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Posted By admin on December 28, 2021

Daily ScriptureJohn 1:6-14

6 A man named John was sent from God. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning the light, so that through him everyone would believe in the light. 8 He himself wasnt the light, but his mission was to testify concerning the light.

9 The true light that shines on all peoplewas coming into the world.10 The light was in the world,and the world came into being through the light,but the world didnt recognize the light.11 The light came to his own people,and his own people didnt welcome him.12 But those who did welcome him,those who believed in his name,he authorized to become Gods children,13 born not from bloodnor from human desire or passion,but born from God.14 The Word became fleshand made his home among us.We have seen his glory,glory like that of a fathers only son,full of grace and truth.

From the phrase In the beginningto the language of light and darkness, Genesis is ever present in John. John wants us to perceive that the stuff of earth is the stuff of God.* Johns gospel gave added emphasis to the understanding that since the beginning, the world had grown dark by turning away from Gods light. Into this darkened world, Jesus brought inextinguishable life and light for all who trusted in him.

Dear Jesus, you gave me (and all of us) yourself as the most precious, life-giving gift of Christmas. I live in continued gratitude for all that supreme gift offers to me. Amen.

* Jamie Clark-Soles, introductory note Genesis Creation to John 1 in The CEB Womens Bible. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2016, p. 1337.

** NIV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, eBook (Kindle Locations 239435-239437). Zondervan. Kindle Edition. The book of Baruch, probably written about 100-200 years before Jesus' birth, was not included in the Hebrew Scriptures, but reflected Hebrew beliefs at that time. Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Bibles include it; Protestant Bibles list it as an apocryphal book.

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Jesus: God's glorious light become flesh - Leawood - Church of the Resurrection

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