THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

Word is logos

***The word LOGOS refers to deity and the fact that Jesus Christ is God – vs1,14

     a. The Incarnation

     b. one God – the trinity – all coequal and coeternal and God

     c. Jesus Christ is God – Tityus 2:13…John 20:28…Isaiah 9:6

***The word LOGOS refers to the fact that Jesus Christ is the Creator of all things – v3

Colossians 1:15-18a

-not one thing was made without HIm – v3

verse 4 – In Him – this refers to Jesus Christ

-Jesus Christ is our Life – Colossians 3:1-4

     ***John 10:10 – life is ZOE – the God kind of Life

This life is also LIGHT – Jesus Christ is light…

-light enables you to see — to see Jesus Christ…

verse 5 – the darkness did not comprehend it

***It means darkness cannot hinder, prevent extinguish or overcome light

verse 6  – the light shines through people – John the Baptist

MESSENGER

a. John was a man sent by God…His name means the Lord is Gracious

b. John was a Nazarite

-they were people of purity – did not touch a dead body which were unclean

-they were people not of this world – did not drink alcohol

-they were people who did not care about their reputation – did not cut their hair

verse 7 – MISSION

-John was a witness – he told everything he knew about Jesus

verse 8 – MOTIVE

John’s motive was to  point people to Jesus

-celebrity Christianity is ending………

verse 9 – Jesus is the only true light and all others are false gods and religions

-gives light to every man – everyone has a chance to be saved

verses 10-11 – The Light is Resisted

-the world can resist Jesus and do not always recognize Him

-Jesus lived in the kosmos – the culture

v11 – To His Own – to those who were Jewish

-Matthew 7:13-14 – the road to heaven is narrow

verse 12 – Jesus was received by some people

-when we are saved, we become children of God

-unbelievers are not children of God and are related to God only through creation

verse 13  – You must be born again to have everlasting life

parents – blood – we are not saved through our parents

humanities plans – we are not saved by works

human desire – not the will or the flesh – Jesus saves us and not our desire for HIm

verse 14 – THE INCARNATION

-God became flesh and dwelt among men….

dwelt – means to pitch a tent

beheld – means to stare at

His glory speaks of 2 things:

1. the manifest presence of the Lord upon Jesus

2. The inner character and glory of the Lord

Full of Grace and Truth

-Jesus and all believers must be full of grace and truth…

-Full truth alone hurts people

-Full grace hurts people

verse 15 – John Bore Witness

-when the glory of God touches our lives, we are changed and have to testify

Cried out – means to shriek and shout

Preferred – means to rank higher  than anyone or anything else

v16 – His fullness – this is the sum total of the attributes and powers of God.  From this the believer receives everything they need….

-We have all of the Lord – Col 2:10

-we are filled full with Him