Gracehill Church (PCA)

This week and next, we will be looking at vv14-18.  This week, we will pay particular attention to v14, focusing in on these themes:  the Incarnation (the Word became flesh), emanating the glory of the Father in his Son, who is full (lacking nothing) of grace and truth.  Glory = light/shining (think of the transfiguration and Moses meeting with YHWH in Exodus)

In this passage, we see a focus on the sovereignty of God in our salvation; adoption/new birth and receiving the "right" to become children of God; a new status in the sight of God.  There is also seen here the rejection of the Light by those in the dark.

This is all about bearing witness (pointing) to the Light himself; John’s role was not of his own making, but was divinely ordained.  This shows God’s initiative in salvation, orchestrating events and sending his messengers to prepare the way for his Son; another central theme is that it does not ‘point to themselves’ but in our words and actions, we’re constantly ‘pointing to Another’, that is, Christ.

Here Jesus emphasizes the fallenness of humanity and that our sin is much deeper than we might have previously considered (not merely murder, but anger); not merely external but internal condition of our heart; also an emphasis on meekness and reconciliation; also an urgency to be reconciled with others, as we have been reconciled to God in

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