Summary: Pastor Ken Hutcherson 8:12 Then Jesus spoke out again, 19 “I am the light of the world. 20 The one who follows me will never 21 walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” 8:13 So the Pharisees 22 objected, 23 “You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!” 24 8:14 Jesus answered, 25 “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people 26 do not know where I came from or where I am going. 27 8:15 You people 28 judge by outward appearances; 29 I do not judge anyone. 30 8:16 But if I judge, myevaluation is accurate, 31 because I am not alone when I judge, 32 but I and the Father who sent me do so together. 33 8:17 It is written in yourlaw that the testimony of two men is true. 34 8:18 I testify about myself 35 and the Father who sent me testifies about me.” 8:19 Then they began asking 36 him, “Who is your father?” Jesus answered, “You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too.” 37 8:20 (Jesus 38 spoke these words near the offering box 39 while he was teaching in the temple courts. 40 No one seized him because his time 41 had not yet come.) 42 Where Jesus Came From and Where He is Going 8:21 Then Jesus 43 said to them again, 44 “I am going away, and you will look for me 45 but will die in your sin. 46 Where I am going youcannot come.” 8:22 So the Jewish leaders 47 began to say, 48 “Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says, ‘Where I am going youcannot come.’” 8:23 Jesus replied, 49 “You people 50 are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from thisworld. 8:24 Thus I told you 51 that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, 52 you will die in your sins.” 8:25 So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus replied, 53 “What I have told you from the beginning. 8:26 I have many things to say and to judge 54 about you, but the Father 55 who sent me is truthful, 56 and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world.” 57 8:27 (They didnot understand that he was telling them about his Father.) 58 8:28 Then Jesus said, 59 “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, 60 and I do nothing on my own initiative, 61 but I speak just what the Father taught me. 62 8:29 And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, 63 because I always do those things that please him.” 8:30 While he was saying these things, many people 64 believed in him. Abraham’s Children and the Devil’s Children 8:31 Then Jesus said to those Judeans 65 who had believed him, “If you continue to follow my teaching, 66 you are really 67 my disciples 8:32and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 68
