The Gospel of John
Beholding the Lamb
A 21-day journey through John's Gospel — exploring the deity of Christ, His I AM statements, and the signs that reveal His glory.
In the Beginning Was the Word
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John 1:1-18John 1:1-18
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2The same was in the beginning with God.
3All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.
4In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
5The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it.
6There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
7The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.
8He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.
9The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.
10He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him.
11He came to his own, and those who were his own didn’t receive him.
12But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
13who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
14The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
15John testified about him. He cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.’”
16From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
17For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
18No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. — John 1:14"
John does not begin his Gospel with a manger. He begins before creation. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). This is not poetry — it is a theological declaration that shatters every diminished view of Jesus. The Word was not created. He was not a lesser being. He was with God in the beginning, distinct from the Father, and yet fully God Himself. Through Him all things were made. Without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life — and that life was the light of men. Then comes the verse that should stop every reader cold: "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us" (John 1:14). The eternal, uncreated God took on human flesh and pitched His tent among us. The word for "dwelling" is the same root as the Old Testament tabernacle — the place where God's glory dwelled among Israel. Now God's glory dwells in a human body. John says: "We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." This is the lens through which all of John's Gospel must be read: you are beholding God in human flesh.
Reflection Questions
- 1.What does it mean to you personally that Jesus is fully God — not a lesser being or a created angel?
- 2.How does understanding Jesus as the eternal Word change how you read and pray the Gospels?
- 3.What does 'full of grace and truth' mean? How do grace and truth hold together in Jesus?
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