Post by Woody Williams on Jan 5, 2006 9:04:14 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- John 1:10-18
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He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet
the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own
people did not accept him. But to all who received him, who believed
in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born,
not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but
of God.
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his
glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth.
(John testified to him and cried out, "This was he of whom I said,
"He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me."
) From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. The law
indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus
Christ. No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is
close to the Father's heart, who has made him known.
Devotional
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Jesus comes to the world as the Word of God in human flesh. Jesus
comes to the world in the Word of God in the Scriptures. Jesus comes
to the world in the preaching and witness of the spoken Word of God's
people. He came and he comes for one purpose - to enlighten humans
concerning God's love and to invite us to believe in Jesus as our
Savior and Lord. Many rejected him then, many reject him now. But,
now as it was then, all who received him became children of God.
Prayer
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Help me to keep receiving Jesus day by day, gracious God. Amen
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He was in the world, and the world came into being through him; yet
the world did not know him. He came to what was his own, and his own
people did not accept him. But to all who received him, who believed
in his name, he gave power to become children of God, who were born,
not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but
of God.
And the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we have seen his
glory, the glory as of a father's only son, full of grace and truth.
(John testified to him and cried out, "This was he of whom I said,
"He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me."
) From his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. The law
indeed was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus
Christ. No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is
close to the Father's heart, who has made him known.
Devotional
----------
Jesus comes to the world as the Word of God in human flesh. Jesus
comes to the world in the Word of God in the Scriptures. Jesus comes
to the world in the preaching and witness of the spoken Word of God's
people. He came and he comes for one purpose - to enlighten humans
concerning God's love and to invite us to believe in Jesus as our
Savior and Lord. Many rejected him then, many reject him now. But,
now as it was then, all who received him became children of God.
Prayer
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Help me to keep receiving Jesus day by day, gracious God. Amen