Christmas | December 20, 2020

 

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John 1:9-14

9 The true light, which enlightens 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.

Talk Sheet Questions

  1. What are the benefits of light in place of darkness?  How does Jesus bring those benefits in a spiritual way?

  2. These verses describe the incarnation. Define incarnation in your own words?

  3. Describe the reception Jesus received from the world and from “his own.” Is this what you would expect when God became a man?

  4. Verse twelve says, he gave the “right” to become children of God.  How is the “right” to be a child different than merely becoming a child?

  5. How do you think Jesus reveals God’s glory?

  6. What is the importance of grace and truth? (14)

Prayer

Pray that we would give Jesus, the light of the world, the proper reception this Christmas.

 
 
Scott Reavely