Series: Full of Grace and Truth
Speaker: Daniel Sweet
The Glory of the Son: Full of Grace and Truth, John 1:1-18
Seeing is Believing: And We Beheld His Glory, John 1:14
Background on Logos: What we know about the Word so far…
- Was in the beginning, with God, was God, verses 1-2
- The Creator of all things, verse 3
- The Giver of Life, the True Light, verses 4-5
- Came into the world, rejected by many, verses 9-11
- Received by some, authority to grant status of “Child of God” to those who received Him, verse 12-13
- Became flesh and dwelt among us, verse 14
John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
- Pictures of saving faith throughout John’s Gospel:
Illustrations that help us understand what it means to become a Christian
- Receiving a gift, John 1
- Being born again, John 3
- Drinking living water, John 4
- Eating the true bread, John 6
- Following the light, John 8
- A sheep following its shepherd, John 10
- A dead man receiving his life back, John 11
- A branch finding its life in the vine, John 15
- Picture of saving faith in John 1:14, Seeing the Glory of God in His Son
- “And we saw (beheld) His glory”
o Connection to earlier verses in John 1: verses 7, 12-13
o Connection to other passages in John: chapters 2, 9, 17
o Connection to other passages: Acts 26, II Corinthians 4
- “Glory as of the only begotten from the Father”
o Divine glory as only God Himself can demonstrate
Conclusion: Becoming a Christian is seeing Jesus Christ as infinitely and divinely glorious.
10/16/11 Seeing is believing
10/23/11 Only begotten from the Father
10/30/11 Full of grace and truth: The Glory of God as a Coalescence of His Divine Attributes
11/6/11 Moses and Jesus: Law upon Law and Grace upon Grace
11/13/11 Seeing and explaining
11/20/11 Lord’s Supper
The Glory of the Son: Full of Grace and Truth, John 1:1-18
Seeing is Believing: And We Beheld His Glory, John 1:14
Scripture Reading and Prayer
- Video from pastors conference (Video)
- Read John 1:1-18 (Slides)
John 1:14 “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
- Background on Logos: What we know about the Word so far… (Header Slide)
- Was in the beginning, with God, was God, verses 1-2
- The Creator of all things, verse 3
- The Giver of Life, the True Light, verses 4-5
- Came into the world, rejected by many, verses 9-11
- Received by some, authority to grant status of “Child of God” to those who received Him, verse 12-13
- Became flesh and dwelt among us, verse 14
- I. Pictures of saving faith throughout John’s Gospel:
Illustrations that help us understand what it means to become a Christian - Kids and drawing pictures of one of these ways the Gospel of John describes salvation
- Receiving a gift, John 1 (Slide 2- John 1:12)
- Being born again, John 3 (Slide 3 – John 3:3)
- Drinking living water, John 4 (Slide 4 – John 4:10)
- Eating the true bread, John 6 (Slide 5 – John 6:35-36)
- Following the light, John 8 (Slide 6 – John 8:12)
- A sheep following its shepherd, John 10 (Slide 7 – John 10:4-10)
- A dead man receiving his life back, John 11 (Slide 8 – John 11:25-44)
- A branch finding its life in the vine, John 15 (Slide 9 – John 15:4-5)
- Read John 1:14 (Slide 10)
- Last week we focused on just the first 9 words of John 1:14
- Today I want to focus on jus the next 5 words of John 1:14 “and we beheld His glory”
- Here is my primary point, for John, salvation – faith, believing in Christ – is equated to see and believing that Jesus Christ is divinely glorious
- As many as received = as many as believed in His name
- Now, we beheld His glory = as many as believed in His name
- Remember John 1:6-8 “believe through him” the testimony of John the Baptist
- Not something physical that they see in Jesus “He came to His own and they didn’t recognize Him.” “Full of grace and truth.”
- You don’t see with the physical eye things like grace and truth
- This is a seeing with the heart or the mind or the soul
- Picture of saving faith in John 1:14, Seeing the Glory of God in His Son
- “And we saw (beheld) His glory”
o Connection to earlier verses in John 1: verses 7, 12-13
o Read John 1: (Slide 11)
o Read John 1: (Slide 12)
o Connection to other passages in John: chapters 2, 9, 17
o Read John 2: (Slide 13)
o Read John 9: (Slide 14)
o Read John 9: (Slide 15)
o Read John 17: (Slide 16)
o Connection to other passages: Acts 26, II Corinthians 4
o Read Acts 26: (Slide 17)
o Read II Corinthians 4: (Slide 18)
- “Glory as of the only begotten from the Father”
o Divine glory as only God Himself can demonstrate
- Read John 1:14 (Slide 19)
Blank Slide (Slide 20)
Conclusion: Becoming a Christian is seeing Jesus Christ as infinitely and divinely glorious.