Testing Truth • John Week 8

Testing TruthJohn | Week 8July 5, 2020 | Wopsle--Week 8 Devotional Page 67John 8:12 NIV When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”John 8:31b-32 NIV …Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”Criteria for Testing Truth:CorrectionDoes it make you want to correct other’s mistakes?Or do you want to work on yourself?ConvictionDo you feel condemned because you have areas that need work?Or do you feel FREE to run—to go and sin no more?ChallengingDoes it only confirm what you already feel and believe?Or does it challenging some of your thoughts and behaviors?John 8:58-59 NIV “Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple grounds.John 9:5 NIV “I am the light of the world.”John 8:6b NIV “Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger.”John 9:6 NIV Then he spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and spread the mud over the blind man’s eyes. John 9:25 NIV He replied, “Whether he is a sinner or not, I don’t know. One thing I do know. I was blind but now I see!”