The Word Became Flesh: Why?
John speaks mysterious, startling words: "The Word Became Flesh"....this sermon asks "Why?"
1 Timothy 3:16a And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh…
1 John 4:2-3 By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.
John 20:27-29 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.” And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!” Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
Genesis 4:1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the LORD.”
Sermon Discussion Questions:
Why did John use the word "Flesh"?
Why did the Word Become Flesh?
How does the Bible's history of Adam's race and God's promises answer this question?
How does Jesus fulfill all we need in a Deliverer?
