I AM
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I <strong>AM</strong> : M. M. Ninan<br />
If you are blind, light does not work for you. Those who are<br />
spiritually blind can never see the beauty of Jesus. In fact, they are<br />
so self-centered that they cannot see others at all.<br />
Luke 11:34 Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good,<br />
your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body<br />
also is full of darkness.<br />
Spiritual discerning<br />
1Cor. 1:18 -20 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are<br />
perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is<br />
written: "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the<br />
intelligent I will frustrate." Where is the wise man? Where is the<br />
scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish<br />
the wisdom of the world?<br />
A HERMENEUTICAL NOTE:<br />
I have used our modern understanding of Light to interpret the<br />
meaning of “I am the light of the world”. These interpretations are<br />
feasible provided we agree that Jesus being God he knew about<br />
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