So, in summary we must be the light of the world, we must demonstrate the light of the world, and we must remain in the light of the world.“You are the light of the World” We are not Jesus, but if Jesus lives in us, and if we remain in Him, we will be totally unable to hide that fact. Then we will shine like Jesus and we will be “The light of the world” that Jesus asked us to be.

Gods first act to bring into existence ‘goodness’. Light is therefore Good, and it signifies where God is - His Glory. This is the overarching theme of scripture, that repeats - that the purity, the holiness, the unfailing, unchanging characteristics of God are represented by light so brilliant that no human eye can gaze upon it and live. I think to move towards this understanding helps us to picture the ‘awe’ of God.

When we read ‘light’ in scripture what do we associate it with? It is an unusual question - ‘what is light?’ because however we choose to answer this question we will always seat it in what we perceive and call light today - whether that be daylight - the light of the sun - the light from a bulb that we switch on so we can see, a torch light to show the way across a dark field on a camp site on the way to the toilet!

If we confess with our mouths and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. The seven miracles in John give us all the evidence we need to be certain that Jesus is who He says He is. Make sure your story ends in life. “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord WILL be saved”

The blind man can see and receives the goodness and compassion of God (Jahweh is His name and this is half of what His name means) but remember last week as we looked at god’s name and the importance of Jesus stating that He is ‘I AM’, that the ability to act in true compassion and righteousness gives the authority to also judge…and the pharisees walk right into the trap!

Same story, three different views. Matthew and Marks are very similar apart from the fact that Matthew has Peter walking on the water and having to get back into the boat with Jesus! The result is the same though - as soon as Jesus entered in - the winds stopped - the storm subsided. There was peace and purpose.

The miracle of feeding the 5,000 should stir us… Stir us to be generous with what we have.. give it all to Him, to trust in him that in any situation He will provide the answers. Also that God wants us to participate in the story. He didn’t make us to be passive. He wants us to worship him with mind soul body…. He wants us to engage with the Holy Spirit…He wants us to be all in…

This miracle demonstrates Jesus authority over time. Just because the man had been ill for 38 years did not mean that he was beyond saving, just because we have long standing problems we have in our lives does not mean that Jesus cannot deal with them.

The miracle of the healing of the Officials son shows that Jesus has authority over distance. He is Lord over all of creation, He has no need to be present and healing can take place anywhere that God so chooses. By faith, when we pray, we should take time to listen to what God is saying, perhaps one day He will ask you to pray into a situation you know nothing about. When He does, and you see the results, you will be both amazed and encouraged.

I might be wrong but I’m pretty sure everyone of us wants the miracle but not everyone wants to be in a position where they need a miracle, nobody wants to be in the need moment… Its great to have healing but nobody wants to be sick…..everybody wants to get to heaven but nobody wants to die to get there right?