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John 1:9-13

John 1:9-13. Introduction. Last week we saw that John the Baptist was the forerunner of Messiah. He was not the True Light, but was to bear witness to that Light.

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John 1:9-13

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  1. John 1:9-13

  2. Introduction Last week we saw that John the Baptist was the forerunner of Messiah. He was not the True Light, but was to bear witness to that Light. Jesus is the True Light, and in these verses, the Apostle John turns his attention once again to who Jesus is and what He came to do.

  3. John 1:9-13 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: 13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

  4. Jesus Was The Light John 1:9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. We can see that the world is in desperate shape. Biblically it is lost in darkness. People are groping their way through life, trying to do the best they can. Jesus is the True Light. What does this mean? It means that Jesus Christ was what other men are not. Other men may claim to be the light of men, but their thoughts are only false imaginations. Christ alone was the true Light. Christ is to man what light is to man, and Christ did for man what light does for man.

  5. Jesus Was The Light •   Light is clear and pure: it is clean and good. •   Light penetrates: it cuts through and eliminates darkness. •   Light enlightens: it enlarges one's vision and knowledge. •   Light reveals: it opens up the truth of an area, a whole new world and life. It clears up the way to the truth and life. •   Light guides: it keeps one from groping and grasping about in the dark trying to find one's way. It directs the way to go, leads along the right path.

  6. Jesus Was The Light •   Light exposes and strips away darkness. •   Light routs the chaos. •   Light discriminates between the right way and the wrong way. •   Light warns: it warns of dangers that lie ahead in one's path. •   Light protects: it keeps one from tripping, stumbling, falling, and injuring oneself and losing one's life.

  7. Jesus Was The Light • John 1:9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. • The mission of Christ was to give light to men. Note that He gives light to every man. How? • Christ gives light to men through natural revelation, the creation and order of the universe. • Christ gives light through special revelation. This is the message given by God and recorded by man • Christ is the living revelation. We see in his life how man is to live.

  8. Jesus Was The Light John 1:9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. There is more light given to men since Christ has "come into the world." There is the light of Christ Himself: He is the Savior who now stands before the world as "the Christ, the Son of God. Every man can now see the truth. They may reject it, but they can see it.

  9. Jesus Was The Light John 1:9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. There is the light of the gospel. The truth is that every man can now be delivered from the darkness of sin, despair, death, and hell. John 12:46I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness.

  10. Jesus Was The Light John 1:9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world. There is also the light of the Holy Spirit. He guides the believer into Christ's light, and brings conviction to both believer and unbeliever. Note that all the light existing in the world is due to Christ, both the light from nature and from heaven, from the physical world and from the spiritual world. Christ is " the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world”

  11. Jesus Was Rejected by the World John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. Christ was tragically rejected by the world. Christ (the Word and the Light) was in the world. He had made the world, and He loved and cared deeply for the world; therefore, He was actively working to help  the world and its people from the very beginning of creation.

  12. Jesus Was Rejected by the World • John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. • Christ gave the light of order and purpose and beauty to the universe as a whole. The universe supplies and takes care of man's needs. The universe and the world shows the glorious power and deity of God. • Christ gave the light of privilege by allowing man to live in His Creation and behold His glory. • .

  13. Jesus Was Rejected by the World • John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. • Christ gave a spirit to man, the light of knowing and worshipping God and living forever in the life of God. • Christ gave messengers to men, prophetic lights to proclaim the truth and to encourage men to follow God and to be diligent in their work and service to the world.

  14. Jesus Was Rejected by the World John 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. But note what happened and still happens. “The world did not know Him”. Men rejected the Messiah. They ignored Him despite all that He said and did.

  15. Jesus Was Rejected by His Own John 1:11He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. Christ came to His own people, but they too rejected Him. The words "to His own“ literally mean “to His own home, to His own people”. There are two meanings here. 1.  The world is His home, and all the people are His by creation. He came to all the people of the world, but they did not receive Him. They rejected Him.

  16. Jesus Was Rejected by His Own John 1:11He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. 2.  The nation of Israel was His peculiar home, the people whom He had chosen to be the messengers of God to the world. They, of all people, should have known better because of the special privileges, but they too rejected Him.

  17. Jesus Was Accepted by Some John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: Christ was received by some people. Not everyone rejected Him. Most people did, but a few received Him. Note three points. 1.  How men receive Christ. They "believe on His name.“ “Received” carries the idea of “taking to oneself”, “to carry away with the intent of using”, “to lay hold of”. “Believe” means “to commit to”, “to place trust in”, “to be persuaded that something is true”.

  18. Jesus Was Accepted by Some • John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: • 2.  The results of receiving Christ. A person is given the power to become a son of God. •   The word "power" means both power and right or authority. •   The word "sons“ means children of God. •   The words "to become” mean to become something a person is not. • When a person receives Christ into his life (as Lord), Christ gives that person the power and right to become something he is not — a child of God.

  19. Jesus Was Accepted by Some • John 1:13who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. • 3.  The source of sonship is a new birth. The new birth is not of man. •   It is not by blood. The idea is that heritage—being born of a particular family, race, nation or people—is of no value in becoming a child of God. Blood is not what causes the new birth.

  20. Jesus Was Accepted by Some • John 1:13who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. •   It is not by the will of the flesh. The idea is that a person is not spiritually born again by wanting and willing to become a child of God just like a person wills to have an earthly child. •   It is not by the will of man (husband). The idea is that even man (the husband), cannot bring about the spiritual birth of others. No man, no matter who he is, a husband or world leader, can make a person a child of God.

  21. Jesus Was Accepted by Some John 1:13who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. Salvation is by the will of God. We will be looking at this in more depth as we study the Gospel of John. Now we can rest is the fact that God calls us to repentance and a relationship with Him. We respond to His grace based upon the person and work of Christ (believe) and He adopts us into His family. Only God can bring salvation and wholeness to the broken and sin damaged soul.

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