The Word Was Made Flesh
John 1:1-18
Pastor Gary Kniseley
12/17/23

Introduction / Context:
In John’s Gospel, he repeatedly described Jesus as…
1. The One who

God (the Word)
2. God

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3. The Giver of

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life
4. The

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entering a dark world
5. The Giver of

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to those who receive Him
6. The voice of heavenly

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7. The full expression of God’s

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and

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Big Idea:
Live with the faith and

that Jesus was truly the the Son of God who brings

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and

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to a dark world.

Scripture Reading:
John 1:14, 16
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.
16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.

Jesus is the

and

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expression of God the Father in human form. (John 1:1-5)
John 1:1-5
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. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

John the Baptist came as a

to

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about the Light. (John 1:6-8)
John 1:6-8
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

Christ and

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in His name is what allows one to become a child of God. (John 1:9-13)
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 of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.

Only in Jesus can one find the

of grace and truth to bring

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to this life and the next. (John 1:14-18)
John 1:14-18
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. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.

Living It Out:
If we cannot or do not believe in Jesus’ true

, we will not be able to trust our eternal

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to Him.