Jesus is the Son of God!  In this passage, He makes one of His clearest claims to divinity: I and the Father are One.  The Jewish leaders who were questioning Him understood what He was saying: I am the Son of God.  They responded by gathering stones to stone Him.  How will your respond?

Jesus is the Good Shepherd.  He knows His sheep and loves His sheep.  He came to lay His life down for His sheep.  Through His death on the cross, Jesus delivers us from all our enemies.  Through His resurrection, He gives us eternal life!

Isaiah 40:11 (ESV) He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

Jesus uses an agricultural metaphor to tell us we are sheep in danger from thieves who would destroy us.  He is the Shepherd who protects us and the gate through which we have access to greener pastures.  Through Him we can be freed from sin and it's consequences and live a life of spiritual abundance!

Why did many of the religious leaders of Jesus' day reject Him?  Why do people today reject Jesus as the Son of God and Savior of the world?  The Bible tells us that it is because they are spiritually blind.  In this chapter, Jesus uses the healing of a blind man to show our need for His healing and His ability to heal not only physically but, more importantly, spiritually.

Who's to blame?  That was the question of the disciples as they encountered a blind man.  Did he sin or his parents?  Jesus' answer shocked them and should be an encouragement to us as we deal with suffering. What is the relationship between sin and suffering?  What is God ultimately doing in and through our suffering?

How should we respond when people hate us, persecute us, and slander us?  Jesus said to expect it and gave us the example of how to endure it and answer it.

2 Corinthians 13:5 (ESV) Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you fail to meet the test!

Jesus is the Light of the world!  He is the hope for people walking in darkness.  He is the Light that leads us into God's truth.  He came to show us our sinfulness and the way back to God.  He gave us the promise that He can deliver us from the domain of darkness:  “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

John 8:1-11 is a controversial passage  Some of our oldest copies of John's gospel don't have this story.  Others place it in Luke's gospel.  Should it be in the Bible?  Further, what Jesus does or doesn't do in the story is controversial. Did Jesus change the law on adultery?  Was He against capital punishment? Was Jesus a social justice warrior? Did He neglect justice in favor or mercy because of the woman's situation?  Let's examine the passage and learn from Jesus what true justice ought to look like.

Division occured among the people concerning Jesus' identity.  Is He the Christ?  Is He the promised Deliverer that God's people have been waiting on?  Does Jesus meet the criteria of the Messiah?  Does He fulfill the prophecies? Does He Have the right lineage?