Introduction

Two ways of looking at verses 1-18

- time: from before creation to now (1:1-5), from John’s witness to now (1:6-13) and from Jesus’ birth to now (1:14-15)

- themes: Jesus Rejected & Received

Jesus

- The Word is eternal (1:1)

- The Word is a person (1:1)

- The Word is God (1:1)

- The Word is creator (1:3)

- The Word is the source of life and light

- The true light who came into the world

- The Word became flesh (1:14)

Rejected

Received

Conclusion