Do we truly understand this, can we fully comprehend the meaning of these passages? The Word of God became man to set us free with His truth and to save us with His grace. No greater gift can be given than eternal life with Him to all who believe!
The Son of God who was from eternity became human, with limitations in time and space. This is the doctrine of the incarnation: God became human. All who trust Christ are born of God. In the Gospel of John, these “born ones” are called children of God, but Jesus Christ is the unique Son of God. He is the only Son who is fully God.
When God revealed Himself to Moses, He proclaimed Himself to be “abounding in goodness and truth” (see Ex. 34:6). As applied to Jesus Christ, this phrase marks Him as the author of perfect redemption and perfect revelation.
Grace is God’s favor expressed to sinful humankind apart from any human works or worth. God became visible to human eyes in the man Jesus. It is through seeing the Son that we see God. The One who is the Father’s only begotten Son and who knows God intimately came to earth and declared Him.
John 1:14-18
14 And the Word became 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.
15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ”
16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
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