John 1:1-2
Rebecca Lightfoot
To believe that Jesus is The One that came to save us from the penalty of sin,& provide The Way for us to have a Right Relationship w God is admitting to what Satan himself is sorta ok w us admitting to!When the Apostle John wrote his Gospel,he knew this!Therefore,John begins his gospel with stating in no uncertain terms that Jesus is God!That Jesus was “in the beginning”,& that he “was with God”,&that he “was God”!(John1:1-2,”In the beginning was the Word,& the Word was w God,& the Word was God.He was w God n the beginning.”).John goes even further n the next verse when he says that “Through him all things were made;w/out him nothing was made.In him was life,& that life was the light of the men.”N verse 14 John leaves no doubt that Jesus IS THE WORD!SO-Jesus is infinitely MORE than our Savior!He is GOD,& that GOD HIMSELF came to our rescue!God did not send His most powerful angel to rescue us;He did not send the most wise&special prophet of all times to rescue us;He did not send a subordinate of any kind to rescue us!HE CAME HIMSELF!!!!!The powers of sin r so great,& the penalties of sin so overwhelming,that it took THE POWER OF CREATION to rescue us!Nothing else/No one else has what it takes to rescue us forever!And nothing else/no one else has what it takes to give us The Life that has Eternal meaning/purpose/joy/peace,etc.,the Life that we were created to have!Life w/out Eternal meaning/purpose/joy/peace,etc.,is the “darkness” that John mentions n vs4,”In him(Jesus)was life,& that life was the light of men.The light shines n the darkness,but the darkness has not understood it.”Without the Power of Creation being where we make the bedrock of our life,we will have lives similar to what Jesus describes n Matthew7:26-28(“And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall(darkness) of it”).BUT when we do build/trust our lives on the bedrock on the Power of Creation,our lives will be like what Jesus describes n Matthew7:24-25(“Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock”).Unless we acknowledge that Jesus is God,we will not give Jesus the REVERENCE/RESPECT that he should have n our life!Only when we reckon w The Truth about WHO Jesus is,will our lives begin to b “built on the bedROCK”,& not “the sand”.Only then will we open the door of our heart to let The Power of Creation come in & make a difference n our lives...only then do we allow “the true light give light/life” to us personally(John1:9,”The true light that gives light to every man...”)Dearest Jesus! May my life revere You as God,&may I always b n Awe of WHO You are,&what only You can do for me that will forever make me a child of God,as John states n chapter1:12(Yet to all who received him(Jesus),to those who believed in his name(GOD),he gave the right to become children of God.”).May I always praise You for WHO You are,& for what You have done for me!And for Your eternal Mercy&Grace!May my heart/mind/life be shaped by Your Truths,& sustained by Your Mercy&Grace.