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

2. “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

3. 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;

4. 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

5. 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
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6. 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

7. 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.”

8. 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