019s the things which I heard from him that I say to the world.\u201d

They didn\u2019t understand that he was speaking to them about the Father. So Jesus said to them, \u201cWhen you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am who I am, and I do nothing on my own, but I say these things just as my Father taught me. The one who sent me is with me. The Father hasn\u2019t left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.\u201d

As he said these things, many believed in him.