Defeating The Darkness Of This World
*Sunday | November 5, 2023*
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Snapshot of John 1:1-18 — The Apostle John presents the undeniable divine nature of Jesus Christ and provides direction in defeating the darkness of this world.
1.
John 1:1-5 / ESV, “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.”
Psalm 119:105 / CSB, “Your word is a lamp for my feet and a light on my path.”
Isaiah 5:20 / NLT, “What sorrow for those who say that evil is good and good is evil, that dark is light and light is dark, that bitter is sweet and sweet is bitter.”
John 8:12 / CSB, Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”
2.
John 1:6-13 / ESV, “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. 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.”
John 20:27 / CSB, Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Don’t be faithless, but believe.”
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John 1:14-18 / ESV, “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.”
Revelation 22:21 / CSB, “The grace of the Lord Jesus be with everyone. Amen.”
My next steps
Read Next: First John
Memorize: Psalm 119:105; Isaiah 5:20; John 8:12, Revelation 22:21
Make a list of the assignments that God has given me
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