Emmanuel: Us - Jon Tyson

In the third week of Advent, Pastor Jon Tyson reminds us that the
incarnation was God chosing to make Himself known to us through
Jesus Christ. Jesus showed up in the midist of scandal and
obscurity, not to power over us, but draw us to Him, inviting all
who believe to become children of God. // 2019-12-15


 


In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the
Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. 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 all
mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has
not overcome it. There was a man sent from God whose name was
John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so
that through him all might believe. He himself was not the light;
he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives
light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world,
and though the world was made through him, the world did not
recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did
not receive him. Yet to all who did receive him, to those who
believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of
God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision
or a husband’s will, but born of God. 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 testified concerning him. He cried out, saying,
“This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after
me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) Out of his
fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already
given. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came
through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but the one and
only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with
the Father, has made him known.


John 1:1-18


 


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