“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became 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.”
(John 1:1-14, NKJV)
Hello everyone,
I was trying to remember if I had ever heard a Christmas sermon from John 1 and couldn’t remember hearing one. So I went to YouTube and found that there are some, but not many based on John 1 compared to Matthew or Luke’s gospel accounts (at least on YouTube!).
Well, I don’t know what you think after reading the first 14 verses above, but I think that not only is this the ‘essence’ of ‘why’ Christ was born, but actually gives us the ‘backstory’! I mean, jus look at ‘who’ this baby was that was born: He not only existed before all things but was actually the ‘creator’ of all things. Have you ever looked at a picture or manger or movie of the nativity and when you saw the baby Jesus thought to yourself, “Wow, there is the Creator of All things!” If not, maybe now you will- I know I will! And then if you follow the ‘story’ here in these 14 verses you see His announcement come by His messenger, John, and then in verse 14 you have the great statement about his birth, “and the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,” then you can probably hear the heavenly host singing, “And we beheld His Glory, the Glory of the Only Begotten of the Father, full of Grace and Truth.” Again, I have to say, Wow! That’s an amazing ‘nativity story’ isn’t it? Let’s try and remember exactly ‘Who’ we are celebrating this Christmas: The Word made Flesh, Jesus, Creator of All! Amen.
Until next time, Merry Christmas!
Randy
