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Messages on John 1
John 1:40-49 Personal Work

Thought on This Chapter

JN 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The Word is another name for Jesus (Verse 14 & John 3:16)

JN 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.

This is a clear statement that Jesus is eternal.  Jesus already existed and was with God the Father and God the Spirit from the beginning.  Mary had nothing to do with bringing Jesus into existence.  He pre-existed all things. 

JN 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Not only is Jesus eternal but He is all powerful.  Jesus was active in the creation week.  Jesus created the stars and the planets and the animals and everything else that was made.  All things were made by Jesus.  He spoke all things into existence. 

JN 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

Jesus came to the world that He created.  Over and over in this chapter it is declared that Jesus is God manifested in the flesh.

JN 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

JN 1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

JN 1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

Once in verse 15 and in verse 30 John says that Jesus existed before him.  But John was born 6 months before Jesus.  John was the older cousin.  What John is declaring is that Jesus existed before him because Jesus is God and always existed. 

 

Thought On This Chapter

JN 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

If you have a list of favorite verses in the Bible, this one is a great candidate.  This one verse clearly declares how to be saved.  You must receive Christ to be saved.  It is more than a head knowledge.  It is more than knowing that Jesus lived, died, and rose again.  You can know all that and still be lost.  After hearing the gospel, then you must act upon it.  You have to ask Him to save you.  You have to receive Him.  Ye must be born again.  The verse makes it very clear that salvation is based on belief and not on works. 

This verse also tells us that when you get saved you become a son of God.  You get adopted into His family.  You are now His child.  When you get saved you switch families.  You go from having the wicked one as your father to having the Holy one as your father.  You used to have a hard taskmaster and now you have a loving heavenly Father.  You go from having a master who has nothing good for you at all, to the one who has everything.  You go from one who wants to hurt you to the one who wants to bless you.  You go from spending an eternity in hell with the devil to an eternity with Almighty God.  What a complete change and all from simply believing and receiving Jesus Christ as Saviour. 

This is a wonderful work, and it is the work of God. 

JN 1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

 

 

 

John 1  

King James Bible Main Index:

 
John 1 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
   

JN 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

JN 1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.

JN 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

JN 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

JN 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

JN 1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

JN 1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

JN 1:8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

JN 1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

JN 1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

JN 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

JN 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

JN 1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

JN 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

JN 1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

JN 1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

JN 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

JN 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

JN 1:19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

JN 1:20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

JN 1:21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

JN 1:22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

JN 1:23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

JN 1:24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

JN 1:25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

JN 1:26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

JN 1:27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

JN 1:28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

JN 1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

JN 1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

JN 1:31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

JN 1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

JN 1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.

JN 1:34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

JN 1:35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;

JN 1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!

JN 1:37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

JN 1:38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?

JN 1:39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.

JN 1:40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

JN 1:41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

JN 1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.

JN 1:43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.

JN 1:44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

JN 1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

JN 1:46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

JN 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

JN 1:48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

JN 1:49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

JN 1:50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

JN 1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.


 


General Information About the Book of John.
 

The book of John is the autobiography of Jesus as the Son of God.

The book of John shows the deity of Jesus.

The key word is believe.

The theme of the book is to show that Jesus is God.

The book of John teaches us that Jesus is the Christ, equal with God the Father, and that Jesus is the only source of salvation, and that He is the only way to everlasting life.

The key verse is John 20:31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

General information on the book of John continued.

 

JN 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

In the New World Translation they add one letter to this verse.  They add the letter a.  No big deal you say.  Yes it is a big deal.

They change the verse to read.  "and the Word was a god."

So instead of Jesus being God, they change it to Jesus being just a god.

They reduce Him to being just one of many gods.  And notice that they also change the capital G to a little g.

Even small changes; even changing one letter can make a huge difference in the meaning.

We should not go messing around with God's Word.

 

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