SLIDE – Introduction
John 1:1-14
This passage is speaking of Jesus, the Second Person of the Trinity,
The Messiah, The promised one of God, The Lamb of God.
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In the beginning (think Genesis 1:1) was the Word (Jesus), and the Word (Jesus) was with God, and the Word (Jesus) was God. The same (Jesus) was in the beginning with God (Father & Holy Spirit). All things were made by him (the Word, Jesus); and without him (the Word, Jesus) was not anything made (Genesis 1) that was made. In him (the Word, Jesus) was life; and the life was the light of men. SLIDE And the light (the Word, Jesus) shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same (John) came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light (the Word, Jesus), that all men through him (the Word, Jesus) might believe. He (John) was not that Light (the Word, Jesus), but (John) was sent to bear witness of that Light (the Word, Jesus). SLIDE That was the true Light (the Word, Jesus), which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He (the Word, Jesus) was in the world, and the world was made by him (the Word, Jesus), and the world knew him (the Word, Jesus) not. He (the Word, Jesus) came unto his own, and his (the Word, Jesus) own received him (the Word, Jesus) not. But as many as received him (the Word, Jesus), to them gave he (the Word, Jesus) power to become the sons of God, SLIDE even to them that believe on his (the Word, Jesus) name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word (the Word, Jesus) was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his (the Word, Jesus) glory, the glory as of the only begotten (the Word, Jesus) of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
SLIDE Given
Why are we “Given” anything?
Because we have a need, a payment, a judgment – which we cannot pay.
SLIDE Hebrews 9:22
"And almost all things are by the law purged with blood,
and without shedding of blood is no remission.”
SLIDE Ezekiel 18:4
“Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father,
so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.”
So God gives ….
God gives what we cannot provide, procure, invent, build, pay,
eliminate, satisfy, etc.
Giving is Grace
We are given Jesus Christ
God-Man, Perfect, Holy, Son of God, The Messiah, Our Sacrifice
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John 1:29 is in response to the question from Isaac in Genesis 2:7-8
“And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering….”
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John the Baptist answered Isaac’s question in John 1:29
“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,
Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”
Trick Question – Why was Jesus Given?
The Word, Jesus Christ was GIVEN to us and for us
We needed and need what ONLY He could provide for us
SLIDE Buried
Jesus was given, to shed the blood that was required
Jesus was given, to die the death that was required
SLIDE John 19:30-31
“When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodied should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day, SLIDE (for that Sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.”
SLIDE John 19:32-33
“Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him.” But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:”
SLIDE John 19:38-42
“And after this Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. SLIDE And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. SLIDE Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulcher was nigh at hand.”
Trick Question - Why was Jesus Buried?
Because He was dead. Because he paid the price that I couldn’t pay.
He died and was, therefore, buried.
He shed His blood – He dismissed His Spirit – He died & was buried
SLIDE Risen
SLIDE Mark 16:1-6
“And when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the
mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulcher at the rising of the sun. SLIDE And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulcher? And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. And entering into the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, SLIDE clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.”
SLIDE Revelation 1:17b-18
“Fear not; I am the first and the last:
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and,
behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen”
Trick Question – Why was Jesus raised from the Dead?
Romans 8 tells us that because He is risen, He makes intercession for us
I Corinthians 15 tells us that if He is He is not risen,
then our faith is in vain and our preaching is in vain.
But I Corinthians 15:20 tells us that Christ IS risen from the dead
and has become the FIRSTFRUITS of them that slept.
Colossians 2 tells us that we are raised with Him through faith.
Because He is alive, He can give us ETERNAL life!
SLIDE Praise the Lamb
Revelation 5:9-14
“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book,
and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.”
We will praise God – forever –
Because he was Given
Because He was Buried
Because He is Risen
