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Introduction:
· There is no greeting in this epistle, John gets right to the point.
· God is not living far off in outer space someplace, but is near and wants fellowship with us.
· God has proven his love for us – Romans 5:8
· God’s son has come to the earth!
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The Eternal Existence of Jesus Christ—v.1
!! “That which was from the beginning.”
V.1
/This refers to the time Christ came into the world at Bethlehem./
1.
“In the beginning was the Word” – John 1:1
a. Before anything exists, it has to pre-exist in a thought
b.
The chair you are sitting in pre-existed in a thought.
1) A craftsman had that chair in his mind, & drew the design on paper first.
2) This was the expression of his thought
1) Illustration: Have a Jr.
Higher draw a tree on the black board.
Explain that in order to draw that tree he first had to think.
That tree, therefore, is an expression of his or her thought.
2.
“In the beginning God created” – Genesis 1:1
a.
The Bible takes us back one step further.
1) It is said, if there was a thought, then there had to be a thinker, because you cannot have a thought without a thinker.
2) This goes back even before the thought.
3) You have the existence of the One Who thought, the existence of God.
b.
The Argument from design
1) “What if you saw a painting of the solar system on the ceiling of a classroom, would you say that the painting exploded into existence?
2) /The Sun/ is 93 million miles from the earth, thus producing the right climate for life to exist, if the earth was 1 mile closer to the sun we would burn up, if the earth was one mile farther away, we would freeze.
!!!! a) The Sun – gives off 500 million, million billion horsepower.
!! b) The Sun – burns up 4 billion tons of matter in each second.
3) /The Moon/ is 240,000 miles from the earth and provides the tides at proper levels.
4) /The Earth /is tilted on its axis and provides the seasons.
a) Our planet alone is 25,000 miles in circumference.
b) It weighs 6 septillion, 588 sextillion tons and hangs in space – /“He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.”/
(Job 26:7 NKJV)
c) It spins at 1,000 miles per hour with perfect precision to the split second.
d) It travels through space around the sun at 1,000 miles per second in an orbit of 580 million miles.
! REASONING WITH THE JEHOVHA’S WITNESSES
!! “I am the Alpha and the Omega, /the/ Beginning and /the /End” – Revelation 1:8; 22:12-13; 22:20
1.
In describing His eternal nature, God declares that He is the Alpha and Omega.
a.
This is the Greek for A & Z – the first and the last letters of the Greek alphabet—This represents /totality /or /entirety.
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2. Revelation 1:7-8 says that someone is coming.
Who is coming?
b. V.7 says it is someone who was pierced – Who was it when he was nailed up to die? Jesus!
c. V.8
says it is Jehovah God who is coming.
Could it be that there are two coming?
Verse 8 refers to “the one who… is coming.”
d. Revelation 22:12-13 cf.
Who is coming quickly in 22:20?
Lord Jesus!
e. Who is speaking in 2:8? `These things says the First and the Last, who was dead, and came to life: Who was dead & came to life? Jesus!
3. Isaiah 44:6…Isaiah 48:12-13—Christ’ use of this title in Revelation 22:12,13 is to be taken as Jehovah God.
4. The Conclusion
a. Since Jesus is clearly claiming to be the “first and the last” – Revelation 22:12-13
b.
Since Isaiah 44:6 records Jehovah-God as saying, “I am the first and I am the last; apart from Me there is no God”
c.
What must we conclude about the true identity of Jesus?
!! “That Eternal Life which was with the Father” V.2b
1. Prophecy of Micah 5:2, “ Whose goings forth have been from old, from everlasting”
2. John 8:58 – “Before Abraham was, ‘I AM.’
3. John 17:5…John 16:28
!! Lessons to be learned
1.
What Christians believe is not from our imaginations, but historical tangible (real) evidence.
2. Jesus Christ is the “/Living Word/” who gives life.
a. God is Spirit – John 4:24
b. God gives spiritual, eternal life to those who believe in His Son
1) 1 Corinthians 2:10-15
2) John 3:15, 16; 3:36
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The Humanity of Jesus Christ—v.2
“The Word was God: The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”
John 1:1, 14
1. Jesus set His glory aside & took on the limitations of man when He came to earth as Man.
a. Philippians 2:5-8 cf. 2 Corinthians 8:9
2. God (Jesus Christ) was manifested in the flesh—1 Timothy 3:16
a. Jesus Christ identified with man perfectly by becoming man
1) Hebrews 2:16-18
2) Hebrews 4:15-16
b. Jesus Christ became Man to take way the sins of men & destroy the works of the Devil.
1) 1 Peter 2:24
2) 1 John 3:5
3) 1 John 3:8
c. Jesus Christ became Man in order to destroy him who had the power of death, Satan
1) Hebrews 2:14-15
d.
The incarnation is indisputable
1) John 1:14
2) 2Corinthians 5:19
3) Hebrews 10:5
4) 1 John 1:1-2
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The Disciples walked with Him, talked, seen, looked upon, heard Him, and touched Him.
V.1
1.
John was looking back on what actually happened.
a.
When they heard Jesus speak, they heard the voice of God!
b.
When they saw Jesus, they were looking at God!
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