01/02/2026 - Matthew Destry

John 1:1-14

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[a] it. There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognise him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John presses play on the beginning:  “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…”

Who is John?

Immediate resistance

Jesus is not the intern: “All things were made through him, and without him not anything was made that was made.”

Why the church fought for this

Light and humanity: “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”

1. a move from solution to sovereign
2. a move from advisor to Lord.
3. a move from gratitude to formation.

Have we reduced Jesus to a solution rather than surrendered to Him as sovereign?

Do we consult Him as an advisor, or follow Him as Lord?

Are we merely grateful for rescue, or being formed for a Kingdom?