THE WORD BECAME FLESH

John 1:1-16

1 IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD

AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD,

AND THE WORD WAS GOD

2 He was with God in the Beginning.

3 Through Him all things were made;

Without Him nothing was made that has been made.

4 IN HIM WAS LIFE,

AND THAT LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN.

5 THE LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS,

BUT THE DARKNESS HAS NOT UNDERSTOOD IT.

6 There came a man who was sent from God;

His name was John.

7 He came as a witness to testify concerning the Light,

So that through him all men might believe.

8 He himself was not the Light;

He came only as a witness to the Light.

9 THE TRUE LIGHT

THAT GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN

WAS COMING INTO THE WORLD

10 HE WAS IN THE WORLD,

AND THOUGH THE WORLD WAS MADE THROUGH HIM,

THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM.

11 He came to that which was His own,

But His own did not receive Him.

12 Yet to all who received Him,

To those who believed in His Name,

He gave the Right to become the children of God--

13 Children born not of natural decent,

Nor of human decision or a husband’s will,

But Born of God.

14 THE WORD BECAME FLESH

AND LIVED FOR A WHILE AMONG US

WE HAVE SEEN HIS GLORY,

THE GLORY OF THE ONE AND ONLY SON

WHO CAME FROM THE FATHER,

FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH.

15 John testifies concerning Him.

He cries out, saying,

“This was He of whom I said,

‘He who comes after me has surpassed me

Because He was before me.’”

16 From the fullness of His Grace

We have all received one blessing after another.

For the Law was given through Moses;

Grace and Truth came through Jesus Christ.

No one has ever seen God, but God the only Son,

Who is at the Father’s side has made Him known.

(John 1:1-18, NIV)

Christ Jesus is the Living Word.

He existed Eternally.

He Created the entire material World.

In Him was LIFE, the only LIFE that exists;

The One from whom all natural life came;

The One who offers Eternal LIFE.

He is the only Light that exists in the World;

All else is Darkness.

Mankind in their Darkness,

Did not accept Him as Light,

But preferred to live in their Darkness

In obedience to the “god” of this Age.

He came to His own

And His own did not receive Him.

In the End, at His return,

Many who claim Him as their Savior,

Will not be ready to receive Him.

Yet, all who are able to receive Him

Will be called the Children of God.