THE SON-GLASSES

 The Grip: John1:6-13 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. One of the things we learned from the previous verses is that Jesus is not just a great teacher and a miracle worker but the creator Himself. Our verses today began with a man who came to bear witness of the light a man sent from God. This is his identity, not by the evaluation of what he has and what man's opinion about him is, but...

 THE BOOK OF JOHN CHAPTER 1 VERSES 1 TO 5. John  1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.  1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.  1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.  1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. The grip: The best approach to explain the scriptures in context is to know the intention of the writer. Here in the first chapter of John, 1 to 5, John is obviously introducing the reader of his gospel to Jesus Christ as God in the flesh. Unlike the previous books written prior to John's writings, John did not bother to locate Jesus in the setting of his natural lineage, instead he declares, "in the beginning was the word" John usage of "the word" was intentional, he chose a term both his Jewish and Gentile readers are familiar with to communicate an unfamiliar t...