{"id":2844,"date":"2017-02-26T15:46:45","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T19:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=2844"},"modified":"2017-04-24T11:12:55","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T15:12:55","slug":"wonderful-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=2844","title":{"rendered":"Wonderful Word"},"content":{"rendered":"

Message by Rev. Richard Jones<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Wonderful Word<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

John 1:1-18<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Eternal Word<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n

John 1:1-3 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 \u00a0In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 \u00a0He was in the beginning with God. 3 \u00a0All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.<\/p>\n

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Colossians 1:16-17 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

16 \u00a0For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities\u201d\u201dall things were created through him and for him. 17 \u00a0And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.<\/p>\n

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Hebrews 1:1-4 (ESV)<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/b> 1 \u00a0Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 \u00a0but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 \u00a0He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 \u00a0having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.<\/p>\n

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The Incarnate Word<\/u><\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n

John 1:4-5 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

4 \u00a0In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 \u00a0The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.<\/p>\n

John 1:14a (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

14 \u00a0And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,<\/p>\n

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The Forerunner of the Word<\/u><\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n

John 1:6-9 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

6 \u00a0There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 \u00a0He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 \u00a0He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. 9 \u00a0The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.<\/p>\n

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The Unrecognized Word<\/u><\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n

John 1:10-11 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

10 \u00a0He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 \u00a0He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.<\/p>\n

John 1:15 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

15 \u00a0(John bore witness about him, and cried out, \u201cThis was he of whom I said, \u201d\u02dcHe who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.\u201d\u2122\u201d)<\/p>\n

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The Omnipotent Word<\/u><\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n

John 1:12-13 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

12 \u00a0But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 \u00a0who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.<\/p>\n

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The Glorious Word<\/u><\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n

John 1:14-18 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n

14 \u00a0And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 \u00a0(John bore witness about him, and cried out, \u201cThis was he of whom I said, \u201d\u02dcHe who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.\u201d\u2122\u201d) 16 \u00a0For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 \u00a0For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 \u00a0No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father\u201d\u2122s side, he has made him known.<\/p>\n

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