Who is Jesus?

Read the first eighteen verse of the gospel of John. Do you at all get the idea that John believed Jesus was nothing more than a good man, a wise teacher, a moral example for all mankind? Do you see Jesus as being but one of many equals in a pantheon of saviors? Do you sense that following Jesus is a good idea; but you’re free to find God any way that you will?

John 1:1-18

• Danny Glover’s son in the Lethal Weapon movie helped to popularize use of “word” as a greeting among friends. Plato used it to describe divine wisdom and logic. John uses the morpheme to glorify Jesus as the Son of God (v. 1, 14).
• Not only was this Son of God, the Word, with God even in the beginning (remember Genesis 1:1), this Son of God WAS God (v. 1-2).
• This divine Word as the creator of all that was created (v. 3). Therefore one can conclude that He was not created.
• As Creator He is the source of both life and light in men (v. 4-9).
• No, not everyone acknowledges Christ as the divine Son of God. Their failure to comprehend or submit to truth does not, however, negate the truth (v. 10-11).
• Some did receive Jesus the Messiah in faith. These are the children of God (v. 12).
• Remember that they are God’s children not because of anything they or their parents have done, but because of what God has done (v. 13).
• The divine and eternal Word became flesh (v. 14). Incarnation. God in flesh.
• John the Baptist never claimed to be the Messiah. Instead he pointed men to Christ (v. 15).
• Moses will be remembered for the 10 commandments; Jesus Christ brought grace and truth into the world (v. 16-17).
• Jesus Christ, the Word, the only begotten Son of God, has revealed God to man (v. 18).

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