I AM Changes Who I am 

“Don’t come any closer,” God told him.  “Take off your shoes, for you are standing on holy ground. I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.” 

Exodus 3:5 (LB) 

But Moses protested, “If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ they will ask me, ‘What is his name?’ Then what should I tell them?” God replied to Moses, “I Am Who I Am. Say this to the people of Israel: I Am has sent me to you.” God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you. This is my eternal name, my name to remember for all generations. 

Exodus 3:13-15 (NLT) 

I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. 

John 8:12 (NKJ)   

I am the Light of the world. So if you follow me, you won’t be stumbling through the darkness, for living light will flood your path. 

John 8:12 (LB) 

The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.  

John 1:9 (NLT) 

Your words are a flashlight to light the path ahead of me and keep me from stumbling. 

Psalm 119:105 (LB) 

People loved darkness better than light, because their deeds were evil.  

John 3:19 (LB) 

The Lord is my light and my salvation; He protects me from danger — whom shall I fear? 

Psalm 27:1 (LB)   

1.  JESUS DOESN’T REFLECT LIGHT — HE IS THE LIGHT 

Life came into being because of him, for His life is light for all humanity. And this Living Expression is the Light that bursts through gloom— the Light that darkness could not diminish! 

Isaiah 9:2 (TPT)   

The LORD is my light and my salvation. 

Psalm 27:1 (NLT)   

The LORD will be your everlasting light. 

Isaiah 60:19 (NLT)   

In Him was life, and that life was the LIGHT of all mankind. 

John 1:4–5 (NCV)   

The true LIGHT that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 

John 1:9 (NCV) 

Light Does More Than Inform — It Transforms. 

For God, who said, “Let there be light in the darkness,” has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. 

2 Corinthians 4:6 (NLT) 

Light exposes what is hidden. 

There is no eternal doom awaiting those who trust him to save them. But those who don’t trust him have already been tried and condemned for not believing in the only Son of God. Their sentence is based on this fact: that the Light from heaven came into the world, but they loved the darkness more than the Light, for their deeds were evil. They hated the heavenly Light because they wanted to sin in the darkness. They stayed away from that Light for fear their sins would be exposed and they would be punished. 

John 3:18-19 (LB) 

Jesus doesn’t just change what we believe - He changes who we are. 

2.  LIGHT (JESUS) HELPS US WITH LIVING. 

HEALING & WHOLENESS. 

The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, for He has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released, that the blind will see, that the oppressed will be set free, and that the time of the LORD’s favour has come.  

Luke 4:18-19 (NLT)    

The Lord is close to those whose hearts are breaking; He rescues those who are humbly sorry for their sins. 

Psalm 34:18 (TLB) 

 
The LORD is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. 

Psalm 34:18 (ESV)   

HOPE. 

Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. 

Romans 5:5 (NKJ) 

Jeremiah 29:11 (LB) For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord. They are plans for good and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.  

PEACE. 

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. 

John 14:27 (NASB) 

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all He has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. 

Philippians 4:6-7 (NLT) 

3.  LIGHT (JESUS) REVEALS THE WAY FORWARD 

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day. But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble. 

Proverbs 4:18 (NIV) 

Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. The man who walks in the dark does not know where he is going. 

John 12:35 (NIV) 

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. 

John 1:1 (NIV) 

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 

John 1:14 (NIV)   

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. 

Psalm 119:105 (NIV) 

 
Since the Lord is directing our steps, why try to understand everything that happens along the way? 

Proverbs 20:24 (LB) 

4.  THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE LIGHT, CARRY IT! 
 

Once your life was full of sin’s darkness, but now you have the very light of our Lord shining through you because of your union with him. Your mission is to live as children flooded with his revelation-light! 

EPHESIANS 5:8 (TPT)   

Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. 

Ephesians 5:15-16 (NIV) 

You are the world’s light - a city on a hill, glowing in the night for all to see. Don’t hide your light! Let it shine for all; let your good deeds glow for all to see, so that they will praise your heavenly Father. 

Matthew 5:14–16 (LB) 

I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. 

John 8:12 (NKJ)