Jesus the One and Only
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Jesus the One and Only
Jesus the One and Only
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’ ”) 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.
19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22 So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” 23 He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24 (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) 25 They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” 26 John answered them, “I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know, 27 even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.” 28 These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks before me, because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but for this purpose I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel.” 32 And John bore witness: “I saw the Spirit descend from heaven like a dove, and it remained on him. 33 I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ 34 And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
35 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” 37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. 38 Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “What are you seeking?” And they said to him, “Rabbi” (which means Teacher), “where are you staying?” 39 He said to them, “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. 40 One of the two who heard John speak and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 41 He first found his own brother Simon and said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which means Christ). 42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John. You shall be called Cephas” (which means Peter).
43 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” 44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 45 Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” 46 Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!” 48 Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 49 Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!” 50 Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” 51 And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
Genesis
Genesis
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
This morning we are starting a new journey through he Gospel of John. If I could get everybody in this room to learn one thing this morning it is this. Christianity is not about behavioral modification, it is about supernatural transformation. So many Christians get discouraged, myself included at times, with the things, the sin, the struggles and it is easy to get weighed down with things.
But God has a solution for your stuglle, he has an antedote to your sin and it is in His Son Jesus Christ
Now John who wwtote the Gospel of john is not a wordy writer, but he is a weighty writer.
And he has a purpose for writing the Gospel of John. His gospel is one of four in the New Testament that records the words, life and miracles of the Lord Jesus but He has a different emphasis than the other Gospel Writers.
MATTHEW - KING Wrote his gospel to the Jews to show that He was the Long awaited Jewish King, Messiah that had been prophecies in the Old Testament.
Mark- Servant Mark Wrote his gospel to show that Jesus is the Christ, the suffering servant, who has power over everything- he has power over the natural order walks on the water, He calms a storm, he multiplys food. He has power over the demonic world- constantly cast out demons and exercises his control. And He has power over the fallen world- Heals paralytics, and reverses the curse that sin has caused. He has been sent to reverse the curse, and at the cross to make the final reversal, really jsut a redemption
Luke- Focuses on His Humanity- He is the Son of man- but a perfect man Sets out to write an accurate historical Account. And his emphasis is that Jesus is a saviour for all People.
John emphasis is that he is God who has been revealed
Matthew starts out with a genealogy, but John starts out with eternity...
THE Jesus of the New Testament is the Jehovah God of the Old Testament
THE Jesus of the New Testament is the Jehovah God of the Old Testament
30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
That’s it, Did you know that God had a Son? Did you know that.... You are like well I thought we were all God’s kids, No Im not talking about adopted kids..... We are kids because we are born again, and because that Spirit is what adopts us into the family. But God has a one and only unique Son that is like no other
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.
Yeah but that New Testament
Ok but they knew He had a Son in the Old Testament too… Let me give you some scriptures
7 I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, “You are my Son;
today I have begotten you.
11 Serve the Lord with fear,
and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son,
lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
14 Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Psalm
25 He answered and said, “But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”
So let me be as clear as I can God has a son as foretold by the Prophets in the Old Testament. You’re like ok then there are two God’s then. Should I worship, no there is one God, but He is represented in Three persons. And whenever we see a vision of God in the Old Testament
Abraham in
Moses who encounters the great I Am at the Burning bush, or
Isaiah seeing God sitting high on His Throne
What you are seeing is the Sovereign Son of God.
18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.
This is a sacred mystery in scripture, it is not something that you can understand, its not something that you can get by science or philosophy. it must be something tht you must simply understand by faith.
There Sacred Mystery of the Trinity
There Sacred Mystery of the Trinity
Not only is Jesus the Son of God but He is God himself
Not only is Jesus the Son of God but He is God himself
Now Jesus is not the son of God like Gage is my son. No there is a sacred mystery in that Jesus is the Son of God, and at the same time God himself
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Do you see that in the beginning was the Word. Do you see how word is Capitalized like someones name? Well this Word whoever He is is both with God in the begining, and at the same time God. This is what we call the Trinity.... Listen this is also unique about the God of Scripture is you see this God being represented in 3 persons but one God. Its mind boggling, not something that you can reason out or figure out.
There is a mystery to the Trinity...
<Most people are like it doesn’t make sense listen 1plus 1 plus = 3 and the God of the Old Testament makes it very clear, God is one.
4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Deuteronomy
What our Jewish friends don’t realzie is in the hebrew where is speaks of the Lord is one. The Hebrew word there for one speaks of unity. That is this Triune God is one as a unified unit.
People are doing their math wrong… the math for the trinity is not 1+1+1 its 1 *1*1= one
People try to explain the trinity is things… But you really can’t explain this God. Who is like Him? No one… and I can’t give you some little example to fully describe God.... But I can point to things in his creation… He has created
Time= past, present, future
Now why do I say that he is the author of creation? Well because of verse 3… All things were made through him, and nothing was made without him
Space- Length times width times depth
Fire-
So not only does makes some incredible claims about Jesus from the outset, but notice even the way He starts the Book of Genesis
26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Gen 1:2
But also look at the Wording that John uses… “IN THE Beginning” Where else do we see that type of Wording… In the book of Genesis
Jesus is the Creator
Jesus is the Creator
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God.
John 1
Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive I. A Description of Deity
Now the Bible says that the Word, notice verse 14 now, this Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. Look at the word “dwelt.” In the original, the word is, “and the Word was made flesh and tabernacled among us.” Jesus tabernacled, that’s the idea, that’s exactly what the Greek says. The Word was made flesh and tabernacled. You see, the tabernacle is a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ, a description of deity. Every detail in the tabernacle speaks of Him and if you love Him, you’re going to love the study of the tabernacle. The more you hear about someone that you love the more you enjoy it.
What John is saying is that Jesus is the eternal Word, the eternal God, Eternal with the Father. He is God revealed.
3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Its obvious that John wants us to understand something of Jesus and that is he is the Creator, and He is God
Now why does john speak of Jesus in this way? Calling him the Word
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Now why does John John refer to Jesus as the Word… Notice how Word is capitalized, llike someones name. Well what is a
Why does God describe His Son by calling Him “the Word”? Well, a word is an expression of an invisible thought. Now, I have thoughts in my head right now, but you can’t see those thoughts. But, you can hear my words, and you know what I’m thinking by my words. So, a word is an expression of an invisible thought. Jesus Christ is the expression—the visible expression—of the invisible God. Jesus Christ expresses the Father. Jesus said as you see me so you have seen my father
2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—
1 john 1:12
Now, notice the Bible says, “In the beginning was the Word”—and notice what it says—“and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” () Now, the verb was is in the imperfect tense. It doesn’t speak of something that just simply took place in the past and now it is completed; it speaks of something that goes on, and on, and on, and on. And, what John is saying is, in the beginning, before there was any earth, sun, moon, and stars—before there was any creation, any cosmos—He was there. And not only was he there, but he is the agent through which God created all things.
Colossians tells us that
Colosians 1:16
16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
Rogers, A. (2017). The Reason for the Season. In Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive (). Signal Hill, CA: Rogers Family Trust.
Comparison to Genesis
Comparison to Genesis
1. THE WORD
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John In the beginning was the Word,
In the beginning was the Word,
In the beginning was the Word,
1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.
He spoke and it was… He spoke and there was light
2. LIGHT AND THE DARKNESS
You have darkness and you have light
LIGHT AND THE DARKNESS
IN Genesis the the earth is covered in darkness and he separates the dark from the light
In john you have the Light shining into the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it
4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
3. There is no life
In Genesis the earth is void meaning there is no life
In Genesis the earth is void meaning there is no life
2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
Void means there was no life. Just an empty planet that has no life
4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Do you need life this morning? I am not asking if you have a pulse, I am asking do you have the Spirit of the Living Christ inside of you giving you life? Because in Him is life, and his life is the Light of men. So that presumes something is that if we need light, we must start out in darkness? What kind of darkness, spiritual darkness. There is a great and dreadful darkness over our hearts,
These are not things that you can just reason out, they are things that you must recieve by faith!!
in John the Word is life and the life is the light of men
6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Oh what a wonderful thing it is when a new dawn is raised in the heart of a believer. When all oof a sudden our doubt is vanquished by faith!
The Creator Turns to a Conqueror
The Creator Turns to a Conqueror
So in genesis we see the Word of God the Lord Jesus Christ creating all things, but what John is getting at is that something terrible went wrong in the creation and the creator not only created, but He also came to win it back… and that was through the cross
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
You see the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. The word dwelt is the Greek word for tabernacle… It literally means that the word became flesh and tabernacled among us. It is a picture of the Old Testament Tabernacle.... If you are not familiar with the tabernacle, in the Old Testament, when Moses and the people of Israel were wondering in the desert, they created a tabernacle which was a temporary earthly RV for the Lord. In it in the Holy of Holies dwelt the presence of the Lord. And when we get to the book of Matthew with the birth of Christ, God no longer dwelt in a temple made with hands, God now resided in a body made of flesh. he tabernacled among us, came on a rescue mission, He was a one man special ops, came to destroy the fiercest enemy that has ever existed, the Lord of darkness, the devil, and absolutely demolished the devils power, and did it through his weakest moment on a cross. Because the devils power lies in the power of sin, and Jesus came and took our sin
Side note-
16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
John 1
I am tired of seeing Christians acting like they have a right to become combative and condemn others. I had a lady this week that actually had the gall to tell me that I don’t know Christ. And it was a big misunderstanding....
but if she truly thought that I didn’t know Christ, why is it that she was outraged instead of broken. Why was she so ready to go to war over something so small?
What does it mean when it says that the life of Christ is the Light of men. What does it mean when
Life of Christ in you
In john you have the light and the light is the life of men.
In Genesis You have God separating the darkness from the light.
John MacArthur Sermon Archive The Divine Word
Verse 4 says, “In Him was life.” Well listen look back at verse 3, if He created everything I guess it was. I guess it had to be in Him. After all He made everything that’s alive. In Him was life. He must be the source of all life. Listen, Jesus Christ is the source of life from a butterfly to an archangel, but John’s particular message isn’t so much concerned with physical life as it is with spiritual and eternal life and that’s really what he’s talking about. And he uses the word dzoay, which is the word for spiritual life. The word bios from which we get biology is the word for physical life. He uses dzoay, Jesus Christ is the source of spiritual life. You say well what do you mean by spiritual life? Well if we define spiritual death maybe you’ll understand spiritual life.
Paul says in Ephesians 2:1, that the unsaved man is dead in sin. Spiritual death means that you can’t respond to God. It’s like a dead corpse. You punch it with a pin and nothing happens. A person who doesn’t know God you can jab him with spiritual truth there’s no response, but Christ comes and what’s the one thing a dead man needs most life so Christ comes and gives him life
In John you have the light shining in the darkness and the darkness cannot overcome it.
Start of the sermon
Jesus is eternally God..
Rogers, A. (2017). The Reason for the Season. In Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive (). Signal Hill, CA: Rogers Family Trust.
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive A. Jesus Is Eternally God
“In the beginning was the Word.” (John 1:1) His name is the Word. Why does God describe His Son by calling Him “the Word”? Well, a word is an expression of an invisible thought. Now, I have thoughts in my head right now, but you can’t see those thoughts. But, you can hear my words, and you know what I’m thinking by my words. So, a word is an expression of an invisible thought. Jesus Christ is the expression—the visible expression—of the invisible God. Jesus Christ expresses the Father.
“In the beginning was the Word.” () His name is the Word. Why does God describe His Son by calling Him “the Word”? Well, a word is an expression of an invisible thought. Now, I have thoughts in my head right now, but you can’t see those thoughts. But, you can hear my words, and you know what I’m thinking by my words. So, a word is an expression of an invisible thought. Jesus Christ is the expression—the visible expression—of the invisible God. Jesus Christ expresses the Father.
18 To whom then will you liken God,
or what likeness compare with him?
Examples of the Trinity
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John Wesley said, “How can a worm understand a man?” How are you going to understand Almighty God, being finite, and He being infinite?
Rogers, A. (2017). What Child Is This? In Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive (). Signal Hill, CA: Rogers Family Trust.
He dwelt among us
Adrian Rogers Sermon Archive I. A Description of Deity
Now the Bible says that the Word, notice verse 14 now, this Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. Look at the word “dwelt.” In the original, the word is, “and the Word was made flesh and tabernacled among us.” Jesus tabernacled, that’s the idea, that’s exactly what the Greek says. The Word was made flesh and tabernacled. You see, the tabernacle is a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ, a description of deity. Every detail in the tabernacle speaks of Him and if you love Him, you’re going to love the study of the tabernacle. The more you hear about someone that you love the more you enjoy it.