What is the big deal?
John 1:14-18
John 20:31-“these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.”
1. The importance of Jesus coming
Verse 14
1 Timothy 3:16-“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up in glory.”
1 John 4:2-3-“By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.”
Isaiah 53:2-“For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him.”
2 Peter 1:16-“For we did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of His majesty.”
Romans 5:12-“Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned.”
Hebrews 4:15-“For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.”
1 Peter 2:24-“who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree.”
1 Timothy 2:5-“For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.”
2. The revelation of who Jesus is
Verse 15
John 3:29-30-“Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease.”
Colossians 1:18-“And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.”
3. The personal impact that is available
Verses 16-18
John 3:16-“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”