The Gospel of Jesus: His Humanity
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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.
Pray
Tonight as we continue our series, “The Gospel of Jesus” we will be looking specifically at the humanity of Jesus. We will look at what the Scriptures teach us about the humanity of Jesus and why it is absolutely necessary to believe, and why it should continue to grow us in our knowledge of Christ’s Human nature. But before we get into the details of this doctrine I think it would do us good to consider John’s purpose in writing not only his entire Gospel, but even this verse we will be studying tonight,
In John chapter 20 he writes,
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.
Do you hear the purpose of John’s gospel? That whoever reads, hears, and studies his gospel might believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you might have life in his name.
I am preaching this message tonight as one who lived for 26 years, thinking I believed in Jesus. I was in church basically every Sunday. I would have told you I believed in Jesus, in God, in the cross. However, in reality I had no understanding of the gospel. I had no idea what who God was, who Jesus was, and for that matter who man was. I probably would have told you I believed God created us, but I did not understand being created in the image of God, the extent of the fall of man, being born into sin, being condemned to hell in need of an alien righteousness. I did not understand, salvation, justification, sanctification and definitely not glorification. So while I thought I knew Jesus, I was a walking contradiction of the man Christ Jesus! And apart from the Spirit of God opening my eyes through the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus I would still be dead in my trespasses and sins. Apart from Kyle Giddens faithfully expounding the Scriptures, and explaining the gospel, that it was my sin that Christ died for I would have never repented and believed the gospel.
Our goals as Pastors through this series is the same as the apostle John’s, that you would believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God his deity, and tonight specifically his humanity and that believing you may have life in his name.
If you are a believer, don’t check out because, you know the gospel, you need to know the gospel better, because we all need to love Christ more.
If you are here tonight or watching tonight and are an unbeliever, we pray that you would believe, because your eternity depends on it!
This doctrine of the humanity of Jesus has been a cornerstone of the church throughout history and is of utmost important to every human created in the image of God until the end of the age. I love to always look and see, what our forefathers, specifically our Baptist brethren of history have believed about specific doctrines. Let’s look at,
The 1689 Baptist confession of Faith -
“The Son of God, the second person of the Holy Trinity, being very and eternal God, the brightness of the Father’s glory, of one substance and equal with Him who made the world, who upholds and governs all things He has made, did, when the fullness of time was complete, take upon Him man’s nature, with all the essential properties and common infirmities of it, yet without sin; being conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary, the Holy Spirit coming down upon her; and the power of the most High overshadowing her; and so was made of woman of the tribe of Judah, of the see of Abraham and David according to the Scriptures; so that two whole, perfect and distinct natures were inseparably joined together in one person, without conversion, composition, or confusion; which person is very God and very man, yet one Christ, the only mediator between God and man.”
How about that for a confession of the humanity of Christ, the perfect, hypostatic union of the deity and humanity of the Son of God! We have a historic confession that aligns with the historic confessions and creeds of the orthodox church. But, let’s drill down and see specifically what our verse tonight teaches us about the humanity of Jesus.
First of all, John 1:14 teaches us,
I. Jesus Became Flesh
I. Jesus Became Flesh
A. The Incarnation of Jesus
A. The Incarnation of Jesus
John 1:14a And the Word became flesh
William Barclay argues, “It might be well held that this is the greatest single verse in the New Testament;” This verse is one that ought to crush us and then strengthen us. It ought to wound us then heal us. It ought to break us then mend us. When we think that God, the holy, righteous, reigning, sovereign King of the universe, stepped down from his majestic thrown and put on flesh that he might live in all of the pains and weaknesses of the flesh in active obedience that he might be crushed by the Father in passive obedience it should humble us beyond explanation.
Paul reminds the church at Philippi,
who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.
When we realize that out of his love for us, he humbled himself for us, he lived for us, died for us, was raised for us, and will one day raise us to be with him in all his glory that he has given us a glimpse of in Christ we ought to have an overflow of adoration, affection, and holy appreciation for the Incarnation of the God-man.
This verse, begins with this truth, And the Word...
Word - the independent personified expression of God, the Logos; It is the distinctive teaching of the Fourth Gospel that this divine ‘Word’ took on human form in a historical person, that is, in Jesus (BDAG)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—
Jesus the eternal Son of God, the second person of the Godhead, through the incarnation, became man, being born of a virgin. He was conceived of the Holy Spirit, through the hypostatic union maintained his full deity, while becoming fully man in the form of a baby.
This miraculous Spirit conceived Christ child was born of an earthly mother, but at the same time had a heavenly Father. This was necessary that the stain of sin brought on by the first Adam would be disrupted by the Second Adam.
J.C. Ryle explains,
Expository Thoughts on John, Vol. 1 John 1:14: The Reality of Christ’s Incarnation
The plain meaning of these words is, that our divine Saviour really took human nature upon Him, in order to save sinners. He really became a man like ourselves in all things, sin only excepted. Like ourselves, he was born of a woman, though born in a miraculous manner. Like ourselves, He grew from infancy to boyhood, and from boyhood to man’s estate, both in wisdom and in stature. (Luke 2:52.) Like ourselves, he hungered, thirsted, ate, drank, slept, was wearied, felt pain, wept, rejoiced, marvelled, was moved to anger and compassion. Having be come flesh, and taken a body, He prayed, read the Scriptures, suffered being tempted, and submitted His human will to the will of God the Father. And finally, in the same body, He really suffered and shed His blood, really died, was really buried, really rose again, and really ascended up into heaven. And yet all this time He was God as well as man!
In God’s perfect wisdom, from eternity past, He had a plan to save wretched sinners from the wrath to come. He would cause the Son the second person of the Trinity to become flesh. He did not divulge himself of his deity, but became man, made up of flesh, bones, and blood that he might be,
the Son of God and Son of Man.
the Lion of the tribe of Judah and the Lamb of God.
the King of kings and the Suffering Servant.
our Priest and our Propitiation.
the Sovereign One and our Substitute.
When we consider this massive manifestation of God’s grace we should be moved to a deeper adoration of the our Savior becoming flesh!
The second thing we need to understand about the Jesus becoming flesh, is,
B. The Necessity of the Incarnation
B. The Necessity of the Incarnation
The Word becoming flesh is absolutely necessary for the gospel to be Good news. For Jesus to be our savior he had to become our substitute. To become our substitute he had to become like us in all respects, except sin.
First, the Incarnation is of doctrinal importance and necessity because is it fulfills the prophecy of,
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.”
God sent his Son through the offspring of the women to destroy the serpent and save those who were his that had been deceived by Him. He affirms his Sovereignty in salvation by sending Jesus to become flesh that he might defeat our enemy.
The second reason the incarnation is necessary is it was God’s means of uniting the two natures of Christ, his deity and his humanity. Christ coming through the womb of the virgin, being born as a baby in a manger, makes it clear that he is from God helping us to understand how the fulness of God dwelled in Him enabling Christ to be the God-man. It may be hard to get our minds around the hypostatic union, but the incarnation gives us what we need for affirmation of Christ humanity and deity.
The third reason the incarnation is necessary is it guarantees that Jesus is born without the stain of sin the rest of humanity inherited from the first Adam. The incarnation, the virgin birth ensures our new Federal Head represents us as a sinless Savior, in contrast to our First federal head who brought us under condemnation.
Wayne Grudem explains, “Jesus did not descend from Adam in exactly the same way in which ever other human being has descended from Adam. And this helps us to understand why the legal guilt and moral corruption that belongs to human beings did not belong to Christ.”
When you think about the Incarnation of Christ, it is not just some sentimental story we need to be reminded of every December. The Incarnation, the Word becoming flesh is a first order doctrine, that must believed in order to be saved. I am not trying to be harsh or narrow minded, but faithful to the Scriptures. The same apostle that wrote these words also wrote.
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.
John say’s if you deny the truth that Jesus became flesh you are not only not from God, but you are aligning yourself with the spirit of the antichrist.
In his second letter, John wrote,
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
In “Knowing Christ” Mark Jones affirms this stating, in fact, to deny Christ’s complete and true humanity is to deny the Christian faith.”
Every sermon we preach over the next 6 months we are going to call you to believe in the gospel of Jesus, but not just some shallow, sappy, sentimental belief in a Jesus you don’t really know. We want you to know Jesus, who he is and what he has done to save our wretched souls. The Scripture is clear, we needed a Savior to come in the flesh to be like us, that he might die for us and satisfy the wrath of God for us!
John is not on the only one who taught the necessity of the humanity of Jesus.
The author of Hebrews writes,
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
Do you see that,
He, Jesus had to be made like his brothers, in every way....
Why?
So that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest,
And, to make propitiations for the sins of the people. We could not satisfy the wrath of God that we had earned through our rebellion and rejection of God. We needed a perfect mediator, a perfect High Priest, a spotless Lamb. And Jesus fulfilled all of that when he became flesh.
How is he able to fulfill these roles in service to God?
By suffering when tempted,
Why is this important to us the brothers and sisters,
His humanity, His suffering through temptation enables him to help us!
Not only do we want to believe in the fact that Jesus became flesh, we want you to believe, the second truth we see in John 1:14,
II. Jesus Dwelt Among Us in the Flesh
II. Jesus Dwelt Among Us in the Flesh
Jesus not only became man, he lived with man, that is why the life of Jesus is further affirmation of the humanity of Jesus.
A. The Life of Jesus
A. The Life of Jesus
John 1:14b And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us,
Remember, in context, John the apostle, one of Jesus 12 disciples says here not only did Jesus, the Word become flesh. Jesus the Word dwelt, lived, settled, among us. He took up residence with us. He walked with us, worked with us, ate with us, and worshipped with us! The apostle John was intimately acquainted with the incarnate God-man!
So much so John refers to himself as, the one whom Jesus loved.
Jesus didn’t just show up as a divine baby in a manger, and suddenly become a grown man who died on a cross. He grew from a baby, to a toddler, to a teenager, to a man and at 30 years old, He was inaugurated into His messianic office and ministry. From there he was sent out into the desert where he would fast for 40 days before He called, led, and taught the disciples for three years. John, along with Matthew, Mark, and Luke record the facts of of Jesus dwelling with them in the flesh.
As a man, Jesus had a purpose, he had a mission, he had his Father’s business to be about. So from the time he was born, until the day he was buried he was at one with the Father, doing the will and work of the Father, in the flesh.
And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.
Jesus grew in wisdom and stature as a child. Meaning, he cried, cut teeth, and had leg cramps. Jesus physical body grew and developed like any other human body. As soon as he could swing a hammer Joseph began teaching him the trade of construction. He would have continued to learn how to carpenter like His father. The difference is he not only learned how to work with wood, he also was learning how to handle the Word, and he was a quick learner!
MacArthur and Mayhue explain, “Humanness involves undergoing, not just encountering, what mankind commonly experiences. From the start of his incarnate life until the end of his earthly journey,
Jesus experienced birth (Matt. 2:1),
growth (Luke 2:40),
exhaustion (John 4:6),
sleep (Mark 4:38),
hunger (Matt. 4:2; 21:18),
thirst (John 4:7; 19:28),
anger (Mark 3:5),
sorrow (Matt. 26:37),
weeping (Luke 19:41 ; John 11:35),
compassion (Matt. 9:36),
love (Mark 10:21; John 11:3, 5, 36),
joy (Luke 10:21; john 15:11)
temptation (Matt 4:1; Heb 4:15)
prayer (Matt. 14:23; Heb. 5:7)
suffering (Matt. 16:21; Luke 22:44; Heb. 2:18)
death (Mark 15:37-39; Luke 24:44-46; John 12:24, 33; Rom. 5:6,8 Phil. 2:8),
and resurrection (Matt. 17:9; John 2:22; 21:14; Acts 3:15; 1 Cor. 15:20).”
The Scriptures are clear, Jesus experienced everything you and I experience as those created by God. In the humanity of Jesus the creator becomes the created. The Word became flesh and lived among flesh. God became man and dwelt with mankind. God became human and lived as humans live.
We se what he experienced in the flesh. Let’s run through a survey of what the Scriptures declare and what the apostles witnessed as Jesus lived in the flesh.
Jesus was baptized in the flesh.
Jesus was led into the wilderness, fasted for forty days, and tempted by Satan in the flesh.
Jesus called men to follow him in the flesh.
Jesus attended a wedding in the flesh.
Jesus flipped over the money changer’s tables in the flesh.
Jesus found the women at the well in the flesh.
Jesus forgave sin in the flesh.
Jesus bore witness to the Father in the flesh.
Jesus fed five thousand in the flesh.
Jesus rebuked the disciples fear after he walked on water in the flesh.
Jesus freed the women caught in adultery in the flesh.
Jesus wept at the death of Lazarus in the flesh.
Jesus was troubled in soul in the flesh.
Jesus washed the disciples feet in the flesh.
Jesus sweated drops of blood while his disciples slept from his flesh.
Jesus’ was flogged in the flesh.
The flesh of Jesus’ head was pierced by a crown of thorns.
The flesh of Jesus’ back was filleted as he was flogged.
The flesh of Jesus’s side was pierced with a spear, and blood and water poured out.
The flesh of Jesus’ body was buried in a grave.
Jesus’ life as a man was witnessed an affirmed by the things he did everyday. Granted some of the things Jesus did in his humanity were things that revealed his deity, his life as a man verified that he walked as we walked, worked as we worked, wept as we wept, hungered and thirsted as we hunger and thirst. He was tempted as we were tempted yet, he was without sin.
This is why the author of Hebrews wrote,
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
B. The Impact on those Jesus Dwelt With.
B. The Impact on those Jesus Dwelt With.
I am not going to spend a lot of time here, but we cannot consider the true humanity of Jesus without considering how his life in the flesh affected those around him.
There were basically two responses either people hated and rejected Jesus or they followed Him. We know the eternal destiny of those who reject Jesus.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
Condemnation is reserved for all who do not believe that Jesus is the Son of God, whom was sent by God into the world that the world might be saved.
But what about those who believe? Those who followed Jesus in the flesh. Those who dropped their nets and left the boats to be his disciples. They immediately recieved live of ease right? They were immediately given guaranteed good health and wealth right?
No Jesus, told them that following him was going to be hard. He told them that they may not have a place to lay their head. He told them the world was going to hate them, because the world hated Him.
And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
Doesn’t that sound like a great life! However, men and women were willing to give up all that they had and knew to follow Him. They were willing to become faithful witness for Christ, willing to be ridiculed, imprisoned, stoned, beheaded, burnt, and ultimately martyred, because of the the life of the Man Christ Jesus!
Why in the world, why would we even today believe in this man? Why would we be willing to give up the pleasures of this world to follow this man who dwelt with sinful man?
Christ followers are willing to lose their life for the gospels sake because they understand the value of knowing Him, loving Him, and following Him. This worth of knowing Christ surpasses all the world has to offer and guarantees that our suffering has a greater reward. Eternity with Christ!
These men who walked with Christ in the flesh had a greater promise. A promise of eternal life with eternal rewards, which ultimately residing with the glorified Christ.
Paul tells the Romans,
and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
This promise is not just for those who walked with Christ in his humanity, but for all those who believe that Christ became man and dwelt among men that he might become the Mediator, and the redeemer we need to reconcile us to God!
We have see so far that we believe in the humanity of Jesus because the Scriptures make clear,
Jesus became flesh.
Jesus dwelt among humanity in the flesh.
John 1:14 also teach us,
III. Jesus Revealed His Glory In the Flesh.
III. Jesus Revealed His Glory In the Flesh.
John 1:14c and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
The apostle John, lays out what they saw as Jesus was made flesh, and walked with the disciples in the flesh. Although he had human form and was clearly man, there was something vastly different about Jesus. As we have already seen Jesus was born, grew, walked, ate, hungered, thirsted, grew weary, and wept as we do, but that alone doesn’t enable him to save humanity form their sin. There is not enough goodness or perfection in any mere human to be offered up as a sacrifice for the sins of the world. John then closes this verse by revealing the glory with which Christ deity was manifested in the flesh.
A. His glory was seen in the flesh.
A. His glory was seen in the flesh.
John writes, and we have seen his glory
The band of brothers that Jesus called to himself were eye-witness of the glory of Jesus in the flesh. We have written record of the revelation of God in Christ, his works and words that were accomplished and spoken in the flesh and have been made known to us because these men of God like John, Mark, Matthew, Peter, and Paul recording the glory of God revealed in Christ’s body.
One of the first acts of Jesus where he revealed his glory was at his first wedding he attended. John tells us,
This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
Jesus went to a wedding just like any of the rest of us would. He went to celebrate the God ordained institution. However, he had a greater purpose than we did. In his first miracle of turning water into wine we get another glimpse of his manifested glory, his glory being made known. John and those who Jesus dwelt with saw his glory in person, we see it in His Word illuminated by HIs Spirit.
This was just the beginning of his glory being revealed.
John also says,
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
We only have a glimpse of the glory revealed in the Jesus as he led these men into the ministry of the gospel. You want to know why you should believe the gospel of Jesus, because we have eye witness es who watched and recorded this divine revelation of God in the body of Jesus. God has given us all the revelation we need to see the glory of Christ through the Scriptures.
John goes on to say in his first letter,
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—
Not only did these men see Jesus in all his glory, they laid their hands on him, they heard him proclaim the truth of his own will and work. They watched him fulfill prophecy, preach the good news of salvation through himself, and perform miracles that no other man could perform.
Consider all of the reasons Jesus came in the flesh. To be our substitute, our shepherd, our savior, our satisfaction of God’s holy wrath, our sacrifice, and on and on. But here is the main purpose of Jesus becoming flesh, God became man to show us who God is! To reveal to us the divine majesty and glory of God! Jesus didn’t just come to preach, teach, and talk about the glory of God, we came as the bodily demonstration of the glory of God. You want to know who God is and what he is like look at the Son.
This glory revealed to the apostles was none other than God the Father, John affirms,
B. His divine glory was made known in the flesh.
B. His divine glory was made known in the flesh.
and we have seen his glory, glory as the only Son from the Father.
What is this divine glory that was made known through the humanity of Jesus?
Peter writes,
For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,”
Peter records the majestic glory of God, because Him, James, and John were eyewitness to his majesty! They saw the glory of Jesus revealed in a way that is indescribable. Luke records this event,
Now about eight days after these sayings he took with him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. And as he was praying, the appearance of his face was altered, and his clothing became dazzling white. And behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
After Peter James and John saw Jesus’ glory revealed in His body, God the Father affirmed this display of glory,
And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my Son, my Chosen One; listen to him!” And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent and told no one in those days anything of what they had seen.
After the glimpse of glory, what do they see, Jesus in the flesh…These men had been so struck by what they had seen, they couldn’t even speak. They were so in awe the glory of God they kept silent.
I think we can learn something hear, sometimes if we would just fix our gaze on the glory and majesty of God we would speak less and worship more. We would be so fascinated that God in all his glory became flesh and dwelt amongst sinful flesh we would be speechless.
Reformer Heinrich Bullinger explains,
John 1–12: New Testament, Volume 4 1:14c. We Have Seen His Glory
Therefore, glory is the divine majesty which revealed itself in the incarnate Word through miracles, through life-giving teaching, through death, through resurrection and ascension into heaven and through the miraculous sending of the Holy Spirit, but especially in that wondrous manifestation, when both at the Jordan and on Mount Tabor he was shown by a clear revelation from heaven to be the very Son of God.
John doesn’t stop with what he has seen as he walked with Jesus in the flesh he continues to proclaim the glory we see even today as God reveals to us,
C. His glory was filled with grace and truth in the flesh.
C. His glory was filled with grace and truth in the flesh.
J.B.
Lightfoot paraphrase’s this portion of the verse,
Expository Thoughts on John, Vol. 1 Notes. John 1:14
We saw His glory as what was worthy, as became, the only begotten Son of God. He did not glisten in any worldly pomp or grandeur, according to what the Jewish nation fondly dreamed their Messiah would do. But He was dressed with the glory of holiness, grace, truth, and the power of miracles.”
This glory revealed to the apostles John said was first of all full of grace. God sending his son in the flesh was a revelation for the glorious grace of God. All of the riches of God’s grace are revealed to us in Christ.
His grace was revealed by fulfilling the law for his people who couldn’t keep from breaking the law.
His grace was revealed in sinless flesh that sinful flesh might redeemed.
His grace was revealed that the unrighteous might become righteous by his grace through faith.
His grace was revealed that he might live and die for us while we were still sinners.
His grace was revealed as he hung on the cross in the place of ruined sinners like me and you.
But not only was his glory revealed in grace, it was revealed in Truth.
Jesus said,
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
We come to the Father by believing in the truth, the absolute certainty of who Jesus is and what he had done for us. For those who desire to be the children of God their is only one way to recieved adoptions as Sons. That is to repent of your sin and believe in the Person of Christ, that he is truly God and truly man who was sent by the Father to save those who would believe.
Not only do receive eternal life by believing in who he is, we believe in what he has done. Because he did come in flesh, he suffered and died for all who would believe in Him. He was then buried and raised on the third day completing the work necessary for the salvation of God’s people.
John Newton writes, He knew that no blood but his own could make atonement for sin; that nothing less than his humiliation could expiate our pride; that if he did not suffer, sinners must inevitably perish; and therefore (such was his love!) he cheerfully and voluntarily gave his back to the sinners, and his cheeks to them that plucked off the hair. Two designs of vast importance filled his mind, the completion of them was that joy set before him, for the sake of which, ‘he made himself of no reputation, endured the cross, and despised the shame’. These were, the glory of God, and the salvation of sinners.
Have you recieved his grace? Do you believe in the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ? He has come and revealed his glory, you have two options on what to do with this revelation,
You can refuse to receive it.
The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
The first options is to not receive this revelation of the grace and truth of God in Christ. This will end in condemnation, damnation, and being cast into a place called hell where there is eternal pain and suffering.
But there is a second option,
2. To believe and receive his truth and grace.
Simply put, Jesus Christ is the sinless Son of God who became flesh, dwelt in the flesh, and revealed his glory in the flesh that all who would believe in him would not perish, but have eternal life. He lived this life in the flesh while maintaining his deity, he was crucified in the flesh in the place of sinful humanity. He was raised in the flesh and revealed himself again to hundreds of people before ascending into heaven, to reveal to everyone He was and is who He said he is. The Son of God and Son of Man who came to live and die for the salvation of sinners.
Here is the question, will you believe in Him, lay down your sinful life, repent of your sins, and follow him by faith. If you will you have this promise.
But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God,
You will have the eternal guarantee that you are a child of God. How do you know this? Because as a believer in Christ, you are a child of God, who John says,
who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
God has causes us to repent and believe and keeps us repenting and believing because we are His. He as gifted us to his Son and no on can snatch us out of His hand! Will you trust Him tonight?
We plead with you if you have never trusted in Jesus and God has revealed that to you, call out to him tonight, the Scriptures promise that whoever calls on the name of the Lord, confessing Jesus as Lord and Savior will be saved. If you have done that or desire to do that tonight our pastors are available in the front to talk with you and counsel with you to guide you through your desire to be saved by grace through faith in Christ.
Let us pray together.