Could God be one of us?
John began his story of Jesus with a big statement: Jesus is eternal God who took on human flesh. More than a teacher, more than a religious leader, more than a martyr. Jesus is part of the eternal Triune God. Jesus is the One who spoke at creation. Jesus is the One who gave life. Jesus is the One who brings light. Could this same God leave the wonders of heaven to become a human?
What if God were one of us?
1.1 In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
1.2 He existed in the beginning with God.
1.3 God created everything through him,
and nothing was created except through him.
1.14 So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father's one and only Son.
Why would God become one of us?
People are different than cats and rocks and trees and bugs. We bear the image of God, we hold the breathe of God, and we are the delight of God.
God is different than wind and water and fire. God has will and purpose and desire and emotion and voice. God loves. God made people for relationship.
But for all of humanity's spiritual dreamings, there is a gulf as wide as the heavens between us. Jesus is the stairway to heaven. As God he knew eternity; in becoming a person he could show us, and be the way for us to go there.
1.18 No one has ever seen God. But the Jesus, who is himself God, is near to the Father's heart. He has revealed God to us. 1.12 To all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. 1.13 They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.
Questions
1. What does it mean that Jesus gave life and light to everyone?
2. Do you feel like a child of God? Do you live like it?
3. Put a Post-it note on the inside of your Bible. Write down these words:
- Jesus is God
- Jesus is God-become-man
- Light
- Belief in Jesus
- New life
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