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JESUS CHRIST - THE ETERNAL WORD

by Wm. Henry Cash, Jr. (1927 -2012)

                                                              

 

SERMON: THE ETERNAL WORD John 1.1 - 18

 

THE ETERNAL WORD

TEXT:  John 1.1 - 18

Introduction::   We have four Gospels
 protraying the life of Jesus Christ
 from four different points of view:  

Matthew, portrays Christ as the King; 

Mark portrays Christ as the Servant; 

Luke portrays Christ as the Son of Man, 

while John portrays Christ 

as the Son of God.  

ead of Jesus Christ

 is presented in clear view 

T.itus 2.13.   “Looking for that blessed hope,

 and the glorious appearing 

of the great God 

and Saviour Jesus Christ”

 We shall consider two things about the deity of Jesus Christ: 
 CHRIST IS THE ETERNAL WORD. V. 1 - 13
A.   He was IN THE BEGINNING and eternal.    The Lord Jesus Christ  had no beginning. He was with God.
Showing his separate person 

of the Godhead in relation 

to the other persons of the Godhead, 

He was in the beginning. 

 This indicates time

 preceding all things. 

  Micah 5.2  “But thou,  Bethlehem Ephratah, 

though thou be little among

 thousands of Judah, yet out of thee

 shall he come forth unto me 

that is to be  ruler in Israel:  

whose goings forth have been 

from everlasting.” 
       He was the WORD. v.  1, 14.  

This refers 

to the second person of  the Trinity - 

Revelation 1.8   “I am alpha and omega, 

the beginning and the ending, 

saith the LORD

 which is, and which was, and which is to come,

the Almighty.   the Word shows us this:  

   The Medium of manifestation:

He manifested – declared -

 Showed us the Invisible God. 

  The Means of communication: 

He communicated 

the Love of God to us. 

The Method of revelation: 

He revealed God to us by His Life.  

Jesus revealed the Knowledge

of the One True God.   

  John 17.3. “ And this is life eternal, 

that they might know thee 

the only true God 

and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.” 

John 14.9  “Jesus saith unto him, 

Have I been so long time with you, 

and yet hast thou not known me,  

Philip?  He that hath 

seen me hath seen the Father; 

and how sayest thou, then, 

Shew us the Father?”
       2 Cor. 4.6 For God, who  commanded 

the light to shine out of darkness, 

hath shined in our hearts, 

to give the light of the knowledge

 of the glory of God

 in the face of Jesus Christ.”
      Jesus Christ is the Creator of the Universe. 

v.3  Colossians 1. 16 –17.  “For by him

were all things created, that are in heaven , 

and that are are on earth, visible or Invisible, 

whether they be thrones or 

dominions, 

or principalities or powers: 

all things were created by him,

 and for himL and he is before all things, 

and by him  all things consist.”  

This passage in John 

brings out the absolute Deity 

of Jesus Christ. 

None but God can create.   
       Jesus is the Light to mankind, to all men.  v. 4 – 5.  

Jesus  is the Fountain of Life – the Life giver.  

He is the Light to all men.   

All are held accountable or held morally 

enlightened by Jesus Christ

Romans 2. 15.  For not the hearers of law

 are just before God, 

but the doers of the law 

shall be justified. 

By nature, all men are spiritual dead.

  Romans 3.23 For all have sinned, 

and come short of the glory of God. 

Eph. 2.1 – 3. And you hath 

he quickened who were dead

 in traspasses and sins: 

2. wherein in time past ye walked 

according to thecourse of the world, 

according to the prince of the 

power of the air, the spirit

 that now worketh 

in the children of disobedience: 

3. among whom also we all had 

our conversation in times past

 in the lusts of our flesh,

 fulfilling the desires of the flesh 

and of the mind; 

and were by nature 

the children of wrath.” 

The Law Demands

 Righteousness from men. v.14 – 17. 

Grace brings righteousness to men.  

The Law sentences a living man to death, 

but Grace brings Life to a dead man. 

Law brings the knowledge of Sin;   

Grace puts away the sin.  

Law brought God out to man,

 but Grace brings men to God. 

CHRIST revealed the FATHER. v.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.” 

Christ  declared  the Father.  

When a ship is being loaded, 

a crate must show “declaration”  

which mean the contents 

are manifested to those 

loading the boat.

 Christ manifested declared 

THE FATHER GOD

 is fully revealed in Jesus Christ.   

I John 1. 5 – 7  v.5. 

This then is the message 

which we have heard of him,

 that God is light, and in him 

s no darkness at all. 

V.6. If we say that we have fellowship with him, 

and walk in darkness, we lie, 

and do not the truth.

 But if we walk in the light, 

as he is in the light, 

we have fellowship 

one with another, 

and the blood of Jesus Christ

 His Son cleanseth us from all Sin.

In closing, 

 For those who have not received Him,  

do receive CHRIST as your Savior, 

 John 1.12   As many as received him, 

to them gave he power to become 

the sons of God, even to them

 that believe on his name.
 For those 

who have already received Christ,

 I ask you to place your life in His hands.  

He is able, He is willing.  

Philippians 4.13 I can do all things

 through Christ 

which strengtheneth me.                                
                                               

 John 14.6 

I AM THE WAY, 

THE TRUTH,

AND THE LIFE,

NO MAN COMETH UNTO

THE FATHER,

BUT 

BY 

ME.