We Have Seen His Glory
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The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of 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.
(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ ”) Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
Light, Word, Flesh
Light, Word, Flesh
The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
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.
Grace and Truth
Grace and Truth
From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
Grace to get behind our defenses and self-protection. Grace to see our need even when we think we are fine. Grace to lay down all privilege and heavenly worship to come into the darkness of our world. Grace to suffer for us. Grace to teach us all we need to know.
The law indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Truth to reveal to us what God has done. Truth to reveal to us who God really is. Truth to tell us who we really are.
Children of God
Children of God
We are sons and daughters of our heavenly father. Separated long ago from the ideal life that might have been. But now brought near to the better way now available to us in Jesus. He has given us the right. We don’t have that right on our own. No one is worthy of being in God’s family but Jesus himself. But Jesus made it all possible for you and for me.
We Have Seen His Glory
We Have Seen His Glory
No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
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.
All through this season. In recent days in our church. All across our lives if we are honest. I hope you are seeing his glory today. As Christmas is drawing to a close, look to the fullness of what Jesus alone has done for you. See the grand sweep from the moment he was born to the powerful teaching to the cross and the resurrection. Accept his invitation to be in his family. The right to become children of God. The right to come and feast at his table today.