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The
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—October 20, 2003
Theme: God in a Body
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1.
Top 5 Sermons on John
1: God in a Body
2. Top
5 Illustrations on John
1: God in a Body
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1.
Top 5 Sermons on John
1: God in a Body
What Did He Say?
by Paul Decker: John 1:1-2
In the comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes, Calvin is sitting at his desk in
school, taking a test. He is quite dismayed when he reads the first question:
Explain Newton’s First Law of Motion in your own words.
In the second frame, a big smile comes across his face as it is obvious
as he has an idea. In the third frame, he begins to write: “Yakka
foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink more
The Word Made Flesh
by Rodney Buchanan: John 1:1-14
There is an amazing piece of art done by a Korean artist named Elder Rhee
which is unique. It took him two years to complete the scroll. The artist
meticulously drew the picture by hand with a very fine tipped pen. It
is not a painting, but a picture created by writing thousands of words
with shaded letters. It is actually the entire New more
The Word Became Flesh
by Todd Hudnall: John 1:1-18
You’ve been listening to one of the biggest hit singles of the 1990’s.
It’s a song by Joan Osborne called “One of Us.” The song
earned 7 Grammy Award nominations. It’s a song of spiritual questioning
and about conceiving of God in a modern age. If you didn’t catch
it, the chorus says, “What if God was one of us? Just a slob like
one more
Jesus-the Word of God
by Chris Talton: John 1:1-14
[begin with one full minute of silence standing completely still] Silence.
How do you react to silence? Most of you were probably wondering what
in the world was going on. “Did Chris forget was he was going to
say? Has he had a stroke? Has he lost the voluntary control of his tongue?”
The reason that you had to wonder about what was more
The Deity of Jesus Christ
by Dennis Deese: John 1:1-12
Who Do You Think Jesus Is?
In a 1983 Gallup poll Americans were asked "who do you think Jesus
is."
70% of those interviewed said Jesus was not just another man.
42% stated Jesus was God among men.
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2.
Top 5 Illustrations on John
1: God in a Body
JUST THE RIGHT WORD
“Defining Jesus,” said Max Lucado, “would be a challenge
to the best of writers, but John handles the task with casual analogy.
The Messiah, in a word, was ‘the Word.’ Be He a fiery verb or
a tender adjective, He was, quite simply, a word.”
And I might add that He was “just the right Word!”
SOURCE: David Owen in "The Word." on www.sermoncentral.com.
INCARNATION
The mystery of the humanity of Christ, that He sunk Himself into our flesh,
is beyond all human understanding.
Martin Luther,
SOURCE: Table Talk
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THE GIFT OF HIMSELF
In his book The Life of God in the Soul of Man, Henry Scougal, the seventeenth-century
Scottish minister, said, “God hath long contended with a stubborn
world, and thrown down many a blessing upon them; and when all his other
gifts could not prevail, he at last made a gift of himself.”
Christian Theology in Plain Language, p. 86.
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ONE OF US?
One of 1995’s biggest singles was Joan Osborne’s “One of
Us.” The song earned 7 Grammy Award nominations, and made a virtually
unknown singer an overnight sensation. It’s a song of spiritual questioning
and about conceiving of God in a modern age.
These are some of the words of that song:
“If God had a name, what would it be, and would you call it to his
face, if you were faced with him in all His Glory, what would you ask
if You had just one question…
Chorus: What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us?
Just a stranger on a bus, trying to make his way home.
Those lyrics concerned some conservative Christians groups because of
their irreverent tone, and because the song’s popularity among young
people seemed to imply a complete absence of faith in the God of the Bible.
Now I’m not claiming that this song has any of the right answers.
But that question, “What if God was one us?” could very well
be the most important question ever asked this side of heaven.
SOURCE: Matthew Rogers in "God in a Body."
UNWRAPPING THE CHRISTMAS PRESENT
“To get ready for Christmas, God undressed. God stripped off his
finery and appeared – how embarrassing – naked on the day he
was born...
God could not be God-with-us if he wasn’t flesh...
As evangelicals we have focused on the saving death of Christ but thrown
out the Incarnation in our Christmas wrappings.
As we cover God with Christmas, we hide what is most distinctive about
Christianity. And this is the tragedy: What many don’t know about
Christianity is that God has chosen to identify with their pain, their
humanness, their flesh.
This is what we’ve lost as we’ve exchanged the Feast of the
Incarnation for Christmas."
SOURCE: Mary Ellen Ashcroft, “Gift Wrapping God,” Christianity
Today, 12-8-97, p. 32-33. From "God in a Body" by Matthew Rogers
on www.sermoncentral.com.
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