The Glory of the Son: Full of Grace and Truth, John 1:1-18

The Glory of God in His Son: Full of Grace and Truth, John 1:14

 

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.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conclusion: Through adoption and by the grace of God there are many children of God, children who are brought into God’s family through receiving Jesus Christ. However, there is one and only one uniquely the Son of God as the One bearing all of the attributes of God.

 

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

The Only Begotten from the Father, John 1:14

 

Scripture Reading and Prayer

• Read Exodus 33:18-20 (Slides)
• 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.”

1. The nature of God as revealed in His Son – He is glorious (Blank Slide)

• Kids to draw pictures each week
• Today, we will draw a picture together
• In the bulletin there is a picture that looks something like this
• Picture (Slide 2 - Picture)
• Prism from physics – spectrum of light into its parts
• Today, kids and adults we can draw this together

1. My journey over the last few years

• How in this journey I ultimately found myself thinking a bit on John 1:14
• Read John 1:14 (Slide 3 – John 1:14)
• What began this journey for me was preaching through the book of Ephesians
• In Ephesians chapter 2, that great statement on salvation, Paul says this
• Read Ephesians 2:4-7 (Slide 4 – Ephesians 2:4-7)
• “You are God’s grace on display”
• Picture (Slide 5 – Salvation picture)
• In John 1, the beginning of the passage takes our minds back to Genesis 1
• However, the end of the prologue draws our attention to the book of Exodus
• So John 1:14 says we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father
• Read John 1:17-18 (Slide 6 – John 1:17-18)
• John brings up Moses
• What about Moses prompts John to mention him?
• Well, in John 1:14, “we saw His glory…”
• There is much from the life of Moses that would prompt the writer to think about Him
• Moses had seen a glimpse of the glory of God in the burning bush
• The nation had seen the glory of God on display in the plagues
• In Exodus 24, at Mount Sinai, God had visited the people in a theophany
• Read Exodus 24:16-18 (Slide 7 – Exodus 24:16-18)
• After Moses goes up on the mountain to receive the ten commandments, Aaron host a pagan ritual and makes the golden calf
• Moses comes down the mountain, break the commandments
• He then returns, begging God to stay with them
• Then He has this request
• Read Exodus 33:18 (Slide 8 – Exodus 33:18)
• Read Exodus 33:19 (Slide 9 – Exodus 33:19)
• Kabod – comes from the root word “to be heavy”
• Refers to Joseph in Egypt to the Temple at the time of Solomon’s dedication
• God is weighed down with His glorious attributes
• Picture (Slide 10 – Picture of the Glory of God on Mount Sinai)
• Read Exodus 33:20 (Slide 11 – Exodus 33:20)
• This verse in particular connects us to John 1 as we are told in verse 18, “No one has seen God at any time.”
• Read Psalm 19:1 (Slide 12 – Psalm 19:1)
• Picture (Slide 13 – Picture of the Glory of God in Creation)
• Back to John 1
• Read John 1:14 (Slide 14)
• Picture (Slide 15 – Picture of the Glory of God in Christ)
• Read John 2:11 (Slide 16)
• Read John 11:4 (Slide 17)
• Read John 11:40-43 (Slide 18)
• Picture (Slide 19 – Picture of the Glory of God in Christ)
• Back to John 1
• Read John 1:14 (Slide 20)
• Read John 1:12-13 (Slide 21)
• Picture (Slide 12 – Picture of the Glory of God in us)

Conclusion: Through adoption and by the grace of God there are many children of God, children who are brought into God’s family through receiving Jesus Christ. However, there is one and only one uniquely the Son of God as the One bearing all of the attributes of God. We were created to know, experience, enjoy and reflect the glory of God, especially as known, experienced, enjoyed and reflected in His Son, Jesus Christ.