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Gospel of John

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John 1.
The Gospel of John is the 4th book of the New Testament. It
is written by the apostle John, who was likely Jesus' closest
friend. This is John's biography of Jesus, where John reports
everything he saw, heard from Jesus, and knew about Jesus, as
he followed Jesus for three years, as one of Jesus' chosen
apostles.

Most of John's gospel is straightforward reporting. However

the first paragraph can be a little confusing. John starts with
important truths about Jesus, but does not yet reveal who he is
talking about.

John writes, "In the beginning, the Word was with God and the
Word was God."

Later, John lets us know the Word is Jesus. "...the Word

became human and made his home among us...the Father's one
and only Son."

Today we're going to look at John 1:1-5. (John, chapter 1, verses

1-5)

Q - When did Jesus begin to exist? (see below)

A-

1 In the beginning the Word already existed.

The Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
2 He existed in the beginning with God.

It says that the Word was *with* God, yet also *was* God.

Q - In verse 2 (see above), was Jesus ever not with God?

A-

Jesus did not come into existence as a baby in the

manger, Christmas morning. Jesus, as God, has always existed.
In fact, he was involved in the creation of the universe.

Q - How was Jesus involved in the creation of the universe?

(see below)
A-

3 God created everything through him,

and nothing was created except through him.
4 The Word gave life to everything that was created,
and his life brought light to everyone.

A candle is stronger than any darkness. It says that his

life brought light to everyone.

Q - When you hit dark times in your life, how does verse 4 and the
following verse, give you hope?
A-

5 The light shines in the darkness,

and the darkness can never extinguish it.

Write a summary here of what you learned from these 5 verses:

A-

That's a lot!! I'm amazed at all that God reveals to us in such a few
sentences. He's so kind to disclose so much to us.

"Thank you, Jesus, that you want us to know you."