John Chapter 1 versus 1 to 18

In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was with God. And the word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made

through him and without him was not anything made that was made.

In him was life and the life was the light of man.

The light shines in the darkness,

and the darkness has not overcome it.

There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came for testimony to bear witness to the light that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness to the light.

The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was in the world and the world

was made through him, yet the world knew him not. He came to his own home and his own people, and his own people received

him not. 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, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth.

We have beheld his glory.

Glory as of the only son from the father. John bore witness to him and cried,

this was he of whom I said, he who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.

And from his fullness have we all received grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses,

grace in truth came through Jesus Christ.

No one has ever seen God, the only son who is in the bosom of the Father,

he has made him known.

I want you to ascend with me a flight of five stairs toward Christmas reality.

The bottom level will start is the invisibility of God and the top level to which we're heading is the receiving this morning, the actual receiving of grace upon grace from Jesus Christ.

Now these five steps in the flight of stairs are all right here in the text that Randall just read in verses 14 to 18 and I want to take them now one at a time.

So step number one, the bottom level is this, God is invisible.

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