John 1:1-9 & Ephesians 1:3-14 Sermon outline. 5/1/25
John1V1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
John’s Gospel was written so that we might keep on believing as we faced the hardships and disappointments of life.
In the Christmas story there is a drama going on. To put our reading into common language, John says, “Listen. The eternal God has entered the world as a human being”.
Now today we have heard the message again. “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.” (John 1:5), “Your God reigns.”” (Isaiah 52:7)
It means that God is in charge.
The question is how will we respond?
Jesus came The Logos made flesh. Logos means “the reason why”= essence of the thing.
- The reason why creation came into existence!.
- So that we might see his nature,
- So that we could see,, that God is true to his word.
- The unambiguous message of Christmas is that Jesus came and lived among us as one of us.
- This underlines the message of Hope that surrounds a Living Lord.
- Faith and hope are God’s gift to us. They come through Jesus.
- Faith binds us to Jesus Christ.
- Faith leads us to Hope set confidently into the future Jesus promised. Hope is always the ‘inseparable companion’ of faith. When faith believes God to be true, hope awaits the time when this truth will come to fruition
- Through faith each one of us finds the path of true life, but it is hope that keeps us on that path.
Jesus’ birth made and continues to make a difference It is not our belief that makes it true. It is true, however, we either gain or lose by how we respond.
The birth of Jesus Christ marks the beginning of the Good news about Jesus, the good news that God is at work in our world to give his people purpose and a future in which all can share.
Here is a reality we need to accept afresh every day!
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