The Word

Jesus, Mission, and Glory: Advent PART I
Dr. Timothy Keller
27 November 2017

John 1:1-11
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  2He was with God in the beginning.  3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.  4In him was life, and the life was the light of all mankind.  5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6There was a man sent from God whose name was John.  7He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.  8He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

9The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.  10He was in the world, and through him, the world did not recognize him.  11He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.

NEED FOR THE LIGHT (v.4-5)
--The world is a dark place and true "light" comes from outside the world.
--We are not capable of generating this light on our own.
--The Word is Jesus.
--Trinity has been there since the beginning--One was not created out of the other.
--God has always been dynamic and interpersonal love.
--There is no darkness in God.

HOW DO WE GET THE LIGHT (v.9-11)
--Jesus came to be rejected.
--Selfishness leads to the loss of love.
--Make Jesus the reason for our life.
--Being filled with His love for leads us to be more loving and selfish.

Jesus left heaven for US
Is he the reason for our lives...the reason we get up in the morning?