John 1:1-18

I. The Word--Jesus Christ coexisted with God

a. In the beginning the Word already was John 1:1

b. In the beginning the Word was with God

c. In the beginning the Word was God

d. Jesus said that He was the Alpha and Omega Revelation 1:8, 11, 17-18

e. Jesus that He is, was, and is to come

f. Jesus said that He was the beginning and the end Revelation 1:8

II. The Word--Jesus Christ is the creator of everything

a. He existed before everything else John 1:1-3

i. He was before John the Baptist his cousin who was six months older than Him John 1:15

ii. Jesus said that he was before Moses John 8:56-58

iii. He said that He was with the Father before the world was John 17:5, 24

b. He created everything Colossians 1:16-17

c. Nothing was ever made that He didn’t make John 1:3, Hebrews 1:2

III. The Word—Jesus Christ was made flesh John 1:14

a. To do that He left His throne in glory to come to this earth Philippians 2:5-8

b. God came to the earth in the person of Jesus Christ

i. Jesus repeatedly expressed that the Father was in Him and He was in the Father John 10:30, 37-38

ii. To believe on Jesus Christ is to believe on God the Father John 12:44-45

iii. Seeing Jesus was seeing the Father John 14:7-10

iv. Everything that belongs to the Father belongs to Jesus John 16:15

v. Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God Colossians 1:15

vi. All the fullness of the Father dwells in the Son Colossians 1:19, 2:9

c. God was manifest in the flesh I Timothy 3:16, Hebrews 1:3

IV. Now get the true understanding of Christmas

a. God himself coming to earth to save sinful man Luke 19:10

b. Jesus didn’t grow up to be God He was God

c. There was the purpose of Christmas

d. That was the reason for all the celebration

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