The Word Became Flesh

Scripture:

John 1:1-18


Synopsis:

The Word is Jesus. Jesus is God Who, because of His great love for us, became flesh (human) and dwelt among men, in order to save us from our sin and make us His children! In His days here on earth most people did not understand who He really was. Today that is still the case. Many accept Him as a great moral teacher, but unless we ALSO accept Him as God, it’s equivalent to rejecting Him.

We are born with an inherent sin nature because of the original sin committed by Eve and Adam in the Garden of Eden. Our sin keeps us from relationship with God. Because He loves us, however, Jesus is offering us forgiveness -- accepting His offer results in both a relationship with God (as His CHILD!) and freedom from the law. In order to experience this, we must both receive and believe in Jesus. Verse 12 tells us that those “who believed in His Name, He gave the right to become children of God.” Name represents identity. We need to believe in Who He is ...the Christ, the Son of the living God, the only One Who can save us from our sin and give us a life (here and now and for eternity) beyond our wildest dreams! After we have become one of His children, we then learn to believe Him - to trust Him completely and without reservation.


Spark:

Believe in Him AND believe Him and see the difference He makes in and through you!