Sunday, September 20, 2020: The Book Of John ~ Series: LOVED BY JESUS ~ Message: The Logos ~ Scripture: John 1:1–18 ESV ~ Pastor Philip Miller
Pastor Philip
You are loved, more than you know!
But all this is about to change. Faith is about to become sight. And we will see each other face-to-face. See you soon!
When Krista and I said “yes” to your invitation to be your pastor, we knew less than fifty people in total. We had met the search committee, the Elders, and a handful of staff—but that was it! We estimate we’ve now met around two hundred people in our new church family so far. What an odd time we live in! I’ve sometimes joked, “Now, there is a congregation, right?!?”
Today and next Sunday many of us will “Gather Live” and see each other face-to-face for the first time in many months. We’ll be outside, socially-distanced and wearing masks, but we’ll be together. For many of us it will be a precious reunion. For me it will be the first time I’ve actually seen some of your faces. I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to being with you!
Image: The Word Became Flesh
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth." John1:14 ESV
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Sunday, September 20, 2020
The Book Of John
Series: LOVED BY JESUS
Message: The Logos
Scripture: John 1:1–18 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
PASTOR TO PEOPLE
Scripture Reading John 1:1–18 ESV
Audio: John 1 ESV
The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
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LOVED BY JESUS
Message: The Logos
Scripture: John 1:1–18 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
Loved By Jesus
The Logos
Philip Miller
“Jesus loves me, this I know… What if that’s actually the key to an identity so free, so abundantly full of life, so solid and lasting that all other identities fade into insignificance?
For John, his most defining, grounding, and meaningful identity was found in the simple fact that he was and always would be loved by Jesus. In the end, nothing else mattered. All his accomplishments, connections, titles, writings, and even his very life faded in comparison to the blazing reality that he was loved by Jesus. That’s the kind of love that changed John forever. What if the secret to finding ourselves is to be deeply and profoundly loved by Jesus? This series is an invitation to, like John, experience the identity-transforming, life-giving love of Jesus; to discover this Jesus who turned John’s world upside-down and right-side-up.
We all want to be pursued, wanted, and loved. Do you realize that the God of the universe loves you; He desires you; He rejoices over you; He is reaching out to you and for you. He’d move heaven and earth to be near you. In fact, He already has. He sent his Logos, not in the abstract, but in the flesh. The “Ultimate Cosmic Reality” and “Agent of Divine Life” has taken up residence among us, making glory, grace, and truth accessible to each one of us.“
SERMON NOTES
Sunday, September 20, 2020
LOVED BY JESUS
Message: The Logos
Scripture: John 1:1–18 ESV
Pastor Philip Miller
Audio: John 1 ESV
The Enigma (John 1:1–5)
The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life,[a] and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
The Enlightening (John 1:6–13)
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.
9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own,[b] and his own people[c] did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
The Enfleshment (John 1:14–18)
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) 16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
Takeaway: Won’t you come and see Jesus?