STUDY GUIDE

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The True Light

John 1:4-11

December 7, 2025

  • Review the sermon from Sunday. What was the big idea? Was there a specific insight or illustration that stood out to you?

  • Read John 1:1-11. What does it mean that Jesus is the “true light?” Base your answer first on what you see in the text and then on what you remember from the sermon.

  • What does it mean that the Light exposes “the darkness we prefer”? Can you think of ways you or someone you know has resisted the light of Christ because of what it confronted?

  • What does it look like today to live with spiritual blindness? How does this “persistent blindness” show up in our daily decisions, relationships, or moral reasoning?

  • What does it mean that Christ reveals God in fullness? How is knowing God through Christ different from knowing him through culture, philosophy, or personal intuition?

  • Read verses 7 and 8 again. What does it look like for us to bear witness without drawing attention to ourselves? How can our everyday interactions, conversations, or service be a reflection of Christ’s Light?

  • Read verses 9-11 again. Why do you think people reject Christ today in ways similar to Herod or the innkeeper? How can knowing that help us engage people like that?

  • Pray for God to shine the true Light of Christ into the dark places of your heart and give you courage to reflect that Light to others this week