John 1:1-13_In the Beginning
Passage: John 1:1-13
Sermon Breakdown, Quotes and Passages:
John 1:1-5 – The Greatness of God in Jesus
God’s ‘Word’ in the Old Testament is his powerful self-expression in creation, revelation, and salvation, and the personification of that ‘Word’ makes suitable for John to apply it as a title to God’s ultimate self-disclosure, the person of his own Son. – D.A. Carson.
John 4:50 – “your son with live”
John 5:11 – “take up your bed and walk”
John 9:7 – “Go wash in the pool”
John 11:43 – “Lazarus, come out”
We can trust such a God with everything. Because he is creator, he knows just what his creation, his people need. – Kent Hughes
John 1:6-11 – The Love of God in Jesus
Light: Brings Life | Gives Direction | Exposes
John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life”
RESPONSE
Receive Him – “to ALL who did receive Him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” (1:12)
Point People to Him-“He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him.” (1:7)
Bring His Light to bear – “In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not over come it.” (1:4-5)