The Word Became Flesh and Moved in Next Door

John 1:1-18

Sermon Notes:

1) Creation through the Word, 1-5

2) Illumination by the Word, 4-13

3) Glorification from the Word, 14-18

Reflection Questions:

1. John says that Jesus came to his own, and his own received him not (v11). Why is this? Why would anyone reject a gracious savior like Jesus? What does this savior say about them? See also John 1:5; 3:19.

2. While John does not tell you about the Savior’s birth (and His miraculous conception), how does he tell you that Jesus was Divine, the Son of God? How many different ways do you see evidence of Jesus’s divinity in John 1:1-18?

3. John emphasizes the grace that is found in Christ several times in vv. 14-18. How would Jesus manifest that grace to the world? For one clue, see John 1:29.