Christmas Eve (4 of 4)
Series: Prepare Him Room
Scott Maze
John 1:1-14
I wish your family and you a very merry Christmas. Let me show the star of Christmas in John 1.
There is a great deal of confusion in America when it comes to Christmas. 90% of Americans celebrate Christmas. Christmas is so popular it even unties Republicans and Democrats! Nearly three out of four people believe that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. And 80% even believe that Jesus is the Son of God the Father. But just 41% of people believe Jesus existed before Bethlehem.1
The Bible tells us that Jesus didn't begin to exist at Bethlehem. Instead, He simply became a human there at the nativity. In the next few moments, I want to tell you the why of Christmas. Christmas was just the beginning of a round-trip that Jesus took from heaven to earth and back to heaven. Jesus went from sitting on a throne, to laying in a manger, to hanging on a tree. He went from being a king with a crown, to a baby with diapers, to a criminal on the cross.
Today's Scripture
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14 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" (John 1:1, 14).
John calls Jesus "the Word" or the Greek Word Logos from which we get our word logic from. The logos was a mysterious organizing principle of the universe, the thing that held it together and allowed it to make sense to many Greek minds.2
John says, "I've found the meaning of life. God punched a hole in the roof of the world and His Son is the Logos. He's the essence of life. He fulfills the meaning of life. I want to get up in the morning because of the Word." In the interest of time, here are two Christmas facts to feast on in the coming days.
1. The Word Became Flesh
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Fathe ...
Series: Prepare Him Room
Scott Maze
John 1:1-14
I wish your family and you a very merry Christmas. Let me show the star of Christmas in John 1.
There is a great deal of confusion in America when it comes to Christmas. 90% of Americans celebrate Christmas. Christmas is so popular it even unties Republicans and Democrats! Nearly three out of four people believe that Jesus was born in Bethlehem. And 80% even believe that Jesus is the Son of God the Father. But just 41% of people believe Jesus existed before Bethlehem.1
The Bible tells us that Jesus didn't begin to exist at Bethlehem. Instead, He simply became a human there at the nativity. In the next few moments, I want to tell you the why of Christmas. Christmas was just the beginning of a round-trip that Jesus took from heaven to earth and back to heaven. Jesus went from sitting on a throne, to laying in a manger, to hanging on a tree. He went from being a king with a crown, to a baby with diapers, to a criminal on the cross.
Today's Scripture
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14 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" (John 1:1, 14).
John calls Jesus "the Word" or the Greek Word Logos from which we get our word logic from. The logos was a mysterious organizing principle of the universe, the thing that held it together and allowed it to make sense to many Greek minds.2
John says, "I've found the meaning of life. God punched a hole in the roof of the world and His Son is the Logos. He's the essence of life. He fulfills the meaning of life. I want to get up in the morning because of the Word." In the interest of time, here are two Christmas facts to feast on in the coming days.
1. The Word Became Flesh
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Fathe ...
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