Jesus Christ Is The Light

And

Satan The Father Of Lies

By

The Twelve Apostles

Jesus Christ Is The Light
The feast was done and Jesus, Peter, James and John were sitting in the temple treasury. The nine had gone back to Capernaum. The people thronged the temple courts and Jesus said, “I am the lamp; I, the Christ is the oil of life; the Holy Breath is the fire. Behold the light! And he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but he shall have the light of life.”

A lawyer said, “You witness for yourself, your witness is not true.”
and Jesus said, “If I do witness for myself I speak that which is true, for I know whence I came and where I go. And no one else in flesh can testify for me, for none know whence I came, nor where I go. My works bear witness to the truth I speak. As man, I could speak the words of Holy Breath; and then my Father testifies for me.”

The lawyer said, “Where does your Father live?”
And Jesus said, “You know me not or you would know my Father, and if you knew the Father you would know the son, because the Father and the son are one. I go my way and you shall find me not; for where I go you cannot come, because you do not know the way. You cannot find the way because your hearts are gross, your ears are dull, your eyes are closed. The light of life cannot shine through the murky veil that you have drawn about your hearts. You do not know the Christ, and if the Christ be not within the heart there is no light. I come to manifest the Christ to men and you receive me not, and you will dwell in darkness and in the shadow of the grave till you believe the words I speak. “But you will vilify the son of man, and lift Him up and laugh to see Him die. But then a little light will come and you will know that I Am What I Am.”

The people did not comprehend the meaning of the words He spoke. And then He spoke unto the people who believed in Him and said, “If you abide in Christ, and Christ abide in you, and if you keep my words within your heart. You are the way, you are disciples in the way, and you shall know what is the truth, and truth shall make you free.”

And still the people did not understand; they said, “We are the seed of Abraham and are already free; we never were the slaves of any man. Why do you say, We shall be free?”
And Jesus said, “Do you not know that every one committing sin is slave of sin? He abides in bondage unto sin? If you sin not then you are free; but if you sin in thought, word, or deed, then you are slaves, and naught but truth can set you free; if you are free through Christ, then you are free indeed. You are the seed of Abraham, and yet you seek to kill me just because I speak the truth of Abraham. You are the children of the flesh of Abraham; but, lo, I say, ‘There is a spiritual Abraham whom you know not.’

“In spirit you are children of your father, and your father is diabolic (unreliable); you hang upon his words and do his will. He was a murderer from the first; he cannot tell the truth, and when he tells a lie he speaks his own; he is himself a lie, and he is father of all lies.

“If you were children of my Father-God, then you could hear the words of God; I speak the words of God, but you can bear them not.”

A Pharisee stood forth and said, “This fellow is not one of us. He is a curst (an annoying) Samaritan and is obsessed.”
But Jesus heeded not the words of Pharisee or scribe; He knew that all the people knew He was a Jew. And then He said, “Whoever keeps my words shall never die.”

A lawyer said, “And now we know He is obsessed. Our father Abraham is dead; the prophets all are dead, and yet this fellow says, ‘Whoever keeps my words shall never die.’ Is this man greater than our Father Abraham? Is He above the prophets? And all of them are dead.”
And Jesus said, “Your father, Abraham, rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad.”
The lawyer said, “You simple man; you are not fifty years of age; have you seen Abraham?”
And Jesus said, “Before the days of Abraham I was.”
Again the scribes and Pharisees were in a rage. They took up stones to cast at Him, but, like a phantom of the night, He disappeared; the people knew not where He went.

Abraham's Seed And Satan's

"I know that you are Abraham's descendants, but you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have seen with your father."

They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father."

Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham. But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this. You do the deeds of your father."

Then they said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father – God."

Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word. You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it. But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? He who is of God hears God's words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God."

Before Abraham Was, I AM

Then the Jews answered and said to Him, "Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?"

Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. And I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges. Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death."

Then the Jews said to Him, "Now we know that You have a demon! Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and You say, 'If anyone keeps My word he shall never taste death.' Are You greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Who do You make Yourself out to be?"

Jesus answered, "If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is your God. Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, 'I do not know Him,' I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and keep His word. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad."

Then the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?"

Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM."

Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.