The Devotional – Excerpts from the Gospel of John (1)

The Devotional – Excerpts from the Gospel of John

Comment: What stirs up the mind of someone more than the thought of hearing good news. A good report card from a child and even a good report from the doctor. The nature of a good news event, whether a child or an elderly person will always bring that gleam in the eye, a smile on one’s face and a sense of excitement in the heart. Of course, the “good news” I am seeking to share is not heard in our nation these days. The true Evangelist it seems are a men of the past, the spiritual gift of evangelism does not seem to be a ministry that men pursue and if they do they often are referred to as “television evangelists”. In this venue the listener or watcher must be careful since there are many gospels afloat in this sea of confusion, thus on television we need careful guidance; there is only one message of TRUTH.

Devotional: Allegorizing scripture is a spiritually dangerous way to interpret the Living Word of God so we must be careful, yet there are events in scripture where symbols (Galatians 4:23-24) are used, so if I may take a moment and explain where I am going with this thought this morning you might understand a direction that I see in John’s gospel. Therefore, John as directed by God the Holy Spirit has chosen seven miracles to spark one’s mind that Jesus Christ is God in human flesh. Jesus Christ is the Apostle and High Priest of our confession of faith, so as a consideration check out Hebrews 3:1.

In John 1:32 we obtain our first view of Jesus as the apostle sees Jesus coming to him for the first time. “And John (The Baptist) bore witness, saying “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him.” The Spirit of God is described in Isaiah 11:2 as having seven Spiritual attributes of God’s Deity; the Spirit of God is God Himself; In wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge and the fear of the LORD. Jesus Christ/Messiah is the only Human Person in history who utilized the sevenfold ministry of God.

In the seven miracles recorded in John’s gospel we will see the Spirit of God working through God in human flesh. I am excited to look into this and I hope you are excited as well. The eternal Word of the Living God is recorded and kept safe. Throughout time God has protected His Word and God will continue His watch care over His Word even though the darkness of the world cannot, or will not comprehend it. John 1:1-18 reveals to those who seek to know the Truth that the WORD is Jesus Christ in human flesh.

I think that it is worthy of thought that the Word of God began with LIGHT, thus the Word of God will never experience darkness, Genesis 1:3. Therefore John’s gospel is the WITNESS of the True Light of the world who is JESUS, all who reject this truth live in DARKNESS and all who receive this TRUTH walk in Jesus the LIGHT. The Truth of God is not complicated as some would like us to think.