Hi, friends. I am Annie F. Downs. Let's read the Gospels. In this month, the Let's Read

the Gospels podcast is sponsored by our friends at Kru. The Gospels are the first four books

of the New Testament, the Bible, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. These are the stories of

Jesus Christ's life on earth, the friendships, the parables, the sacrifices, the meals, the

miracles. Each month, we read all four books. So go ahead and subscribe today. Join us

as we read Let's Read the Gospels together. And today, we get to start the book of John,

the last of the four for the month of May. Here's how it works. I'm going to read three

chapters to you today. You can listen or read along in your own Bible. And then I'll

pray. And that's it. Today is May 24th, day 24 this month. I'll be reading John chapters

one through three. And this month, I am reading from the CSB. John one in the beginning

was the word and the word was with God. And the word was God. He was with God in the

beginning. All things were created through him. And apart from him, not one thing was

created that has been created in him was life. And that life was the light of men. That

light shines in the darkness. And yet the darkness did not overcome it. There was a man

sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify about the light so

that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but he came to testify about

the light, the true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He

was in the world. And the world was created through him. And yet the world did not recognize

him. He came to his own and his own people did not receive him. But to all who did receive

him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name who

were born not of natural descent or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but

of God. The word became flesh and dwelt among us. We observed his glory, the glory as the

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