The Gift of Life

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God’s Greatest Gift

John 1:1–5 KJV 1900
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 1:14 KJV 1900
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
The Word of God has given to us to reshape our thinking about the world we live in.
God has given us powerful gifts. Physical Gifts are only the result of a even greater gift.
John 1:4 KJV 1900
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

In Him was life

What he in him
++The Source of Life
++The Solution of Life
++The Secret of life

What he possessed became something that man needed

Isaiah 9:2 KJV 1900
2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
Man
++Walked in darkness
John 3:19 KJV 1900
19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
Man
++Walked in darkness
++Loved Darkness

It was his default setting

In Christs’ life
++They saw the light
++Was the Glory of God
John 1:14 KJV 1900
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

We saw it all in Christ

He was
++The Word
++Made Flesh
++Full of grace and truth
Job 42:5 KJV 1900
5 I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: But now mine eye seeth thee.
When we see Him
++We see the glory
++God’s glory is revealed
++God with us

Seeing Him changes us

1 John 3:2 KJV 1900
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
John 1:4 KJV 1900
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

The Power of Priority

God uses order
++To establish authority
++as a basis of honor
John 8:56–58 KJV 1900
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. 57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
Hebrews 12:2 KJV 1900
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Revelation 22:13 KJV 1900
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
In God’s creative order
++God sees an existence without His touch
++Without form
++Void or empty
++It was Dark
Genesis 1:1 KJV 1900
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Genesis 1:3 KJV 1900
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Light was
++The First activity activity of God
Genesis 1:2 KJV 1900
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Light was
The First activity activity of God
++God’s response to darkness
2 Corinthians 4:6 KJV 1900
6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Light was
The First activity activity of God
God’s response to darkness
++The Visible proof of God’s
Genesis 1:4 KJV 1900
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Light was
The First activity activity of God
Given to Dispel darkness
The Visible proof of God’s
++Called good

Before light could come darkness had to exist

Genesis 1:2 KJV 1900
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
Genesis 1:3 KJV 1900
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
John 1:4 KJV 1900
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

Even before Darkness existed

I Am

2 Peter 1:19 KJV 1900
19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
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