WORSHIP SONGS:
-Hark The Herald Angels Sing
-Immanuel. God With Us
-In christ alone
-El Shaddai
-O Holy Night
SCRIPTURE READING:
Isaiah 9:1-7
SERMON TEXT: John 1:14
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.
INTRODUCTION:
Seven Things That Christ Is (by John Owen):
1) He is the Way; men without him are Cains, wanderers, vagabonds:
2) He is the Truth; men without him are liars, like the devil, who was so of old:
3) He is the Life; without him men are dead, dead in trespasses and sins :
4) He is the Light; without him men are in darkness, and go they know not whither:
5) He is the Vine; those that are not grafted in him are withered branches, prepared for the fire:
6) He is the Rock; men not built on him are carried away with a flood:
7) He is Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the author and the ender, the founder and the finisher of our salvation.
SOURCE: from a sermon entitled “A Vision of Unchangeable”, Free Mercy ; Volume 8,
“The Infinite became finite. The Invisible became tangible. The Transcendent became imminent. That which was far off drew nigh. That which was beyond the reach of the human mind became that which could be beholden within the realm of human life. Here we are permitted to see through a veil that, which unveiled, would have blinded us. “The word became flesh:” He became what He was not previously. He did not cease to be God, but He became Man.”
Source: A.W. Pink Commentary, John 1:14, online edition
OUTLINE:
The Most Miraculous Verse in all the Bible
God Became a Man
1. Incarnation: John 1:14a
2. Revelation: John 1:14b
3. Perfection: John 1:14c
