49 The Pre-existence of Christ [John 1:1-18]
The Bible passage: [John 1:1-18]
The Story:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was with God in the beginning. Everything was created through Him. Without Him nothing was created.
Life was in Him. That life was the light of men. The light shined in the darkness, but the darkness could not overcome it.
There was a man named John who was sent from God. He came as a witness to tell about the light, so all people could believe through him. He wasn’t the light, but he came to tell about the light.
The true light, the one who gives light to everyone, was coming to the world. He was in the world that was created through Him, but the world didn’t recognize Him.
He came to His own people, but they didn’t receive Him. To all who did receive Him, He gave them the right to become children of God; born to God by their faith in Him, not by blood.
The Word became flesh and made his residence among us. We saw His glory, the glory of the One and Only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
We have all received abundant grace from His fullness; though the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
No one has ever seen God. The One and Only Son – the One who is at the Father’s side – He has revealed Him.
The Lessons:
- “The Word” talked about here was Jesus the Christ. It tells us that Jesus was with God at the beginning, and that Jesus WAS God. In 1a God Created Everything, we were told that God spoke everything into existence. Here we are told that Jesus was “the Word” and that everything was created through Him. We are then told that the Word became flesh and lived on earth. The writer tells us that We see God’s glory in Jesus, and that we receive grace and truth through Him.
- We are told here that all who receive Jesus have been given the right to become children of God. People are not automatically children of God.
- Jesus is fully God. Jesus was also fully human.
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