Today we come to the greatest miracle and perhaps the greatest of all the "I am" statements found in the gospel of John. We have learned that Jesus is the Light of the world, the Door, and the Good Shepherd. We will learn today that Jesus alone has absolute power over life and death. Jesus is the Good Shepherd because his light shines in the darkest of circumstances, and can open any door--even the door of death.

We remember how in our 7th grade earth science classes we learned that there are four things necessary to sustain life: air--food--light--and water. However Jesus came not only to sustain life--but to give life--and ultimately eternal life.  In the Broadway play Showboat there is a line that is sung by a gentleman with a deep bass voice which goes as follows: "I gits weary and si…