John 1:6-18 John The Baptist

⁶ There was a man sent from God whose name was John. ⁷ He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. ⁸ He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

⁹ The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. ¹⁰ He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. ¹¹ He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. ¹² Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God — ¹³ children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

¹⁴ The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁵ (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) ¹⁶ Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. ¹⁷ For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
John 1:6-18

The John that is mentioned here is not the author, but someone else. This John is John the Baptist. He was sent by God to prepare the way for Jesus. He lived in the desert and made his clothing out of camels hair. Doesn't sound like someone you would give the time of day, does it? Let alone go out of your way to hear speak, but people would show up by the thousands. They would come out to hear him speak about the coming Messiah. I guess you could say he was the Billy Graham of his day. So when he pointed to Christ and said, "This is the guy!" you would think most people would have been falling over themselves to meet Christ. Just the opposite. People looked at Jesus and said, "This guy? The carpenters boy? He is no savior. No King of Kings. I am sure some of the people followed him, but verse 11 says, "the world did not recognize him." But verse 12 tells us that to all who believe He gave the right to become children of God. Verses 16 tells us that out of his fullness we receive blessing on top of blessing. Wow. What a loving Father we have!

Do you have the Light of the world in your life, or is your world dark? If you would like to know Jesus and God the father, please pray the following prayer. Or, you can contact me and I will more than happy to pray with you.

Heavenly Father, have mercy on me, a sinner. I believe in you and that your word is true. I believe the Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God and that he died on the cross so that I may now have forgiveness for my sins and eternal life. I know that without you in my heart my life is meaningless. I believe in my heart that you, Lord God, raised Him from the dead. Please Jesus forgive me, for every sin I have ever committed or done in my heart, please Lord Jesus for give me and come into my heart as my personal Lord and Savior today. I need you to be my Father and my friend. I give you my life and ask you to take full control from this moment on; I pray this in the name of Jesus Christ.
Amen.