Mighty God
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Question: Who is this Jesus?
Transition: All four Gospels begin by placing Jesus within a historical setting, but the Gospel of John is unique in the way it opens. The Book of Matthew begins with the genealogy of Jesus that connects Him to David and Abraham. Mark starts with the preaching of John the Baptist. Luke has a dedication of his work and then follows with a prediction of the birth of John the Baptist. But John is going to tell us the most important things about Jesus that He can right at the beginning of His book. He wants us to have in our minds, fixed and clear, from the beginning of His Gospel, some truths about Jesus. All of which are going to help us answer r our question this morning.
The Bible Knowledge Commentary I. The Prologue (1:1–18)
All four Gospels begin by placing Jesus within a historical setting, but the Gospel of John is unique in the way it opens. The Book of Matthew begins with the genealogy of Jesus that connects Him to David and Abraham. Mark starts with the preaching of John the Baptist. Luke has a dedication of his work to Theophilus and follows that with a prediction of the birth of John the Baptist. But John begins with a theological prologue. It is almost as if John had said, “I want you to consider Jesus in His teaching and deeds. But you will not understand the good news of Jesus in its fullest sense unless you view Him from this point of view. Jesus is God manifest in the flesh, and His words and deeds are those of the God-Man.”
Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
I. Jesus Is The One Mighty To “Be”
I. Jesus Is The One Mighty To “Be”
A. Mighty To Be The All Existing One (vs. 1a - “In the beginning was the Word”)
A. Mighty To Be The All Existing One (vs. 1a - “In the beginning was the Word”)
C. To Be One With The Father (vs. 1b)
II. Jesus Is The One Mighty To Create
A. Maker Of All Things (vs. 3)
B. Savior Of All His People (vs. 4-5)
III. Jesus Is Mighty To Save
The Time of His Existence - “In the beginning was the Word”
“In the beginning” identical to first two words in Greek Old Testament
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Not an accident. First thing John is going to tell us is that Jesus created the universe (cf. 3)
In Christian theology you cannot go back further than God. In the ancient world there were creation stories of gods (Greek gods), but in the Bible there is no possibility of a cosmogony involving the creation of God.
The New American Commentary: John 1–11 1. The Magnificent Prologue (1:1–18)
In Christian theology you cannot go back further than God. In the ancient world there were creation stories of the gods, but in the Bible there is no possibility of a cosmogony involving the creation of God
“In the beginning” = Reference to before there was any created matter
“Remember: ‘These are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God’ (). John begins his Gospel by locating Jesus, the Christ, the Son of God, in relation to time, namely, before time.”
to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen.
who has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,
So, before there was any time or any matter, there was the Word
“Word” = Greek word Logos
Though the translation of the term logos is the simple term word, it must be noted that logos carried a lot of philosophical baggage in the ancient Greek world. Ancient Greek philosophy was concerned with answering the ultimate questions of reality. They were seeking to find ultimate truth. They wanted to find the ultimate reality that lies behind all other things.
Though the translation of the term logos is the simple term word, it must be noted that logos carried a lot of philosophical baggage in the ancient Greek world. Ancient Greek philosophy was concerned with answering the ultimate questions of reality. They were seeking to find ultimate truth. They wanted to find the ultimate reality that lies behind all other things.
Over time, as the ancient philosophers pondered these questions, they came up with a term to describe this ultimate reality, and the term they came up with was logos. The logos came to be understood as that which gave life and meaning to the universe. Within the realm of Greek philosophy, however, this logos was largely understood to be an impersonal force, not a personal being.
Over time, as the ancient philosophers pondered these questions, they came up with a term to describe this ultimate reality, and the term they came up with was logos. The logos came to be understood as that which gave life and meaning to the universe. Within the realm of Greek philosophy, however, this logos was largely understood to be an impersonal force, not a personal being.
Rather than an impersonal force the logos of John’s gospel is:
A personal being who can be received or rejected by other people (vs. 11-12)
The logos of John’s gospel is a personal being who can be received or rejected by other people (vs. 11-12)
A personal being who became incarnate as a human being and manifested God’s glory (vs. 14)
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Transition: That is because Jesus is...
B. Mighty To Be God Himself (vs. 1c - “And the Word was God”)
B. Mighty To Be God Himself (vs. 1c - “And the Word was God”)
John chose this term b/c it was familiar to his readers
Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The Essence of His Identity -
The Word, Jesus, was and is God
The most important thing about Jesus is found in 4
The WordJesus, was and is God.
The most important thing to know about this Word is found in verse 14
A personal being who became incarnate as a human being and manifested God’s glory (vs. 14)
The WordJesus, was and is God.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only ⌈Son⌉, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The most important thing to know about this Word is found in verse 14
Jews doubted
Jews doubted
“We are not stoning you for any good work,” they replied, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.”
Jehovah Witness translation
‘The Word was a god’ - Way for them to say that Jesus was created, no eternal, not the Son of God
Verse 3 says, “Without him was not anything made that was made” … that means Christ wasn’t made if He did the making
All true Christian churches proclaim that we worship Jesus Christ as God (cf. Thomas 20:28)
Jesus, (vs. 1b - “And the Word was with God”)
His Relationship To God - “And the Word was with God” (Middle of verse)
This is the heart of the great historic doctrine of the Trinity
He is God, He is the very image of God, perfectly reflecting all that God is and standing forth from all eternity as the fullness of deity in a distinct person.
This is the heart of the great historic doctrine of the Trinity
Father and Son mentioned here, the Holy Spirit will be introduced later
If you want to get to know our Mighty God, get to know Jesus, for then you get to know God Himself!
B. To Be God Himself (vs. 1c)
C. To Be One With The Father (vs. 1b)
II. Jesus Is The One Mighty To Create
A. Maker Of All Things (vs. 3)
A special relationship of eternal fellowship in the Trinity In that case the writer used the relationship between the Son and the Father as a key to proclaiming the basis for the joyous news of our relationship (koinonia) with (meta) the Father and the Son ().
B. Savior Of All His People (vs. 4-5)
His Relationship to the World
He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
The Word became flesh and lived among us. He taught us, healed us, rebuked us, protected us, loved us and died for us He created.
He was the Father’s agent, or Word, in the creation of all things.
Application
When we encounter challenges beyond our control, remember the Mighty God who saves us.