Jesus is Glorious (4 of 75)
Series: The Gospel of John
Mike Stone
John 1:14-18
JESUS CHRIST said, ''Come to Me all you who are weary and heavy-laden and I will give you rest.'' So when we say and sing, ''Come to Jesus and live'' we're just repeating what He said. All across this community and congregation are people who need to come to Christ. The lost need to come for salvation. The weak need to come to strength. The hurting need to come for solace.
And the reality is, we CAN come to the Lord because He first came to us. It is this ''coming of Christ'' to us that we study today in our examination of John's gospel. In John 1:14-18 we have what theologians call the ''incarnation,'' God coming in the flesh.
As John concludes the first 18 verses we call the prologue or the introduction, John continues to use Divine precision and laser-like focus as he writes about the Person of Jesus Christ for the stated purpose of proving that Jesus Christ is the very embodiment of the eternal God and if you'll believe that you can be saved.
John 20:31 - ''These things have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and believing you may have life in His name.''
And today he lifts his pen and raises his voice to declare, ''Jesus is glorious!''
There's a popular show called ''Undercover Boss.'' The owner of a troubled company will leave the corner office with the scenic view and conceal his position under the uniform of an entry-level worker and mask his true identity behind a toupee and a fake moustache. He looks like everybody else even though he owns the place. This is a pitiful picture of what John is trying to describe for us today. How the glorious eternal God of Heaven disguised Himself and flesh and blood and stepped into the earth.
1. He's glorious in His presence (14)
We used to sing, ''Oh, the glory of Your presence...'' And that was a great declaration of Bible truth! He didn't just descend down to a height of ...
Series: The Gospel of John
Mike Stone
John 1:14-18
JESUS CHRIST said, ''Come to Me all you who are weary and heavy-laden and I will give you rest.'' So when we say and sing, ''Come to Jesus and live'' we're just repeating what He said. All across this community and congregation are people who need to come to Christ. The lost need to come for salvation. The weak need to come to strength. The hurting need to come for solace.
And the reality is, we CAN come to the Lord because He first came to us. It is this ''coming of Christ'' to us that we study today in our examination of John's gospel. In John 1:14-18 we have what theologians call the ''incarnation,'' God coming in the flesh.
As John concludes the first 18 verses we call the prologue or the introduction, John continues to use Divine precision and laser-like focus as he writes about the Person of Jesus Christ for the stated purpose of proving that Jesus Christ is the very embodiment of the eternal God and if you'll believe that you can be saved.
John 20:31 - ''These things have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and believing you may have life in His name.''
And today he lifts his pen and raises his voice to declare, ''Jesus is glorious!''
There's a popular show called ''Undercover Boss.'' The owner of a troubled company will leave the corner office with the scenic view and conceal his position under the uniform of an entry-level worker and mask his true identity behind a toupee and a fake moustache. He looks like everybody else even though he owns the place. This is a pitiful picture of what John is trying to describe for us today. How the glorious eternal God of Heaven disguised Himself and flesh and blood and stepped into the earth.
1. He's glorious in His presence (14)
We used to sing, ''Oh, the glory of Your presence...'' And that was a great declaration of Bible truth! He didn't just descend down to a height of ...
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