Who is “The Word”? How can the personality and life of Jesus Christ help us to know the Eternal God?
Many people have had their lives changed by encountering Jesus Christ, the rich, the poor, the famous, the unknown, the proud, the humble, people like you and me. For over two thousand years, the teaching and truth of His words continue to influence and change lives around the world. In fact His words have even become part of the everyday speech of people who do not even acknowledge He existed. Many know the sayings but not the truth behind them. Faith Service Worship Vision There may be times when you find it difficult to reconcile God’s truth to your own opinion or worldview, God’s truth is eternal, it does not change, our understanding of the truth does change as we allow God to work in our hearts and minds. These sessions are not about opinion, they are about learning truth, the truth contained in the Bible, together we are going to focus on how we apply God’s truth, black & white in a grey world. To set godly priorities, grow in Christian character and live according to God’s standards so that we are a living witness to others.
Who you believe: Session 3
Ashingdon Elim Bible Study 2 February 2010
Can you think of any of Jesus sayings that have become part of everyday speech? For example, A baptism of fire (Luke 3:16) or the
blind leading the blind (Matthew 15:14),
John 1:1-18 The Word Became Flesh
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. 6 There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. 8He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John testifies concerning him. He cries out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ “ 16From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known. 1
Jesus teachings touch the world today
In the last session we looked at the fact that the coming of Jesus Christ is the centre of history. His birth split time into two. One simple birth, in a stable of all places, changed the world. People around the world use calendars and diaries with dates based on the number of years that have passed since the birth of Jesus Christ - even atheists and agnostics! Every year millions of people around the world celebrate Christmas with only a passing acknowledgement to it being the time to remember the birth of Jesus Christ. 1