RESPONDING TO THE LIGHT (3 OF 4)
by Josh Malone
Scripture: John 1:9-13
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Responding to the Light (3 of 4)
Series: A Thrill of Hope
Josh Malone
John 1:9-13
We are in week three of our Advent series... A Thrill of Hope. We are camping out in John 1:1-18 and this week we are looking at 1:9-13. John here presents Jesus as the True Light and tells us how the world responded to Jesus when He came. To this day, the world is still responding to Jesus. - Jesus demands a response. In fact... that's what light does right??
ILLUS.- Responding- If you are asleep and someone throws open the blinds, you may respond by rolling over and burying your face in the pillow OR if you are a morning person you may walk over to a window with a cup of coffee and let that light hit your face. - During the Summer if I tell you it's very sunny today ... you may go ''Aw man, I was hoping for overcast, a little shade.'' - But in January if its 55 and Sunny you go ''Great, it won't feel as cold.'' - Either way... we always have a response to light. We want it or we don't depending on certain things. When I'm awake, I want light, when I'm asleep I want dark. But we aren't really neutral about light.
As the Light of the World, Jesus demands a response. In John 1 we see how the light came into the world and how the world responded. People are still responding in these ways today. The only proper way to respond to Jesus as the Light of the World is to receive Him, and that's because we NEED Him. If you have received Christ we will see this morning, that is a miracle to be celebrated... and you this Christmas have been given the highest right by Him. The right to be called God's child.
John 1:9-13- 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 ...
Series: A Thrill of Hope
Josh Malone
John 1:9-13
We are in week three of our Advent series... A Thrill of Hope. We are camping out in John 1:1-18 and this week we are looking at 1:9-13. John here presents Jesus as the True Light and tells us how the world responded to Jesus when He came. To this day, the world is still responding to Jesus. - Jesus demands a response. In fact... that's what light does right??
ILLUS.- Responding- If you are asleep and someone throws open the blinds, you may respond by rolling over and burying your face in the pillow OR if you are a morning person you may walk over to a window with a cup of coffee and let that light hit your face. - During the Summer if I tell you it's very sunny today ... you may go ''Aw man, I was hoping for overcast, a little shade.'' - But in January if its 55 and Sunny you go ''Great, it won't feel as cold.'' - Either way... we always have a response to light. We want it or we don't depending on certain things. When I'm awake, I want light, when I'm asleep I want dark. But we aren't really neutral about light.
As the Light of the World, Jesus demands a response. In John 1 we see how the light came into the world and how the world responded. People are still responding in these ways today. The only proper way to respond to Jesus as the Light of the World is to receive Him, and that's because we NEED Him. If you have received Christ we will see this morning, that is a miracle to be celebrated... and you this Christmas have been given the highest right by Him. The right to be called God's child.
John 1:9-13- 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 ...
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