WEBVTT NOTE This file was generated by Descript 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.870 Henry: Welcome To Immerse: The Daily Bible Reading Experience. 00:00:02.978 --> 00:00:03.908 Day 69. 00:00:04.291 --> 00:00:08.911 jesus spoke to the people once more and said, I am the light of the world. 00:00:09.601 --> 00:00:13.711 If you follow me, you won't have to walk in darkness because you will 00:00:13.711 --> 00:00:16.051 have the light that leads to life. 00:00:17.041 --> 00:00:21.421 The Pharisees replied, you are making those claims about yourself. 00:00:21.481 --> 00:00:23.731 Such testimony is not valid. 00:00:24.691 --> 00:00:30.511 Jesus told them These claims are valid, even though I make them about myself, for 00:00:30.511 --> 00:00:36.091 I know where I came from and where I'm going, but you don't know this about me. 00:00:36.841 --> 00:00:42.571 You judge me by human standards, but I do not judge anyone, and if I 00:00:42.571 --> 00:00:47.311 did, my judgment would be correct in every respect because I am not alone. 00:00:47.881 --> 00:00:50.281 The father who sent me is with me. 00:00:51.031 --> 00:00:54.841 Your own law says that if two people agree about something, 00:00:54.841 --> 00:00:56.881 their witness is accepted as fact. 00:00:57.691 --> 00:01:01.231 I am one witness and my father who sent me is the other. 00:01:02.251 --> 00:01:03.421 Where is your father? 00:01:03.511 --> 00:01:04.231 They asked. 00:01:05.011 --> 00:01:05.911 Jesus answered. 00:01:06.541 --> 00:01:11.011 Since you don't know who I am, you don't know who my father is. 00:01:11.551 --> 00:01:14.641 If you knew me, you would also know my father. 00:01:15.646 --> 00:01:18.916 Jesus made these statements while he was teaching in the section of 00:01:18.916 --> 00:01:23.296 the temple, known as the Treasury, but he was not arrested because his 00:01:23.296 --> 00:01:29.956 time had not yet come later, Jesus said to them again, I am going away. 00:01:30.316 --> 00:01:33.586 You will search for me, but will die in your sin. 00:01:34.156 --> 00:01:36.016 You cannot come where I am going. 00:01:37.006 --> 00:01:40.396 The people asked, is he planning to commit suicide? 00:01:40.846 --> 00:01:41.686 What does he mean? 00:01:41.686 --> 00:01:43.606 You cannot come where I am going. 00:01:44.596 --> 00:01:45.616 Jesus continued. 00:01:46.156 --> 00:01:47.716 You are from below. 00:01:48.256 --> 00:01:49.366 I am from above. 00:01:50.056 --> 00:01:51.646 You belong to this world. 00:01:52.036 --> 00:01:52.786 I do not. 00:01:53.536 --> 00:01:57.796 That is why I said that you will die in your sins for unless you 00:01:57.801 --> 00:02:00.766 believe that I am who I claim to be. 00:02:01.246 --> 00:02:02.926 You will die in your sins. 00:02:03.886 --> 00:02:04.906 Who are you? 00:02:05.296 --> 00:02:10.636 They demanded Jesus replied, the one I have always claimed to be. 00:02:11.386 --> 00:02:17.026 I have much to say about you and much to condemn, but I won't for, I say 00:02:17.026 --> 00:02:21.886 only what I have heard from the one who sent me, and he is completely truthful, 00:02:22.846 --> 00:02:26.296 but they still didn't understand that he was talking about his father. 00:02:27.136 --> 00:02:32.776 So Jesus said, when you have lifted up the son of man on the cross, then 00:02:32.776 --> 00:02:35.446 you will understand that I am he. 00:02:36.256 --> 00:02:40.306 I do nothing on my own, but say only what the Father taught me. 00:02:40.876 --> 00:02:43.396 And the one who sent me is with me. 00:02:43.846 --> 00:02:48.226 He has not deserted me for I always do what pleases him. 00:02:49.006 --> 00:02:52.546 Then many who heard him say these things believed in him. 00:02:53.956 --> 00:02:58.696 Jesus said to the people who believed in him, you are truly my disciples. 00:02:58.816 --> 00:03:02.266 If you remain faithful to my teachings, and you will know the 00:03:02.266 --> 00:03:05.086 truth, and the truth will set you free. 00:03:06.076 --> 00:03:08.176 But we are descendants of Abraham. 00:03:08.356 --> 00:03:11.266 They said, we have never been slaves to anyone. 00:03:11.656 --> 00:03:14.176 What do you mean you will be set free? 00:03:15.196 --> 00:03:21.196 Jesus replied, I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin. 00:03:21.946 --> 00:03:25.696 A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son 00:03:25.696 --> 00:03:27.376 is part of the family forever. 00:03:28.096 --> 00:03:31.816 So if the son sets you free, you are truly free. 00:03:32.821 --> 00:03:37.411 Yes, I realize that you are descendants of Abraham, and yet some of you are 00:03:37.411 --> 00:03:41.401 trying to kill me because there's no room in your hearts for my message. 00:03:41.971 --> 00:03:46.501 I am telling you what I saw when I was with my father, but you are 00:03:46.501 --> 00:03:48.691 following the advice of your father. 00:03:49.741 --> 00:03:51.091 Our father is Abraham. 00:03:51.331 --> 00:03:53.161 They declared no. 00:03:53.641 --> 00:03:57.481 Jesus replied for if you were really the children of Abraham, 00:03:57.781 --> 00:03:59.161 you would follow his example. 00:03:59.791 --> 00:04:03.031 Instead, you are trying to kill me because I told you the 00:04:03.031 --> 00:04:05.251 truth, which I heard from God. 00:04:05.911 --> 00:04:07.531 Abraham never did such a thing. 00:04:08.251 --> 00:04:11.341 No, you are imitating your real father. 00:04:12.151 --> 00:04:15.421 They replied, we aren't illegitimate children. 00:04:15.481 --> 00:04:17.401 God, him himself is our true father. 00:04:18.271 --> 00:04:23.941 Jesus told them, if God were your father, you would love me because 00:04:23.941 --> 00:04:25.741 I have come to you from God. 00:04:26.581 --> 00:04:32.371 I am not here on my own, but he sent me, why can't you understand what I'm saying? 00:04:32.851 --> 00:04:34.921 It's because you can't even hear me. 00:04:35.491 --> 00:04:39.571 For you are the children of your father, the devil, and you love 00:04:39.571 --> 00:04:41.671 to do the evil things he does. 00:04:42.211 --> 00:04:44.011 He was a murderer from the beginning. 00:04:44.461 --> 00:04:50.071 He has always hated the truth because there is no truth in him When he lies, 00:04:50.281 --> 00:04:55.291 it is consistent with his character for he is a liar and the father of lies. 00:04:56.011 --> 00:05:00.121 So when I tell the truth, you just naturally don't believe me. 00:05:00.901 --> 00:05:03.661 Which of you can truthfully accuse me of sin? 00:05:04.291 --> 00:05:08.071 And since I am telling you the truth, why don't you believe me? 00:05:08.761 --> 00:05:14.251 Anyone who belongs to God listens gladly to the words of God, but you don't 00:05:14.251 --> 00:05:17.371 listen because you don't belong to God. 00:05:18.391 --> 00:05:23.551 The people retorted use Samaritan Devil, didn't we say all along 00:05:23.556 --> 00:05:25.111 that you were possessed by a demon? 00:05:26.026 --> 00:05:26.566 No. 00:05:26.776 --> 00:05:33.916 Jesus said, I have no demon in me for I honor my father and you dishonor me. 00:05:34.546 --> 00:05:39.766 And though I have no wish to glorify myself, God is going to glorify me. 00:05:40.276 --> 00:05:41.626 He is the true judge. 00:05:42.226 --> 00:05:43.306 I tell you the truth. 00:05:43.486 --> 00:05:46.846 Anyone who obeys my teaching will never die. 00:05:47.926 --> 00:05:52.516 The people said, now we know you are possessed by a demon. 00:05:52.996 --> 00:05:55.186 Even Abraham and the prophets died. 00:05:55.396 --> 00:05:59.686 But you say, anyone who obeys my teaching will never die. 00:06:00.376 --> 00:06:02.386 Are you greater than our father Abraham? 00:06:02.866 --> 00:06:05.116 He died and so did the prophets. 00:06:05.506 --> 00:06:06.856 Who do you think you are? 00:06:07.906 --> 00:06:08.896 Jesus answered. 00:06:09.556 --> 00:06:13.996 If I want glory for myself, it doesn't count, but it is 00:06:14.001 --> 00:06:16.306 my father who will glorify me. 00:06:16.981 --> 00:06:21.181 You say he is our God, but you don't even know him. 00:06:22.021 --> 00:06:23.101 I know him. 00:06:23.731 --> 00:06:28.501 If I said otherwise, I would be as great a liar as you, but 00:06:28.501 --> 00:06:30.781 I do know him and obey him. 00:06:31.411 --> 00:06:35.581 Your father Abraham rejoiced as he looked forward to my coming. 00:06:35.881 --> 00:06:42.571 He saw it and was glad that people said you weren't even 50 years old. 00:06:42.871 --> 00:06:45.241 How can you say you have seen Abraham? 00:06:46.351 --> 00:06:47.311 Jesus answered. 00:06:47.911 --> 00:06:56.011 I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I am at that point, they picked 00:06:56.011 --> 00:07:01.351 up stones to throw at him, but Jesus was hidden from them and left the temple. 00:07:02.851 --> 00:07:07.231 As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. 00:07:07.981 --> 00:07:12.571 Rabbi, his disciples asked him, why was this man born blind? 00:07:12.976 --> 00:07:16.186 Was it because of his own sins or his parents' sins? 00:07:17.056 --> 00:07:20.326 It was not because of his sins or his parents' sins. 00:07:20.626 --> 00:07:21.496 Jesus answered. 00:07:22.216 --> 00:07:25.966 This happened so the power of God could be seen in him. 00:07:26.596 --> 00:07:31.186 We must quickly carry out the tasks assigned us by the one who sent us the 00:07:31.186 --> 00:07:34.246 night is coming and then no one can work. 00:07:34.786 --> 00:07:39.556 But while I am here in the world, I am the light of the world. 00:07:40.696 --> 00:07:42.106 Then he spit on the ground. 00:07:42.496 --> 00:07:47.026 Made mud with the saliva and spread the mud over the blind man's eyes. 00:07:47.506 --> 00:07:51.136 He told him, go wash yourself in the pool of Siloam. 00:07:51.646 --> 00:07:53.476 Siloam means scent. 00:07:54.136 --> 00:08:00.736 So the man went and washed and came back seeing his neighbors and others who knew 00:08:00.736 --> 00:08:02.986 him as a blind beggar asked each other. 00:08:03.436 --> 00:08:06.046 Isn't this the man who used to sit and beg? 00:08:06.616 --> 00:08:10.456 Some said he was and others said, no, he just looks like him. 00:08:11.131 --> 00:08:14.611 But the beggar kept saying, yes, I am the same one. 00:08:15.301 --> 00:08:17.221 They asked who healed you? 00:08:17.671 --> 00:08:18.631 What happened? 00:08:19.441 --> 00:08:23.731 He told them, the man they call Jesus made mud and spread it over 00:08:23.736 --> 00:08:27.841 my eyes and told me, go to the pool of Siloam and wash yourself. 00:08:28.141 --> 00:08:33.151 So I went and washed, and now I can see where is he now? 00:08:33.241 --> 00:08:35.371 They asked, I don't know. 00:08:35.731 --> 00:08:36.451 He replied. 00:08:37.411 --> 00:08:40.321 Then they took the man who had been blind to the Pharisees. 00:08:40.621 --> 00:08:44.251 Because it was on the Sabbath that Jesus had made the mud and healed him. 00:08:45.031 --> 00:08:47.251 The Pharisees asked the man all about it. 00:08:47.821 --> 00:08:52.321 So he told them, he put the mud over my eyes, and when I washed it away, 00:08:52.321 --> 00:08:57.601 I could see some of the Pharisees said, this man, Jesus is not from 00:08:57.601 --> 00:08:59.461 God for he's working on the Sabbath. 00:09:00.211 --> 00:09:05.491 Others said, but how could an ordinary sinner do such miraculous signs? 00:09:06.241 --> 00:09:08.791 So there was a deep division of opinion among them. 00:09:09.856 --> 00:09:13.936 Then the Pharisees again questioned the man who had been blind and demanded. 00:09:14.176 --> 00:09:16.036 What's your opinion about this man? 00:09:16.036 --> 00:09:16.816 Who healed you? 00:09:17.656 --> 00:09:20.716 The man replied, I think he must be a prophet. 00:09:21.916 --> 00:09:25.906 The Jewish leaders still refused to believe the man had been blind and could 00:09:25.906 --> 00:09:28.336 now see, so they called in his parents. 00:09:28.936 --> 00:09:31.616 They asked them, is this your son? 00:09:32.196 --> 00:09:33.316 Was he born blind? 00:09:33.736 --> 00:09:35.716 If so, how can he now see? 00:09:36.586 --> 00:09:40.876 His parents replied, we know this is our son and that he was 00:09:40.876 --> 00:09:45.496 born blind, but we don't know how he can see or who healed him. 00:09:46.066 --> 00:09:46.906 Ask him. 00:09:47.056 --> 00:09:49.006 He is old enough to speak for himself. 00:09:49.846 --> 00:09:53.896 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders 00:09:54.166 --> 00:09:57.916 who had announced that anyone saying Jesus was the Messiah would 00:09:57.916 --> 00:09:59.596 be expelled from the synagogue. 00:10:00.076 --> 00:10:02.566 That's why they said he is old enough. 00:10:02.626 --> 00:10:03.406 Ask him. 00:10:04.261 --> 00:10:08.611 So for the second time, they called in the man who had been blind and told him, 00:10:09.091 --> 00:10:14.131 God should get the glory for this because we know this man, Jesus is a sinner. 00:10:15.331 --> 00:10:17.431 I don't know whether he is a sinner. 00:10:17.701 --> 00:10:20.191 The man replied, but I know this. 00:10:20.401 --> 00:10:21.541 I was blind. 00:10:21.546 --> 00:10:22.801 And now I can see. 00:10:23.911 --> 00:10:25.621 But what did he do? 00:10:25.741 --> 00:10:28.111 They asked, how did he heal you? 00:10:28.981 --> 00:10:30.931 Look, the man exclaimed. 00:10:31.411 --> 00:10:34.081 I told you once, didn't you listen? 00:10:34.591 --> 00:10:36.061 Why do you wanna hear it again? 00:10:36.661 --> 00:10:38.851 Do you want to become his disciples too? 00:10:40.051 --> 00:10:43.201 Then they cursed him and said, you are his disciple. 00:10:43.321 --> 00:10:45.361 But we are disciples of Moses. 00:10:45.841 --> 00:10:50.311 We know God spoke to Moses, but we don't even know where this man comes from. 00:10:51.541 --> 00:10:52.021 Why? 00:10:52.201 --> 00:10:53.791 That's very strange. 00:10:54.121 --> 00:10:57.091 The man replied, he healed my eyes. 00:10:57.631 --> 00:10:59.611 Yet you don't know where he comes from. 00:11:00.451 --> 00:11:04.591 We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear 00:11:04.591 --> 00:11:06.811 those who worship him and do his will. 00:11:07.621 --> 00:11:10.801 Ever since the world began, no one has been able to open the 00:11:10.801 --> 00:11:12.571 eyes of someone born blind. 00:11:13.351 --> 00:11:16.651 If this man were not from God, he couldn't have done it. 00:11:17.971 --> 00:11:20.521 You were born a total sinner. 00:11:20.761 --> 00:11:23.941 They answered, are you trying to teach us? 00:11:24.811 --> 00:11:26.641 And they threw him outta the synagogue. 00:11:28.021 --> 00:11:32.401 When Jesus heard what had happened, he found the man and asked, do 00:11:32.401 --> 00:11:34.081 you believe in the son of man? 00:11:35.101 --> 00:11:37.231 The man answered, who is he? 00:11:37.231 --> 00:11:38.971 Sir, I want to believe in him. 00:11:40.051 --> 00:11:41.041 You have seen him. 00:11:41.431 --> 00:11:44.131 Jesus said, and he is speaking to you. 00:11:45.241 --> 00:11:46.231 Yes Lord. 00:11:46.531 --> 00:11:51.031 I believe the man said, and he worshiped Jesus. 00:11:52.081 --> 00:11:56.371 Then Jesus told him, I entered this world to render judgment. 00:11:56.836 --> 00:12:00.226 To give sight to the blind and to show those who think, 00:12:00.226 --> 00:12:02.326 they see that they are blind. 00:12:03.376 --> 00:12:06.646 Some Pharisees who were standing nearby heard him and asked, 00:12:07.306 --> 00:12:09.226 are you saying we are blind? 00:12:10.396 --> 00:12:13.426 If you were blind, you wouldn't be guilty. 00:12:13.876 --> 00:12:19.396 Jesus replied, but you remain guilty because you claim you can see. 00:12:20.506 --> 00:12:21.616 I tell you the truth. 00:12:22.021 --> 00:12:25.891 Anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheep fold rather than going through the 00:12:25.891 --> 00:12:29.131 gate, must surely be a thief and a robber. 00:12:29.881 --> 00:12:33.391 But the one who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 00:12:34.081 --> 00:12:37.291 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep 00:12:37.291 --> 00:12:39.391 recognizes voice and come to him. 00:12:39.871 --> 00:12:43.201 He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 00:12:43.891 --> 00:12:48.391 After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them and they follow 00:12:48.391 --> 00:12:50.071 him because they know his voice. 00:12:50.881 --> 00:12:52.351 They won't follow a stranger. 00:12:52.711 --> 00:12:55.951 They will run from him because they don't know his voice. 00:12:56.941 --> 00:13:00.511 Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn't understand what 00:13:00.511 --> 00:13:02.761 he meant, so he explained it to them. 00:13:03.631 --> 00:13:07.501 I tell you the truth, I am the gate for the sheep. 00:13:08.161 --> 00:13:12.331 All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the true 00:13:12.331 --> 00:13:14.221 sheep did not listen to them. 00:13:14.941 --> 00:13:16.891 Yes, I am the gate. 00:13:17.461 --> 00:13:20.071 Those who come in through me will be saved. 00:13:20.461 --> 00:13:24.241 They will come and go freely and will find good pastures. 00:13:25.021 --> 00:13:28.591 The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. 00:13:29.011 --> 00:13:32.971 My purpose is to give them a rich and satisfying life. 00:13:34.021 --> 00:13:35.431 I am the good shepherd. 00:13:35.971 --> 00:13:38.911 The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. 00:13:39.706 --> 00:13:41.266 A hired hand will run. 00:13:41.266 --> 00:13:45.016 When he sees a wolf coming, he will abandon the sheep because they 00:13:45.016 --> 00:13:48.736 don't belong to him and he isn't their shepherd, and so the wolf 00:13:48.736 --> 00:13:50.926 attacks them and scatters the flock. 00:13:51.616 --> 00:13:55.366 The hired hand runs away because he's working only for the money and 00:13:55.371 --> 00:13:57.166 doesn't really care about the sheep. 00:13:58.111 --> 00:13:59.641 I am the good shepherd. 00:14:00.211 --> 00:14:05.341 I know my own sheep and they know me just as my father knows 00:14:05.341 --> 00:14:10.501 me and I know the father, so I sacrifice my life for the sheep. 00:14:11.161 --> 00:14:14.071 I have other sheep too, that are not in this sheep fold. 00:14:14.671 --> 00:14:16.321 I must bring them also. 00:14:16.801 --> 00:14:21.331 They will listen to my voice and there will be one flock with one shepherd. 00:14:22.291 --> 00:14:27.271 The father loves me because I sacrifice my life, so I may take it back again. 00:14:27.721 --> 00:14:29.641 No one can take my life from me. 00:14:30.151 --> 00:14:35.491 I sacrifice it voluntarily for I have the authority to lay it down when I want 00:14:35.491 --> 00:14:40.501 to, and also to take it up again for this is what my father has commanded. 00:14:41.211 --> 00:14:46.201 When he said these things, the people were again divided in their opinions about him. 00:14:46.741 --> 00:14:50.221 Some said he's demon possessed and out of his mind. 00:14:50.221 --> 00:14:52.051 Why listen to a man like that? 00:14:53.191 --> 00:14:57.361 Others said, this doesn't sound like a man possessed by a demon. 00:14:58.081 --> 00:15:00.841 Can a demon open the eyes of the blind? 00:15:02.671 --> 00:15:05.521 This concludes today's Immer Reading experience. 00:15:05.671 --> 00:15:06.871 Thank you for joining us.