Introduction

Context [John 20:31]

Sermon in a sentence: God the Son came to earth to bring grace to the guilty.

1. God the Son Came to Bring You Out of Darkness [John 1:1-8]

     a. His Divine Person [John 1:1-4, cf. Gen. 1:1; Jhn. 1:14, 17:5; Gen. 1:6, 9, 11]
     b. His Power Over Darkness [John 1:5, cf. Gen. 1:2-3; John 8:12, 12:46]
     c. His Preparatory Witness [John 1:6-8, cf. Isa. 40:3; Mal. 3:1]

2. God the Son Came to Bring You into God’s Family [John 1:9-13]

     a. His Arrival [John 1:9-10, cf. Jhn. 1:29, 16:8, 6:33, 7:7, 9:39, 12:29, 12:46, 10:14, 3:19]
     b. His Rejection [John 1:11, cf. Deut. 7:6]
     c. His Reception [John 1:12-13, cf. Gal. 4:4-5]

3. God the Son Came to Bring You Grace [John 1:14-18]

     a. His Glory [John 1:14-15, cf. Luke 1:27, 31, 34, 35, 42; Mk. 9:2-8]
     b. His Grace [John 1:16-18, cf. Ex. 33:20, Jhn. 14:9]

Conclusion [1 John 3:2]