12.30.12

John 1:1-18

Jesus is the true representation of God

Pastor Kyle Borger

John 1:1-5 (NIV)

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the

Word was with God, and the Word was

God. 2 He was with God in the beginning.

3 Through him all things were made;

without him nothing was made that has

been made. 4 In him was life, and that life

was the light of all mankind. 5 The light

shines in the darkness, and the darkness

has not overcome it.

John 1:9-13 (NIV)

9 The true light that gives light to everyone was

coming into the world. 10 He was in the world,

and though the world was made through him,

the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to

that which was his own, but his own did not

receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him,

to those who believed in his name, he gave the

right to become children of God— 13 children

born not of natural descent, nor of human

decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

John 1:16-18 (NIV)

16 Out of his fullness we have all

received grace in place of grace already

given. 17 For the law was given through

Moses; grace and truth came through

Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen

God, but the one and only Son, who is

himself God and is in closest relationship

with the Father, has made him known.

Genesis 1:26-27 (NIV)

26 Then God said, “Let us make mankind

in our image, in our likeness, so that they

may rule over the fish in the sea and the

birds in the sky, over the livestock and all

the wild animals, and over all the

creatures that move along the ground.”

27 So God created mankind in his own

image, in the image of God he created

them; male and female he created them.

Romans 1:18-23 (NIV)

18 The wrath of God is being revealed

from heaven against all the godlessness

and wickedness of people, who suppress

the truth by their wickedness, 19 since

what may be known about God is plain to

them, because God has made it plain to

them.

Romans 1:18-23 (NIV)

20 For since the creation of the world

God’s invisible qualities—his eternal

power and divine nature—have been

clearly seen, being understood from what

has been made, so that people are

without excuse. 21 For although they

knew God, they neither glorified him as

God nor gave thanks to him, but their

thinking became futile and their foolish

hearts were darkened.

Romans 1:18-23 (NIV)

22 Although they claimed to be wise, they

became fools 23 and exchanged the glory

of the immortal God for images made to

look like a mortal human being and birds

and animals and reptiles.

Romans 1:28-32 (NIV)

28 Furthermore, just as they did not think

it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of

God, so God gave them over to a

depraved mind, so that they do what

ought not to be done. 29 They have

become filled with every kind of

wickedness, evil, greed and depravity.

They are full of envy, murder, strife,

deceit and malice. They are gossips

Romans 1:28-32 (NIV)

30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent,

arrogant and boastful; they invent ways

of doing evil; they disobey their parents;

31 they have no understanding, no

fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although

they know God’s righteous decree that

those who do such things deserve death,

they not only continue to do these very

things but also approve of those who

practice them.

Matthew 26:36-46 (NIV)

36 Then Jesus went with his disciples to

a place called Gethsemane, and he said

to them, “Sit here while I go over there

and pray.” 37 He took Peter and the two

sons of Zebedee along with him, and he

began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38

Then he said to them, “My soul is

overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of

death. Stay here and keep watch with

me.”

Matthew 26:36-46 (NIV)

39 Going a little farther, he fell with his

face to the ground and prayed, “My

Father, if it is possible, may this cup be

taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as

you will.” 40 Then he returned to his

disciples and found them sleeping.

“Couldn’t you men keep watch with me

for one hour?” he asked Peter.

Matthew 26:36-46 (NIV)

41 “Watch and pray so that you will not

fall into temptation. The spirit is willing,

but the flesh is weak.” 42 He went away a

second time and prayed, “My Father, if it

is not possible for this cup to be taken

away unless I drink it, may your will be

done.” 43 When he came back, he again

found them sleeping, because their eyes

were heavy.

Matthew 26:36-46 (NIV)

44 So he left them and went away once

more and prayed the third time, saying

the same thing. 45 Then he returned to

the disciples and said to them, “Are you

still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour

has come, and the Son of Man is

delivered into the hands of sinners. 46

Rise! Let us go! Here comes my

betrayer!”

Matthew 9:9-13 (NIV)

9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a

man named Matthew sitting at the tax

collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told

him, and Matthew got up and followed

him. 10 While Jesus was having dinner at

Matthew’s house, many tax collectors

and sinners came and ate with him and

his disciples..”

Matthew 9:9-13 (NIV)

11 When the Pharisees saw this, they

asked his disciples, “Why does your

teacher eat with tax collectors and

sinners?” 12 On hearing this, Jesus said,

“It is not the healthy who need a doctor,

but the sick. 13 But go and learn what

this means: ‘I desire mercy, not

sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the

righteous, but sinners.”

Luke 19:1-10 (NIV)

19 Jesus entered Jericho and was

passing through. 2 A man was there by

the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief

tax collector and was wealthy. 3 He

wanted to see who Jesus was, but

because he was short he could not see

over the crowd. 4 So he ran ahead and

climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him,

since Jesus was coming that way.

Luke 19:1-10 (NIV)

5 When Jesus reached the spot, he

looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus,

come down immediately. I must stay at

your house today.” 6 So he came down

at once and welcomed him gladly. 7 All

the people saw this and began to mutter,

“He has gone to be the guest of a

sinner.”

Luke 19:1-10 (NIV)

8 But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the

Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give

half of my possessions to the poor, and if

I have cheated anybody out of anything, I

will pay back four times the amount.” 9

Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has

come to this house, because this man,

too, is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son

of Man came to seek and to save the

lost.”