I Am the Light Now Come Into the World

I am the light now come into the world. Whoever follows keeps me in his sight, Thus has the light that shines, the life within; The darkness does not overcome the light. Whoever comes will hunger nevermore; This manna's sweetened with a bit of leaven. For whoever believes shall never thirst; I am the bread of life come down from heaven. Your much-loved father, Abraham, rejoiced, Was glad to know that he would see my day, For before Abraham was, yet I am: Eternal, ageless, same as yesterday. No one comes to the Father but through me; I am the way, the truth, the life of men. If you had known me, you would know him too; And now you know and also have seen him. I am the door; I am the narrow gate, And those who enter find a pasture fair. The thief just comes to steal, destroy, and kill; I came for life abundant and to spare! I am the shepherd who lays down his life, Unlike the hired hand, these lambs, my own. I know the wolf has come to scatter them; To find the lost, I'll leave no unturned stone. I know my own; my own also know me, And sheep not of this fold likewise, my voice. The Father knows I'd die to save his sheep; I lay my life down, take it up by choice. My Father dresses; I am the true vine. Abide in me; apart, all growth will cease. He takes away the ones that will not bloom; Fruit-bearing branches, prunes, so they increase. I am the resurrection and the life; He who believes in me, although he dies, Again shall live, and in abundance now. Through faith, enjoined with me, the dead shall rise. The light, the bread, the way, the truth, the life, The gate, the vine, the shepherd from above: These give an understanding of the Son, But most of all, he's God's great gift of love.