14And 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.
15John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
16And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
17For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Introduction: "The word was made flesh", God's Son,the Lord Jesus Christ,was made flesh and blood;He became man.No greater message could ever be proclaimed to man.
1)Christ became flesh (vs.14)
2) Proof 1: Christ dwelt visibly among us(vs.14)
3) Proof 2:John the Baptist bore witness of the superiority(vs.15)
4) Proof 3: men have received the fullness and grace of Christ (vs 16-17)
5) Proof 4: God has revealed Himself through Christ (vs.18)
Jesus Christ,Incarnation: Christ became flesh.The incarnation did take place.The Son of God was actually made flesh.He came to earth in the person of Jesus Christ. There is no doubt about John's meaning here.The word flesh(sarx) is the same word that Paul used to describe man' nature with all of it's weakness and tendency to sin.This is a staggering thought.Jesus is God,fully God,yet Jesus Christ is man, fully man.The word beheld(theasthai) means actually seeing with th ehuman eye.There is no room whatsoever for saying that God's becoming a man was merely a vision of some man's mind or imagination.John was saying that he and others actually saw the word made flesh.Jesus Christ was beyond question God Himself who became man,who partook of the very same flesh as all other men.
The flesh is corruptiblea)The flesh is tainted,debased,ruined,and depraved by sin.There is a seed of corruption within the human flesh.Christ became flesh to counteract the corruption of flesh.
The second proof is John the Baptist. He, too bore witness of the incarnation.
The third proof is the fullness and grace of Christ which was given to us.Genuine believers can testify to this.
The forth proof is Christ,God's Son.He alone has seen God.No man has seen God at anytime;However Jesus Christ is the only begotten of the Father,He comes from the very bossom of the Father,and He came to reveal and proclaim the Father.
Jesus is the Word of God made flesh,only the word of God can save man.By his spoken word we have faith,as faith comes by hearing.His written word is good for doctrine,reproof,correction and instruction in righteousness that the man of God might be thoughly furnished unto every good work.And Jesus His living word, our revelation as to th ewill and purpose of God.Even though he was wrapped in the flesh of man ,he was still God's word,and he died in the flesh that we might be able to live in the spirit.
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