Grace and Truth 2

John 1:15-39:

John the Baptist has always been one of my heroes. Not a normal, every-day kind of guy. I can relate to that.

John’s humility, his continuous desire to point people to Jesus rather than himself, is another way I want to grow more like him.

Many people followed John, but he did not take advantage of that and make himself out to be someone important. He was quick to say he was not the Messiah, Elijah or a profit. He said he was not even worth untying Jesus’ sandals.

He believed what God had told him about Jesus and spoke it with confidence, saying Jesus was God, God’s son, the one to bring grace.

John encouraged some of his own disciples to leave him and follow Jesus.

I pray that I can be more humble like he was, and can encourage people to follow God rather than to pay attention to me.

John 1:29: The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”

Grace and Truth 1

When I was a freshman in college, a minister suggested that I read the Gospel of John, to help with my unbelief. John has been my favorite book in the Bible ever since.

As I’ve grown older, my love for the Scriptures has also grown. Recently, as I read through John, new pearls and meanings sprang out at me. I want to go through this book again, writing down some of the special things God has taught and is still teaching me.

John 1:1-14:

This is one of the gospels which doesn’t speak of Jesus’ birth. Yet what an introduction.

He is God, and he became a man who lived right here with us. He has always been; he is the creator. His truth is a light that cannot be overcome by any darkness. The grace he brought makes those of us who believe in him God’s children. Such a glorious introduction.

John 1:14: The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.