John 1:1-3
Shannon shares a story about a broken pipe organ -- really good story (need to listen to the first part of the sermon to hear it. I wasn't able to take notes today due to me (Jane) forgetting the tripod! So what is in this post are Shannon's sermon slides)
In The beginning was the Word:
Word in Greek = Logos
Definition – Word, Thought, or divine order that rules the universe
Jesus existed before existence
Genesis 1:1
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
“the Word” is eternal, uncreated, present before the beginning:
Psalm 90: 1-2
A prayer of Moses the man of God.
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place
throughout all generations.
2 Before the mountains were born
or you brought forth the whole world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
In the Beginning:
Revelation 1:8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”
John 20:31
But these are written that you may believe[a] that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
The Word was with God:
Trinity = Tri- unity
Jesus was not separate from God – Jesus was and is God.
Water = liquid, ice and steam Not 1+1+1 = 3 but 1x1x1=1
One of the mysteries of God that we only partly understand, but we need to fully believe.
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
1 Corinthians 8:6
yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
God is God
Jesus is God
Spirit is God
Unless Jesus is God all salvation falls away.
The Word was God:
John ties it all together – we see the fullness of God in Jesus
Hebrews 1:1-2
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe
John 5:18
For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
John 8:58
“Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
John 10:30
I and the Father are one.”
John 14:9
Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’
What Jesus was not:
Jesus was not created
Jesus was not an angel
Jesus was not just a good teacher
Jesus was not just a prophet
Jesus was not fictional
Jesus was not just a moral man
Jesus is God application:
Colossians 1:17
He is before all things, and in him all things hold together
Trust in Jesus - Creator of the universe
- died for our sins
- through Him we are forgiven
- through Him we have abundant life
- He is preparing heaven for us
- He taught us for our own good
Only the original creator could ever fix what was broken!