GLEANINGS FROM THE GOSPEL OF JOHN – Part I Where Do We Begin? Text: John 1:1 – 18

“I like the comparison of John’s Gospel to a pool in which a child may wade in and an elephant can swim.” Dr. Leon Morris “The Gospel According to John” p. 7

I. HE CAME TO SAVE US (John 1:12,13) “The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.” John 1:9 Mark 4:1– 20;

I. HE CAME TO SAVE US (John 1:12,13) (Contd.) “Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become the children of God – 13. Children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or of a husband’s will, but born of God.” John 1:12,13

I. HE CAME TO SAVE US (John 1:12,13) (Contd.) 1. Every human is a sinner. - Romans 3:23 2. God’s penalty for sin is death. - Romans 6:23 3. In His great love, God has made provision for the salvation of sinners. - Romans 5:8 4. Each person must put their trust in God’s Son, Jesus Christ. - Romans 10:9-10, 13 Source Unknown

II. HE CAME TO SANCTIFY US (John 1:4,5) “In him was life, and that life was a light of men. 5. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.” John 1:4,5 Matthew 5:14 – 16

III. HE CAME TO SATURATE US (John 1:14) “Saturate” means “to cause (a substance) to combine with, dissolve, or hold the greatest possible quantity of another substance.”

III. HE CAME TO SATURATE US (John 1:14) Acts 2:4 - filled with the Spirit of God Acts 3:10 - filled with wonder and amazement Acts 4:31 - speak the Word of God with boldness Acts 13:52 - filled with joy Romans 15:14 - filled with goodness and knowledge II Corinthians 7:4 – filled with comfort Philippians 1:11 - filled with the fruit of righteousness