" Becoming Jesus " -- John 1: 1-18 -- Rev, John W. Armstrong

Sermon notes:

Becoming Jesus  (John 1:1-18)

I.     The Word is the Divine Person destined to speak to men.

A.  He is God’s ______________________ (v. 1a, Genesis 1:1ff.; ).

B.  He is ________________ from God (v.1b).   

C.  Yet He is ______________ (v.1c).

II.    The Word, remaining what He was, becomes what He was not (v.14a).

A.  God becomes _______________ (1 Peter 1:24-25).

B.  God becomes what God _________________.

For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, (Romans 8:3).

III.   His _______________ is the localization of God’s presence on earth. 

A.  He replaces both ____________________ and __________________ (v.14a; 2:19-22). 

B.  He reveals God’s glory in a way we can see and not be blinded (vv. 14b, 18; cf. Exodus 33:18-23; 1 Kings 8:11).

C.  God’s unique Son becomes human so that humans might become God’s ___________ (vv.12-14).