The Incarnation of the King
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· 22 viewsEvents leading up to the crucifixion, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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I. Introduction
I. Introduction
II. The Word (vs. 1-3)
II. The Word (vs. 1-3)
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.
A. Existed in the beginning
A. Existed in the beginning
B. Was with God in the beginning
B. Was with God in the beginning
C. Was God.
C. Was God.
D. He was in the beginning with God.
D. He was in the beginning with God.
Why does John call the Word God?
Why does John call the Word God?
John knew the Old Testament and was simply conveying the truth already revealed and now explicitly revealed in the incarnation:
A. Genesis 1 records that “God said” 10 times
6 By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of his mouth all their host.
B. In the OT, the LORD speaks to the prophets (Isa 7:3), but elsewhere we see that “the word of the LORD came to Isaiah” (Is 38:4) as well as others (Jer 1:4, 13 ; Ezek 1:3)
C. The Word is also said to have appeared in many texts throughout the OT. (Genesis 15:1, 4; 1 Samuel 3:21; 1 Sam 15:10; 2 Sam 7:4; 2 Sam 24:11; 1 Kings 6:11–12; 2 Chron 12:7; Zech 7:4, 8; 8:1, 18)
3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
E. He created everything.
E. He created everything.
The Word is the Creator and Originator of everything!
What about Arius’ assertion:
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 2.4: St. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters Chapter IV: That the Son Is Eternal and Increate
for when did man see light without the brightness of its radiance, that he may say of the Son, ‘There was once, when He was not,’ or ‘Before His generation He was not.’
III. The Light of Life (vs. 4-5)
III. The Light of Life (vs. 4-5)
A. In him was life.
A. In him was life.
12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
B. The life was the light of men.
B. The life was the light of men.
12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
C. The Light shines and is not overcome by darkness.
C. The Light shines and is not overcome by darkness.
35 So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.
D. The Witness to the light (vs. 6-8)
D. The Witness to the light (vs. 6-8)
1. John bore witness so that all might believe.
1. John bore witness so that all might believe.
2. He was not the light. (v. 7-8)
2. He was not the light. (v. 7-8)
E. The True Light was coming into the world (vs. 9)
E. The True Light was coming into the world (vs. 9)
IV. The Light was rejected. (vs. 10-12)
IV. The Light was rejected. (vs. 10-12)
A. He was in the world, and made the world, but the world did not know Him.
A. He was in the world, and made the world, but the world did not know Him.
B. He came to His own and his own people, but was rejected.
B. He came to His own and his own people, but was rejected.
C. But to believers He gave new birth!
C. But to believers He gave new birth!
1. Not of blood
1. Not of blood
2. Not of the will of the flesh
2. Not of the will of the flesh
3. Not of the will of man
3. Not of the will of man
4. They were born of God
4. They were born of God
The Word is the ultimate light of truth leading to relationship with God.
V. The Incarnation of the Word (vs. 14-18)
V. The Incarnation of the Word (vs. 14-18)
A. The Word became flesh (v. 14a)
A. The Word became flesh (v. 14a)
B. The Word dwelt among us (v. 14b)
B. The Word dwelt among us (v. 14b)
C. Eyewitnesses saw His glory (v. 14c)
C. Eyewitnesses saw His glory (v. 14c)
1. The Word is the Son
1. The Word is the Son
2. The Son from the Father is full of grace and truth.
2. The Son from the Father is full of grace and truth.
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
The Gospel according to John I. The Prologue (1:1–18)
the Son of God was sent into the world to become the Jesus of history, so that the glory and grace of God might be uniquely and perfectly disclosed
3. John (the baptist) bore witness to the Son’s rank before him (v. 15)
3. John (the baptist) bore witness to the Son’s rank before him (v. 15)
4. The eyewitnesses experienced grace from the Son’s fullness of grace! (v. 16)
4. The eyewitnesses experienced grace from the Son’s fullness of grace! (v. 16)
5. Law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (v. 17)
5. Law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. (v. 17)
Since John’s readers are familiar with the Old Testament, he highlights the relationship between Old Testament revelation and Jesus Christ.
Since John’s readers are familiar with the Old Testament, he highlights the relationship between Old Testament revelation and Jesus Christ.
E. No one has ever seen God
E. No one has ever seen God
46 not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father.
But didn’t Moses and the elders see God?! (Exodus 24:9–10)
1. The unique Son, the only God, at the Father’s side
1. The unique Son, the only God, at the Father’s side
2. He has made him known.
2. He has made him known.
The Word is the ultimate revelation of the Father.