JESUS CHRIST, THE WORD OF LIFE
John 1:1-14
V.1. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God."
A "In the beginning was the Word."
1. The beginning is before creation, an eternal time.
2. Word = Logos= a collection of the thing of the mind, the mind of Christ, the Word
of life.
3. This indicates the eternity of Jesus.
B. "The Word was with God."
1. This indicates two of the Persons in the God Head.
2. The Person of the Father and the Person of the Son.
3. The Person of the Holy Spirit is not mentioned here, but is ever present.
C "The Word was God."
1. This indicates the unity of the God Head
2. Jesus, the Son and the Father are one.
V.2. "The same was in the beginning with God.
A. His divine nature
1.Christ has a divine nature equal to the divine nature of the Father.
2.Christ's divine nature existed from eternity past and has no beginning.
V:3. "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was
made. "
A. Christ, the Word, the logos was involved in creation.
1. The Word has character; "Him" who is Christ.
2. The Word is a Person, "Him", who is Christ.
B. Christ has sole power and authority over creation.
1. Everything that was made was made by Christ.
2. Christ has sole control over creation.
V:4. "In him was life; and the life was the light of men."
A. In Jesus, the Word, is all life.
1. Human life was spoken into existence by the Word.
2. Eternal life is made possible by belief in the Word.
3. The Word is the source of all life; human, animal, and plant.
4. The Word is the principles to live life in it's highest sense.
B. All knowledge has its origin and existence in the Word.
1. The Word is the light to man to know who God is.
2. The Word is the light to man to know the righteousness of God.
3. The Word is the light to man to know sin.
4. The Word is the light to man to know God's love.
5. The Word is the light to man to know his need for a Savior.
V:5. "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."
A Darkness= skotia =ignorance of divine things.
1. Darkness may refer to the pagan world or the fallen spirit of man.
2. There are two classes of existence; those in the light and those in the dark.
B. Darkness has two classes;
1. Those in the dark permanently.
a. They will never understand the light.
2. Those in the dark temporally.
a. They will be drawn to the light and will understand the Word.
b. They will understand the wisdom of God.
C. Christ is the light to all, but not all will receive the light.
V:6. "There was a man sent from God, whose name was John."
A. God selects and identifies those He will use.
1. John was chosen by God to serve.
2. Every believer is chosen by God to serve.
B. God places people in positions to help others in the ministry.
1. John was sent by God to support Jesus.
2. Every believer is here to play an important supporting role.
3. God prepares us and equips us with gifts, talents and life experiences
to serve in the ministry with others.
4. God places us in time and position to serve in His plan of redemption.
V:7. "The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him
might believe."
A. John, sent by God was given a purpose.
1. He was sent to be a witness for Jesus.
2. He was sent to be a witness to the truth of God's Word.
3. He was sent to proclaim the salvation that is in Jesus Christ.
4. He was sent to let his light shine so others might believe.
B. Every Christian is sent by God to be a witness for Jesus.
1. Every Christian is commissioned by God to present the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
2. You are the elect and you were elected by God for a good purpose.
C. The power in the light to believe is the Holy Spirit.
V:8. "He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light."
A. John's position was to be a witness for Jesus.
1. We need to understand that we were called to a position.
2. We need to stay in our position.
3. We should not try to take over someone else's position.
B. John was not Jesus, but a witness for Jesus.
1. We are not Jesus, but a disciple of Jesus.
2. We are not the pastor, but a servant under the pastor.
C. John was placed in a supporting role to Jesus and he served in that role.
1. Every believer has been placed in a supporting role and we must serve Jesus
in our role.
2. Some are out of their place because they are trying to be in someone else's place.
3. Some are out of place because they don't want be involved or serve.
V:9. "That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world."
A. Jesus is the true Light.
1. This True Light is the Wisdom of God.
2. This True Light is available to everyone.
3. This True light affect everyone.
a. Every person is equipped with a conscience.
b. Every conscience because of the True Light knows the difference between right
and wrong.
B. Jesus was always the True Light of the world before His incarnation into human flesh.
1. His light was manifested in creation.
2. Man now responds to this True Light as the way to eternal life.
V:10. "He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him
not."
A. The coming of the Lord Jesus was proclaimed throughout the Old Testament.
1. The Jewish leaders were well aware of His coming.
a. The place of His coming. Micah 5:2
b. The timing of His coming. Dan 9:25
c. The way of His coming. Isa 7:14
B. The Jewish leaders failed to recognize Jesus or proclaim His Gospel.
1. They were responsible for the study and the teaching of the Word.
2. Jesus was born a Jew and Jewish leaders failed to teach Jesus as the King.
C. The Jewish leaders had no trouble finding Jesus as King in the scriptures. Matt 2:2-4.
1. The Jewish leaders made every effort to expose Jesus as a fraud. Matt 21:15, 23,
26:59.
2. You can ignore the Word of God, but it does not relieve you of the responsibility
to believe.
3. Your unbelief can cause you to loose blessings that God has in store for you.
V:11. "He came unto his own, and his own received him not."
A. "He came unto his own."
1. His own=ta idia = His own messianic rights and possessions
2. His own was to bring the Gospel Message.
3. His own was to bring salvation to the world.
4. His own was to complete the Father's plan of redemption.
5. His own was to establish peace between the Father and man with His death on the
cross.
6. His own was to be the payment for the sins of man with His shed blood on the
cross.
7. His own was to be advocate for man before the Father.
9. His own was to show God's love for his people with sacrificial death of His Son.
10. His own was the Grace and Mercy of the Father.
B. " His own received him not."
1. His own=hoi idioi= own people.
2. His own was the community that He grew up in.
3. His own was the Jewish Nation.
4. His own was 40 generations of Jews.
C. Jesus came as the savior of the world and His own people refused to recognize Him.
1. Jesus came to the world in the flesh, just as the scriptures foretold His coming
yet those who knew and were responsible for the scriptures remained blind
to him.
2. It is the Grace of God that allows us to know Him. John 6:37
V:12. "But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God,
even to them that believe on his name."
A. ".But as many as received him"
1. There are many that will come to Christ and there are many who will not come.
a. Christ died for the sins of the whole world.
b. Receive= lambano= to get hold of, to procure for oneself
B. " To them gave he power"
1. Power = exousian= freedom of choice
C. " To become the sons of God"
1. To become children of God in name, dignity and nature
D. " Even to them that believe on his name."
1. Believe=pisteuousin= to give credit to a person's testimony, absolute trust in Jesus
E. Notice, it is God who gives us freedom of choice to trust Jesus and become sons of
God.
1. The world can read the Gospel but want have the freedom of choice to trust Jesus.
2. Only God's elect is given the freedom of choice to trust Jesus. Praise God!
V:13. "Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man,
but of God."
A. " Which were born" =egenneetheesan = spiritual rebirth, a radical change involving
total personality.
B. "Not of blood "- not of superior human descent, JFB
C. "Nor of the will of the flesh" - not of human generation at all, JFB
D. "Nor of the will of man" - not of man in any of the ways in which his will brings
anything about. JFB
E. Notice, God makes it plain that salvation has absolutely nothing to do with man or
his works.
1. God gives us the freedom of choice to choose Him. John 15:16
2. Our freedom of choice to believe in Jesus is divinely acquired.
V:14. "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the
glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."
A. " And the Word was made flesh."
1. Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit through the body of Mary took on human
flesh. Matt 1:19-21
B. "And dwelt among us."
1. Jesus born of Mary lived on earth for 33 and a half years. Luke 3:23
2. Jesus continues to dwell among us in His Word.
3. All believers have the indwelling of the Holy Spirit which is a constant reminder
of His Word.
C. " And we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,"
full of grace and truth"
1. Peter, James and John witness the transfiguration of Jesus. Mark 9:2-4.
2. All of the disciple witness the resurrected Jesus and His ascension into heaven.
3. The disciples of Jesus are the eye witness account of the miracles and teachings
of Jesus.
4. The Gospel is the disciples inspired account of the human life and times of Jesus by
His disciples.
5. We can believe their account because they confirm the prophecies of the Old
Testament.
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