3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
6There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. 8He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
10He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—13children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
East Side Morning Service
The Word Made Flesh - Dr. Timothy Kellar
- Jesus as the Word is the way we get to know God, because our words define us---you get to know us by the words we say
- Jesus isn't water tight proof of the existence of God, but He is a water tight person
- As the Word becomes flesh--through Jesus, God came down and becomes vulnerable unlike any other religion, God knows what its like to be us so He can empathize with us.
- As the Word becomes flesh at Christmas, its a case where the Ideal (perfect God) becomes real....becomes human.
- Since Jesus is God, its all or nothing; you have to get behind him.
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