Three Considerations of our relationship with Jesus Christ

I John 1:1-4

Consider the Magnitude(Vs. 1)

The Word Became Flesh

John 1:14 NASB95

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

This whole discourse, and indeed the whole gospel, are about the Word becoming flesh: not the Word becoming an idea, a spirituality, a feeling, or an experience.

N. T. Wright

God became Man

Beginning- touched Him

One thing to hear,

Another to hear and see

Looked upon- Time to study

Another to hear, see, and touch

John is saying I have no doubt of who Jesus is

We don’t have to have any doubt

To have heard was not enough; people ‘heard’ God’s voice in the Old Testament. To have seen was more compelling. But to have touched was the conclusive proof of material reality, that the Word ‘became flesh, and lived for a while among us’.

John Stott

1 John 5:13 NASB95

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.

Word of Life- The Word who is the Life

John 14:6 NASB95

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

John 10:10 NKJV

The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Consider the Manifestation(Vs. 2)

The Truth of Christ was revealed to Us

Christ was made real in our lives

Now that we know

We are compelled to share it with others

Matt 22:1-14

Many were to busy

But what was the servant doing

The invitations of the Gospel are invitations to happiness. In delivering God’s message, we do not ask men to come to a funeral, but to a wedding feast!

“Marvelous Things”, Volume 54, Sermon #3086 - Psalm 98:1, 2

Charles Spurgeon

Consider the Meaning(Vs. 3-4)

We have the opportunity for fellowship and Joy

Hebrews 10:25 NASB95

not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near.

It is possible to be close to people physically and miles away from them spiritually. One of the sources of Christian joy is this fellowship that believers have in Jesus Christ.

Warren W. Wiersbe

The simple fact is that if men are ever to find fellowship with one another and fellowship with God, and if they are ever to find true joy, they must find them in Jesus Christ.

William Barclay