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John 1:12-14: the Word Lite

Verse 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.” Verses 12 & 13: “Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His Name, He gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.”

Though the greater world did not and does not even yet recognize Jesus; some of us do, just as some of us did. And for those of us who do recognize our creator and sustainer and rely on Him to recreate and continue to sustain us, He gives us the honour of being children of God. Like an earthly father returning home from a war, long journey, or for some other reason a long time away, to a child who may not at first remember him, but when reintroduced loves and accepts his dad; so, the same with God; the same with Jesus.
 
Jesus is the Son of God and Jesus is God; He is the Word and He is the Light and each and every one of us, John 1:16, “Out of his fullness we have all received grace.” So then the question for us today, 2000 years after the light came into the world, is ‘what do we do about it?’ If we know that the Word is Jesus and if we know that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and if we understand that Jesus Christ is God, what are we going to do about it? What are we going to do about it? I think in that we only have two options after we realize that Jesus is God:

1)      We still deny His divinity and His oneness with God and so sadly miss out on that amazing intimacy with God which He is offering to us; or
2)      We accept Jesus as our Saviour and we serve Him with our whole lives, experiencing forever the fullness of life that comes only from the grace and love of God

We can serve God forever and always and if any of us haven’t made that decision yet, what is stopping us? Next weekend is the Summer Rain Evangelism Crusade (July 19-21 in Port Alberni, Vancouver Island).  If you have any friends or family who are not yet experiencing the joy of life with Christ, bring them out; maybe as they hear the gospel, it will get a hold of their lives and transform them as only the Spirit of God can do.

And in any Salvation Army, we have a Mercy Seat, where we can come and make our choice public to serve our Lord and Saviour forever or we can come and pray for the salvation of a loved one.

If you –or a person close to you- have never made that commitment before or if you have any questions and would like to reaffirm that commitment to serve God today, I invite you in these next few moments even as you are reading this on your phone or your computer to pray to God and welcome Jesus as a part of your life today

Let us pray.

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