Magnificent 7 : week 2

Levi Lusko - Fresh Life Church

Spiritual Sunburst

John 8:12

I AM the Light of the world

Brief moment where clouds open and that is Jesus to a T!

You could describe the whole Bible as "from darkness to light."

Revelation 22:5 "There shall be no night there..."

Jesus is God turning off the dark.

Isaiah 9:2

Malachi 4:2

1 Timothy 6:16

It's not just what He is, it's WHO He is!

God is Light!

God is not only light...light is not God.

Eleanor Roosevelt : "It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness."

Metaphor :: 

The sun gives us life, vision + joy

Without light there is no..

Life : God is like that..God is like our dependence on the sun.

Vision : without light there cannot be color.

Joy : vitamin d

Magnitude ::

Looked backward and forward.

Involved their kids.

Huge involvement of light by using gigantic candelabras.

William Barclay : "They sent such a blaze of light throughout Jerusalem that every courtyard was lit up with their brilliance."

John 8:20 Jesus spoke this in the treasury the morning after the huge celebration.

Point to the past faithfulness of God 

Exodus 13:21

Begging God in the coming days to give them a fire light.

I Am I Am the Light of the world.

2nd half of the verse - He who follows Me!

How do we tap into our mission?

Mission ::

Follow Him!

"Follow Me" to the tax collector, the adulterer, the fisherman, etc.

If we are with Jesus and He is Light, then we will always have light with us.

Psalm 36:7

Don't trust your own eyesight.

You can see light from far away.

Small flint can be seen from up to 3 miles away.

The light that we see from the sun left it 8 minutes ago.

So much of light is invisible to our eyes.

William Herschel : infrared and ultraviolet

Something invisible comes in and something highly visible comes out.

2 Corinthians 5:7

Look at our life and know God is doing invisible things.

Look at people and know that they are filled with the light of God.

Light isn't just wonderful it's also dangerous.

If you have prolonged exposure to light it is deadly.

What brings life can take life.

Exodus 33:20

We are incapable of living with God in all His glory.

So He bridged the gap and sent His Son Jesus!

Matthew 17:2 

Moses shines because he reflected that light, Jesus is the source of that light.