“The Word Became Flesh”
John 1:1-14
“In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God, and
the Word was God. He was with
God in the beginning. Through Him
all things were made; without Him
nothing was made that has been
made.
In Him was life, and that life was
the light of men. The light
shines in the darkness, but the
darkness has not understood it.
There came a man who was
sent from God; his name was
John. He came as a witness to
testify concerning that light, so
that through Him all men might
believe.
He himself was not the light; he
came only as a witness to the
light. The true light that gives
light to every man was coming
into the world. He was in the
world, and though the world
was made through Him, the
world did not recognize Him.
He came to that which was His
own, but His own did not
receive Him.
Yet to all who received Him, to
those who believed in His name,
He gave the right to become
children of God – children born
not of natural descent, nor of
human decision or a husband’s
will, but born of God.
The Word became flesh and made
His dwelling among us. We
have seen His glory, the glory
of the One and Only, Who
came from the Father, full of
grace and truth.”
• Vs. 1-2 - “The Word” (Greek
word, “logos”) means reason or
word and is a designation for
Jesus Christ Himself.
• Vs. 1-2 - “The Word” (Greek
word, “logos”) means reason or
word and is a designation for
Jesus Christ Himself.
1. The Word existed before the
world began.
• Vs. 1-2 - “The Word” (Greek
word, “logos”) means reason or
word and is a designation for
Jesus Christ Himself.
1. The Word existed before the
world began.
2. The Word was with God –
distinct from, yet in communion
with God the Father.
3. The Word was God – Identical
in essence with God the
Father.
3. The Word was God – Identical
in essence with God the
Father.
4. Through the Word, God
brought into being the entire
created universe, both the
visible and the invisible.
5. The Word is the source of the
physical, intellectual, moral,
and spiritual life of man.
5. The Word is the source of the
physical, intellectual, moral,
and spiritual life of man.
6. God the Word became flesh,
or incarnate as a human being.
• This is why John wrote this
Gospel - to build faith &
confidence in Jesus Christ so
that we may believe that He
truly was & is the Son of God.
(John 20:30-31)
Colossians 2:9
 For in Christ all the fullness of the deity lives
in the bodily form.
Colossians 1:17
 He is before all things, and in Him all things
hold together.
John 20:30-31 – Jesus did many
other miraculous signs in the
presence of His disciples, which
are not recorded in this book.
But these are written that you
may believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God, and
that by believing you may have
life in His name.
•vs. 14 - The truth of the
incarnation is so intimately meshed
with every other doctrine of the
Gospel, that if either His true
human nature or His true divine
nature is destroyed, Christianity
cannot be true. (1st John 4:2-3)
1st John 4:2-3 – This is how you
can recognize the Spirit of God:
Every spirit that acknowledges that
Jesus Christ has come in the flesh
is from God, but every spirit that
does not acknowledge Jesus is not
from God. This is the spirit of the
antichrist, which you have heard is
coming and even now is already in
the world.
•By becoming human for our
redemption & restoration, Jesus
became:
1. Our perfect teacher – He shows
us how God thinks and how we
should think. (Phil. 2:5-11)
Phil. 2:5-11 – “Your attitude
should be the same as that of
Christ Jesus: Who, being in very
nature God, did not consider
equality with God something to be
grasped, but made Himself nothing,
taking the very nature of a
servant, being made in human
likeness.
And being found in appearance as a
man, He humbled Himself and
became obedient to death – even
death on a cross! Therefore God
exalted Him to the highest place
and gave Him the name that is
above every name, that at the
name of Jesus every knee should
bow, in heaven and on earth and
under the earth,
and every tongue confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory
of God the Father.”
2. Our perfect example – He
models what we are to become,
shows us how to live, and gives
us power to live that way. (1st
Peter 2:21 – “To this you were
called, because Christ suffered
for you, leaving you an example,
that you should follow in His
steps.”)
3. Our perfect sacrifice – a
sacrifice for all sins, and His
death satisfied God’s
requirements for the removal of
sin. (Col. 1:15-23)
Col. 1:15-23 – “He is the image of
the invisible God, the firstborn
over all creation. For by Him all
things were created: things in
heaven and on earth, visible and
invisible, whether thrones or
powers or rulers or authorities; all
things were created by Him and
for Him.
He is before all things, and in Him
all things hold together. And He is
the head of the body, the church;
He is the beginning and the
firstborn from among the dead, so
that in everything He might have
the supremacy. For God was
pleased to have all His fullness
dwell in Him,
and through Him to reconcile to
Himself all things, whether things on
earth or things in heaven, by making
peace through His blood, shed on
the cross. Once you were alienated
from God and were enemies in your
minds because of your evil behavior.
But now He has reconciled you by
Christ’s physical body through death
to present you holy in His sight,
without blemish and free from
accusation – if you continue in your
faith, established and firm, not
moved from the hope held in the
Gospel. This is the Gospel that you
heard and that has been proclaimed
to every creature under heaven, and
of which I, Paul, have become a
servant.” (WOW!!!)
•Grace may be defined as the
unmerited favor of God toward a
sinner; it is everything for nothing
to those who deserve the exact
opposite.
•Grace may be defined as the
unmerited favor of God toward a
sinner; it is everything for nothing
to those who deserve the exact
opposite.
•Bottom Line: The Word became
flesh and made His dwelling among
us, so that He could dwell in us.