JOHN
CHAPTER ONE
CORROBORATION
AND FURTHER COMMENTARY
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
I)
[Jn 1:1]:
[OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE TEXT AT HAND]:
A)
"IN THE BEGINNING" REFERS TO THE BEGINNING OFALL TIME
AND ALL CREATION
1)
[Compare the next two verses: Jn 1:2-3]:
[CORROBORATION
AND FURTHER COMMENTARY]:
B)
'IN THE BEGINNING' IN JN 1:1 PARALLELS THE ABSOLUTE BEGINNING OF ALL
TIME AND CREATION OF THE SAME PHRASE IN GENESIS CHAPTER ONE
1)
[Compare Gen 1:1]:
C)
PROVERBS STIPULATES THAT THE SON OF GOD, (THE WORD), CREATED ALL THINGS
WITH THE FATHER. THIS CORROBORATES THAT THE PHRASE 'IN THE BEGINNING' IN
JN 1:1 REFERS TO THE BEGINNING OF ALL TIME AND CREATION
1)
[Compare Pr 30:4]:
D)
JOHN TESTIFIES IN HIS EPISTLE FIRST JOHN THAT THE 'WORD OF LIFE', JESUS
CHRIST, APPEARED TO HUMANITY. HE IS STIPULATED AS 'ETERNAL LIFE' WHO
'WAS FROM THE BEGINNING' AND 'WITH THE FATHER' - THE BEGININING IN VIEW
IS EVIDENTLY THE BEGINNING OF ALL TIME AND CREATION
1)
[Compare 1 Jn 1:1-2; 2:13a]:
I cont.)
[Jn 1:1 cont.]:
[OBSERVATION
FROM THE TEXT AT HAND]
E)
"THE WORD" IN THIS CONTEXT REFERS TO AN ETERNAL PERSON ALREADY
PRESENT AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL TIME AND CREATION
1)
"IN THE BEGINNING" CANNOT REFER TO THE TIME OF THE WORD BEING
CREATED BECAUSE THE PHRASE "IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD"
STATES THAT THE WORD ALREADY "WAS" IN THE BEGINNING,
I.E., UNCREATED AND ETERNAL = CREATOR AND GOD HIMSELF
a)
[Jn 1:2-3]:
[CORROBORATION
AND FURTHER COMMENTARY]
2)
THE SON OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST, THE WORD IS STIPULATED IN COLOSSIANS
1:16-17 AS BEFORE ALL THINGS HENCE HE IS UNCREATED, I.E., ETERNAL GOD
a)
[Compare Col 1:16-17]:
[CORROBORATION
AND FURTHER COMMENTARY]:
3)
JESUS CHRIST WAS PRESENT WITH THE FATHER BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN
a)
[Compare Jn 17:5]:
[OBSERVATION
FROM THE TEXT AT HAND]
4)
SINCE THE WORD IS ETERNAL, THE WORD IS GOD
[CORROBORATION
AND FURTHER COMMENTARY]
5)
HE WHO WAS BEFORE THE MOUNTAINS WERE BORN AND BEFORE THE EARTH AND THE
WORLD WAS BROUGHT FORTH IS EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING GOD
a)
[Compare Ps 90:2]:
I cont.)
[Jn 1:1 cont.]:
E cont.) "THE
WORD" REFERS TO AN ETERNAL PERSON ALREADY PRESENT AT THE BEGINNING OF
ALL TIME AND CREATION, cont.
[OBSERVATION
FROM THE TEXT AT HAND]
6)
"THE WORD" = "LOGOS" IN THE CONTEXT OF JN 1:1-2 IS
PERSONIFIED TO MEAN AN ETERNAL PERSON EQUAL TO GOD AND ALREADY PRESENT
AT THE BEGINNING OF ALL TIME AND CREATION
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]
7)
JOHN'S FIRST EPISTLE PERSONIFIES THE WORD AS HAVING APPEARED IN HIS
HUMANITY
a)
[Compare 1 John 1:1-3]:
[OBSERVATION FROM THE
TEXT AT HAND]
F)
THE WORD WAS ALREADY THERE "IN THE BEGINNING"
OF ALL TIME AND ALL CREATION AND AT THAT BEGINNING THE
WORD WAS "WITH", LIT. FACE TO FACE WITH GOD = "THEON"
INDICATING AN ETERNAL BEING EQUAL TO GOD - NOT SIMPLY WORDS FROM GOD
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]
G)
JESUS CHRIST LATER TESTIFIES TO HIS PRESENCE WITH THE FATHER BEFORE THE
WORLD BEGAN
1)
[Compare Jn 17:5]:
I cont.)
[Jn 1:1 cont.]:
[OBSERVATION FROM THE
TEXT AT HAND]
H)
GOD THE FATHER IS IN VIEW IN THE PHRASE "AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD"
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]
I)
JOHN TESTIFIES IN HIS EPISTLE FIRST JOHN THAT THE 'WORD OF LIFE', JESUS
CHRIST IS STIPULATED THAT HE 'WAS FROM THE BEGINNING' AND 'WITH THE
FATHER' - THE BEGININING IN VIEW IS EVIDENTLY THE BEGINNING OF ALL TIME
AND CREATION
1)
[Compare 1 Jn 1:1-2; 2:13a]:
[OBSERVATION
FROM THE TEXT AT HAND]
J)
AND GOD - THE NATURE, ALL THE QUALITIES AND ESSENCE OF GOD WAS THE WORD
IN THE BEGINNING OF ALL TIME AND CREATION
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]
K)
SCRIPTURE SPECIFICALLY STIPULATES THAT JESUS CHRIST IS GOD
1)
[ 2 Thess. 1:11-12]:
2)
[Compare Titus 2:13]:
3)
[Compare Heb. 1:8]:
4)
[Compare Acts 20:28]:
5)
[Compare Isa 9:6]:
I cont.)
[Jn 1:1 cont.]:
[OBSERVATION
OF THE TEXT AT HAND]
L)
THE 'WORD' CANNOT BE A GOD IT MUST REFER TO THE GOD
1)
"THEOS" = GOD IN THE 3RD CLAUSE PRECEDES AND IS THE PREDICATE
NOMINATIVE OF THE INTRANSITIVE, COPULATIVE VERB "WAS"
IDENTIFYING "LOGOS". THERE IS NO DEFINITE ARTICLE REQUIRED. IT
DOES NOT REFER TO 'A' GOD
2)
THE TWO FORMS OF THE WORD GOD, THEON (2ND CLAUSE) AND THEOS (3RD CLAUSE)
REFER TO THE ONE AND ONLY ALMIGHTY GOD, THEY DIFFER BECAUSE OF GRAMMAR
NOT DEFINITION. NEITHER REFERS TO 'A GOD'
I cont.)
[Jn 1:1 cont.]:
L cont.)
THE 'WORD' CANNOT BE A GOD IT MUST REFER TO THE GOD
[CORROBORATION
AND FURTHER COMMENTARY]
3)
"THEOS" WITHOUT AN ARTICLE AS TRANSLATED "A GOD" IS
NOT SUPPORTED IN SCRIPTURE, RATHER, GOD'S WORD SUPPORTS AN ANARTHROUS "THEOS"
AS A QUALITATIVE STATEMENT - THE JEHOVAH WITNESSES ARE WRONG AND DO NOT
CONSISTENTLY TRANSLATE IT AS "A GOD"
M)
THE WORD COULD NOT BE A GOD BECAUSE SCRIPTURE STIPULATES THAT THERE IS
NO OTHER GOD BUT GOD HIMSELF, HENCE JN 1:1c COULD NOT BE INTERPRETED AS
"AND THE WORD WAS a god AND BE CONSISTENT WITH THE REST OF
SCRIPTURE
1)
[Isa 45:5a]:
2)
[Isa 43:10-11]:
3)
[Isa 44:6]:
II)
[Jn 1:1-2]:
[OBSERVATION
OF THE TEXT AT HAND]
A)
THE WORD WAS NOT A COMMUNICATION BUT A PERSON WHO WAS, I.E.,
ETERNAL & UNCREATED, EXISTING FACE TO FACE, I.E., EQUAL WITH GOD IN
THE BEGINNING OF ALL TIME & CREATION
III)
[Jn 1:1-3]:
[OBSERVATION
FROM THE TEXT AT HAND]:
A)
THE WORD IS PERSONIFIED BY THE PRONOUN, 'HIM', - THE AGENT OF ALL
CREATION, UNCREATED, WHO IS GOD
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]
B)
COLOSSIANS CHAPTER ONE DECLARES JESUS CHRIST BEFORE ALL THINGS AND
CREATOR OF ALL THINGS IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH, VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE
HENCE HE IS UNCREATED AND GOD
1)
[Compare Col 1:15-17]:
[OBSERVATION OF THE TEXT
AT HAND]
C)
THE BEGINNING OF ALL TIME & CREATION IS IN VIEW, NOT SOME OTHER
BEGINNING
IV)
[Jn 1:1-4]:
[OBSERVATION
FROM THE TEXT AT HAND]
A)
IN HIM, THE WORD, WAS ALL LIFE AND ETERNAL LIFE. HE IS ETERNAL
B)
IN HIM WAS LIFE AND THAT LIFE WAS THE LIGHT - THE REVELATION - TO MEN
WHO MAKES GOD AND HIS SALVATION KNOWN
1)
[Jn 1:18, Amplified]:
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]
C)
THE LIGHT OF THE PERSON OF CHRIST AND WHAT HE REPRESENTS IS
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HOLINESS, THE ANTITHESIS OF DARKNESS AND EVIL
"In Him
was life and that life was the Light of men" (cont.)
=
1)
[Jn 3:19-21]:
D)
JESUS DECLARES THAT HE IS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD AND WHOEVER FOLLOWS HIM
WILL NEVER WALK IN DARKNESS BUT HAVE THE LIGHT OF LIFE - THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
1)
[Compare Jn 8:12]:
E)
THE LIGHT OF GOD'S SERVANT [THE SON OF GOD - JESUS CHRIST] IS THE LIGHT
OF SALVATION TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
1)
[Compare Isa 49:5-6]:
V)
[Jn 1:4-5]:
[OBSERVATION FROM THE
TEXT AT HAND]:
A)
THE WORD, A PERSON WAS IN PAST TIMES FROM THE BEGINNING THE
LIGHT OF MEN. HE IS THE REVELATION OF WHO GOD IS TO MANKIND FROM ADAM
AND EVE THROUGHOUT THE AGES. THE WORLD WHICH IS DARKNESS IS OPPOSED TO
THIS LIGHT OF MEN AND SEEKS TO OVERPOWER HIM
V
cont.) [Jn 1:4-5 cont.]:
B)
THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD, THE WORD, WHO IS GOD, SHINES IN THE DARKNESS OF
THE WORLD AND THAT LIGHT WILL NEVER BE OVERPOWERED BY THAT DARKNESS
C)
THE WORD, THE LIGHT OF MANKIND FROM THE BEGINNING HAS BEEN SHINING IN
THE DARKNESS OF A WORLD WHICH DOES NOT KNOW GOD AND THE ETERNAL LIFE OF
GOD
VI)
[Jn 1:6]:
[OBSERVATION OF THE TEXT
AT HAND]
A)
THERE CAME INTO EXISTENCE A MAN NAMED JOHN A DIFFERENT JOHN FROM THE
AUTHOR OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN. HE IS DECLARED AS SENT FROM GOD
VII)
[Jn 1:6-7]:
[OBSERVATION FROM THE
TEXT AT HAND]:
A)
JOHN WAS CREATED BY AND SENT FROM GOD AS A WITNESS AT A PARTICULAR TIME
IN HISTORY TO TESTIFY TO MANKIND CONCERNING WHO THE WORD IS, I.E., THAT
HE IS THE PERSONIFIED LIGHT, THE REVELATION, THE ILLUMINATION OF WHO GOD
IS TO MANKIND - THAT IN HIM IS ALL LIFE AND ETERNAL LIFE WITH HIM
B)
JOHN WAS CREATED BY AND SENT FROM GOD AS A WITNESS AT A PARTICULAR TIME
IN HISTORY TO TESTIFY TO MANKIND CONCERNING WHO THE WORD IS, I.E., THAT
HE IS THE PERSONIFIED LIGHT, THE REVELATION, THE ILLUMINATION OF WHO GOD
IS TO MANKIND - THAT IF ONE BELIEVES IN A MOMENT'S TIME THAT ETERNAL
LIFE IS IN THE WORD FOR THEM, THEN ONE RECEIVES ETERNAL LIFE AS A RESULT
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]
C)
THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST WAS TO PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE LORD'S
COMING - THE LAMB OF GOD WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD, REPENT =
BELIEVE ON HIM FOR FORGIVENESS OF SINS AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD WOULD BE
BROUGHT INTO THE WORLD
1)
INTRODUCTION
a)
[Compare Mal 3:1-3]:
b)
[Compare Mt 11:7-10]:
c)
[Compare Isa 40:3]:
d)
[Compare Jn 1:19-23]:
e)
[Compare Jn 1:29-31]:
f)
[Compare Mk 1:4]:
g)
[Compare Mt 4:12, 17]:
h)
[Compare Acts 13:23-24]:
i)
[Compare Mt 3:1-8]:
j)
[Compare Jn 1:10-11]:
VIII)
[Jn 1:6-8]:
[OBSERVATION OF THE TEXT
AT HAND]:
A)
JOHN HIMSELF WAS NOT THE LIGHT - HE CAME ONLY AS A WITNESS TO THE LIGHT
[CORROBORATION
AND FURTHER COMMENTARY]:
B)
JOHN HAS TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT HE IS NOT THE PROPHET, I.E., THE ONE WHO
IS TO COME, THE MESSIAH BUT JOHN MAKES IT CLEAR THAT HE IS THE "ONE
CALLING IN THE DESERT, 'MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY FOR THE LORD', I.E., THE
PROPHET/MESSIAH TO COME
1)
[Compare Jn 1:19-23]:
IX)
[Jn 1:6-9]:
[OBSERVATION FROM THE
TEXT AT HAND]:
A)
THE WORD IS THE TRUE LIGHT, I.E., THE PERSONAL REVELATION & THE
ENLIGHTENMENT OF WHO GOD IS. THE WORD IS LIFE AND ETERNAL LIFE TO EVERY
MAN WHO BELIEVES IN HIM
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]
B)
LIGHT IS PORTRAYED AS GOD'S ONE AND ONLY SON WHO HAS COME INTO THE WORLD
HIS LIGHT, I.E., WHAT HE REVEALS BY HIS THOUGHTS, WORDS AND DEEDS IS
RIGHTEOUSNESS AND TRUTH. LIGHT EXPOSES AND IS THE ANTITHESIS OF THE
DEEDS OF MEN WHICH ARE INEVITABLY EVIL. ON THE OTHER HAND, WHEN MEN LIVE
BY THE TRUTH, I.E., THE LIGHT, I.E., GOD'S RIGHTEOUSNESS, THIS IS DONE
EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH GOD
1)
[Compare Jn 3:18-21]:
IX cont.)
[Jn 1:6-9 cont.]:
[OBSERVATION FROM THE
TEXT AT HAND]:
C)
THE WORD ENTERED PAST HISTORY IN A UNIQUE WAY SO THAT MAN COULD PERCEIVE
WHO THE WORD IS AND BELIEVE UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
X)
[Jn 1:7-10]:
[OBSERVATION OF THE TEXT
AT HAND]:
A)
THE WORD CAME INTO PRESENCE IN THE WORLD IN JOHN'S TIME IN RECOGNIZABLE
HUMAN FORM. GOD'S OMNIPRESENCE IS NOT IN VIEW
B)
EVEN THOUGH THE WORLD WAS MADE THROUGH THE WORD, THE WORLD DID NOT
RECOGNIZE HIM
XI)
[Jn 1:9-11]:
[OBSERVATION OF THE TEXT
AT HAND]:
A)
THE TRUE LIGHT, THE WORD CAME INTO THE WORLD, TO HIS OWN - PLURAL: TO
ALL HIS THINGS, I.E., ALL THAT IS HIS - HIS CREATION, HIS
KINGDOM: ALL PEOPLES, HIS RULERSHIP OVER THEM
B)
THE TRUE LIGHT, THE WORD CAME INTO THE WORLD, TO HIS OWN WORLD, HIS
KINGDOM, HIS PEOPLES - AND HIS OWN PARTICULAR PEOPLE DID NOT RECEIVE
HIM, I.E., RECOGNIZE AND BELIEVE IN HIM
1)
"HE CAME TO HIS OWN [PLURAL] AND [NOT 'BUT'] HIS OWN [SINGULAR] DID
NOT RECEIVE HIM". THIS POINTS TO A PARTICULAR GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO
DID NOT RECEIVE THE WORD
2)
THE WORDS "HIS OWN" IN THE PHRASE "HIS OWN DID NOT
RECEIVE HIM" ARE MASCULINE, SINGULAR. THEY REFER TO A PARTICULAR
PEOPLE [MASCULINE, SINGULAR] TO BE CORROBORATED LATER AS ISRAEL
3)
'HIS OWN' [PEOPLE] IMPLIES THAT HE, THE WORD, WAS IN HUMAN FORM IN ORDER
TO BE ONE OF A PEOPLE
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]:
4)
ISAIAH PREDICTED ISRAEL'S REJECTION OF OUR LORD
a)
[Isa 53:1-3]:
XII)
[Jn 1:9-12]:
[OBSERVATION OF THE TEXT
AT HAND]:
A)
TO RECEIVE HIM (THE WORD) IS TO BELIEVE IN HIS NAME
B)
EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL HAS AVAILABLE TO HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BELIEVE
IN HIS NAME TO RECEIVE HIM - NO EXCLUSIONS, I.E., UNLIMITED ATONEMENT
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]:
C)
JESUS CHRIST IS THE UNLIMITED ATONEMENT - SATISFACTION FOR THE SINS OF
THE WHOLE WORLD OF EVERYONE WHO EVER WILL LIVE
1)
[Compare 1 Jn 2:2]:
[OBSERVATION OF THE TEXT
AT HAND]:
D)
TO RECEIVE THE WORD IS TO RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE WHICH IS DONE BY
BELIEVING ON HIS NAME, HIS CAPACITY AND TRUSTWORTHINESS TO PROVIDE
ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH THE RECEPTION OF HIMSELF
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]:
E)
TO BELIEVE ON HIS NAME IS TO RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE
1)
[1 Tim 1:16]:
[OBSERVATION OF THE TEXT
AT HAND]:
F)
A MOMENT OF BECOMING THE BELIEVER ALONE ON THE NAME OF THE WORD ALONE
RESULTS IN THE COMPLETED ACTION OF THE RECEPTION OF THE WORD IN A
MOMENT'S TIME, I.E., ETERNAL LIFE IS IN VIEW A PICTURE OF ETERNAL
SECURITY, ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED
G)
THE RIGHT, AUTHORITY AND POWER TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD IS RECEIVED
UPON A MOMENT OF BELIEVING ON THE NAME OF THE WORD WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY
IMPLEMENTED AND EXERCISED
H)
BEFORE ONE BELIEVES ON THE NAME OF THE WORD, ONE IS NOT A CHILD OF GOD,
I.E., IN THE FAMILY OF GOD
XIII)
[Jn 1:11-13]:
[OBSERVATION OF THE TEXT
AT HAND]:
A)
THE PHRASE "CHILDREN BORN NOT OF NATURAL DESCENT"
REFERS TO CHILDREN BORN NOT OF PHYSICAL BIRTH NOR OF HUMAN DESCENT BUT
BORN OF SPIRITUAL BIRTH AND GODLY DESCENT
B)
ALL MANKIND CONSISTS OF CHILDREN BORN OF NATURAL DESCENT, BUT ONLY THOSE
OF MANKIND WHO HAVE BELIEVED ON THE NAME OF THE WORD HAVE THE RIGHT,
POWER AND AUTHORITY TO BECOME ANOTHER KIND OF CHILD: A CHILD OF GOD
C)
BECOMING A CHILD OF GOD IS NOT AS A RESULT OF ANY HUMAN DECISION; BUT
BEING PHYSICALLY BORN IS DEPENDENT UPON HUMAN DECISION, I.E.,
THE DECISION TO HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS
D)
BECOMING A CHILD OF GOD IS NOT DUE TO THE WILL OF THE HUSBAND TO BEGET
CHILDREN
E)
THREE PHRASES COVER THE STAGES OF REPRODUCTION WHICH ARE NOT PART OF
WHAT IT TAKES TO BE GIVEN THE RIGHT TO BECOME A CHILD OF GOD
XIII cont.) [Jn 1:11-13
cont.]:
F)
ONE IS BORN OF GOD IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE RIGHT TO BECOME A CHILD OF
GOD
G)
REGENERATION DOES
NOT PRECEDE SAVING FAITH
XIV)
[Jn 1:11-14]:
[OBSERVATION OF THE TEXT
AT HAND]:
A)
THE WORD 'WORD' HAD IN ANCIENT TIMES AN ASPECT OF AN EVENT OR A DEED
DONE. HENCE THE WORD, WHO IS GOD, BECAME FLESH, I.E., ADDED HUMANITY TO
HIMSELF AND ENTERED AS SUCH IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD PRESENTING A CLEAR
PICTURE OF GOD IN HUMAN FORM
B)
THE WORD WHO IS GOD, CREATOR, LIFE AND THE TRUE LIGHT OF MEN BECAME
FLESH, I.E., ADDED HUMANITY TO HIS BEING
C)
THE WORD WAS NOT MADE FLESH NOR CREATED FLESH BUT BECAME FLESH, I.E.,
ADDED HUMANITY TO HIMSELF
1)
[Jn 1:14 K. J. V.]:
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]:
D)
JESUS CHRIST SET ASIDE THE EXERCISING OF HIS ESSENCE AS GOD AND ADDED TO
HIMSELF HUMANITY
1)
[Compare Phil 2:5-8 N.A.S.]:
a)
INTRODUCTION
b)
[Phil 2:5-6]:
[OBSERVATION OF THE TEXT
AT HAND]:
E)
THE WORD HAVING ADDED TO HIMSELF HUMANITY THEREUPON MADE HIS DWELLING AS
SUCH AMONGST ALL MANKIND ON EARTH
XIV cont.) [Jn 1:11-14
cont.]:
F)
AUTHOR JOHN AND OTHERS EXPERIENCED SEEING THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE WORD
IN HIS HUMANITY - THE ONE AND ONLY WHO CAME FROM THE FATHER
G)
THE WORD BECAME FLESH, I.E., ADDED TO HIMSELF HUMANITY AND IN THAT
HUMANITY HE IS THE ONE AND ONLY FROM THE FATHER IMPLYING A UNIQUE OF
SONSHIP WITH THE FATHER
XIV cont.) [Jn 1:11-14
cont.]:
H)
BOTH THE FATHER AND THE WORD ARE IN VIEW AS INDIVIDUAL PERSONALITIES OF
GOD. THE WORD BECAME FLESH, I.E., HUMANITY CAME FROM THE SOVEREIGNTY OF
THE FATHER
I)
THE WORD IS FULL OF GRACE - THE GRACE OF SALVATION AND THE WHOLE OF THE
GRACE OF GOD
J)
THE WORD IS FULL OF TRUTH - THE ETERNAL TRUTHS OF GOD AND WHO HE IS
XV)
[Jn 1:11-15]:
[OBSERVATIONS OF THE
TEXT AT HAND]
A)
JOHN [THE BAPTIST] TESTIFIES AS TO THE ENTRY OF THE WORD IN HIS HUMANITY
INTO THE WORLD TO DELARE HIMSELF TO MANKIND AND THUS THROUGH HIM ALL MEN
MIGHT BELIEVE AND RECEIVE HIM UNTO ETERNAL LIFE, WHEREUPON JOHN DECLARES
HIS ETERNALITY TO CORROBORATE THIS CAPACITY TO PROVIDE LIFE TO ALL MEN
XVI)
[Jn 1:11-16]:
[OBSERVATIONS OF THE
TEXT AT HAND]
A)
THE PHRASE "OF HIS FULLNESS" POINTS TO ALL THAT THE WORD IS,
HIS ATTRIBUTES AS GOD AND MAN
[CORROBORATION
AND FURTHER COMMENTARY]
B)
JESUS CHRIST HAS THE FULLNESS OF GOD WITHIN HIM
1)
[Col 1:19]:
2)
[Col 2:9]:
XVI cont.) [Jn 1:11-16
cont.]:
[OBSERVATIONS OF THE
TEXT AT HAND, cont.]
C)
AUTHOR JOHN USES THE WORD "WE" TO REFLECT HIS EXPERIENCE WITH
OTHERS RECEIVING OF THE FULLNESS OF THE WORD IN HIS HUMANITY
D)
THROUGH THE FULLNESS OF THE WORD, I.E., HIS HUMANITY, JOHN AND OTHERS
RECEIVED GRACE IN PLACE OF GRACE LIKE THE WAVES OF AN OCEAN COMING TO
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XVII)
[Jn 1:14-17]:
[OBSERVATIONS OF THE
TEXT AT HAND]
A)
THE LAW WAS GIVEN TO MAN AS AN ACT OF GOD'S GRACE
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]
B)
THE LAW WAS GIVEN TO MANKIND THROUGH MOSES AS AN ACT OF GOD'S GRACE TO
BRING PEOPLE TO FAITH IN CHRIST THE MESSIAH WHO WILL COME TO SAVE THEM
FROM THEIR SINS
1)
[Compare Gal 3:19-24]:
2)
[Compare Ro 3:19-22]:
C)
THE MOSAIC LAW IS A PICTURE OF JESUS CHRIST - OF HIS PERFECT
RIGHTEOUSNESS - THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD
1)
[Compare Gal 3:19-24]:
2)
[Compare Ro 3:19-22]:
3)
[Compare 2 Cor 5:21]:
D)
THE LAW WAS REPLACED IN HISTORY BY THE WORD BECOME FLESH, WHO IS NOW
IDENTIFIED BY AUTHOR JOHN AS JESUS CHRIST
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]
E)
THE LAW WAS GIVEN TO MANKIND THROUGH MOSES AS AN ACT OF GOD'S GRACE TO
BRING PEOPLE TO FAITH IN CHRIST THE MESSIAH TO COME TO SAVE THEM FROM
THEIR SINS
1)
[Compare Gal 3:19-24]:
2)
[Compare Ro 3:19-22]:
F)
GRACE AND TRUTH COME THROUGH JESUS CHRIST ALL THE MORE TO REPLACE THE
LAW, WHICH GOD BY HIS GRACE PROVIDED THROUGH MOSES
G)
GOD ESTABLISHED THE MOSAIC LAW WAY OF ADMINISTERING HIS ETERNAL, MORAL
ABSOLUTES THROUGH MOSES, BUT JESUS CHRIST ESTABLISHED GRACE AS THE NEW
WAY OF GOD ADMINISTERING HIS MORAL ABSOLUTES
1)
[cp Ro 6:14]:
XVIII)
[Jn 1:14-18]:
[OBSERVATION OF THE TEXT
AT HAND]:
A)
NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN GOD IN HIS ESSENCE WITH ONES PHYSICAL EYES
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]:
B)
GOD IS INVISIBLE ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE AND CANNOT BE SEEN WITH THE
HUMAN PHYSICAL EYE
1)
[Compare Ex 33:20]:
2)
[Compare Col 1:15]:
3)
[Compare 1 Timothy 1:17]:
4)
[Compare Jn 6:46]:
C)
MOSES 'SAW' GOD BUT NOT IN ALL HIS FULLNESS
1)
[Compare Ex 33:19-23]:
D)
MOSES, ARRON, NADAB, ABIHU & SEVENTY ELDERS 'SAW' THE GOD OF ISRAEL
1)
[Compare Ex 24:9-10]:
2)
[Compare Nu 12:5-8]:
E)
JACOB SAW GOD APPEARING AS AN ANGEL - HE DID NOT SEE GOD FACE TO FACE
1)
[Compare Gen 32:30]:
F)
ISAIAH 'SAW' A VISION OF THE LORD
1)
[Compare Isa 6:1, 5]:
G)
SAMSON'S PARENTS WERE TERRIFIED WHEN THEY REALIZED THEY HAD 'SEEN' GOD
1)
[Compare Judges 13:8]:
H)
JESUS WAS STIPULATED AS GOD IN THE FLESH BUT THIS SEEING OF HIM WAS
DIFFERENT THAN SEEING GOD IN ALL HIS GLORY
1)
[Compare Jn 14:6-11]:
2)
[Compare 1 Jn 1:1-2]:
3)
[Compare Mt 17:1-13]:
a)
[Compare Dan 7:9-10]:
XVIII cont.) [Jn 1:14-18
cont.]:
[OBSERVATION OF THE TEXT
AT HAND, cont.]:
I)
THE CORRECT RENDERING IS "THE ONE AND ONLY GOD" AS OPPOSED TO "THE
ONE AND ONLY SON"
J)
NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN GOD [BUT] THE ONE AND ONLY GOD [BECOME FLESH
[CORROBORATION AND
FURTHER COMMENTARY]:
K)
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST BEING GOD LIMITED HIMSELF IN ORDER TO BECOME A MAN
SO THAT HIS HUMANITY IN ITS PERFECTION WOULD REFLECTO TO MANKIND IN A
FINITE WAY WHO GOD IS
1)
[Compare Phil 2:5-8]:
a)
"Who" = Jesus Christ
b)
"being" or "subsisting" = "huparchon" =
subsisting, existing
c)
"form" = "morphu" = essential being, internal and
external
d)
"robbery" = "harpagmon" = refers here to a treasure
which is to be held on to
e)
"but emptied Himself" = set aside the expression of
f)
"He humbled Himself by becoming obedient.." =
2)
[Compare Dan 7:9-10]:
3)
[Compare Jn 14:6-11]:
4)
[Compare 1 Jn 1:1-2]:
5)
[Compare Mt 17:1-13]:
a)
[Compare Dan 7:9-10]:
XVIII cont.) [Jn 1:14-18
cont.]:
[OBSERVATIONS OF THE
TEXT AT HAND]:
L)
NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN GOD [BUT] THE ONE AND ONLY GOD [BECOME FLESH = THE
WORD] IS AT THE FATHER'S SIDE
M)
THE WORD, WHO IS AT THE FATHER'S SIDE HAS MADE GOD KNOWN
