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The Life-Light

1The Word was first, the Word present to God, God present to the Word. The Word was God,G1722G746G2258G3056G2532G3056G2258G4314G2316G2532G3056G2258G2316 2in readiness for God from day one.G3778G2258G1722G746G4314G2316 3Everything was created through him; nothing—not one thing!— came into being without him.G3956G1096G1223G846G2532G5565G846G1096G3761G1520G1096G3739G1096 4What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by.G1722G846G2258G2222G2532G2222G2258G5457G444 5The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn't put it out.G2532G5457G5316G1722G4653G2532G4653G2638G846G3756 6There once was a man, his name John, sent by GodG1096G444G649G3844G2316G846G3686G2491 7to point out the way to the Life-Light. He came to show everyone where to look, who to believe in.G3778G2064G1519G3141G2443G3140G4012G5457G2443G3956G1223G846G4100 8John was not himself the Light; he was there to show the way to the Light.G2258G3756G1565G5457G235G2443G3140G4012G5457 9The Life-Light was the real thing: Every person entering Life he brings into Light.G2258G228G5457G3739G5461G3956G444G2064G1519G2889 10He was in the world, the world was there through him, and yet the world didn't even notice.G2258G1722G2889G2532G2889G1096G1223G846G2532G2889G1097G846G3756 11He came to his own people, but they didn't want him.G2064G1519G2398G2532G2398G3880G846G3756 12But whoever did want him, who believed he was who he claimed and would do what he said, He made to be their true selves, their child-of-God selves.G1161G3745G2983G846G846G1325G1849G1096G5043G2316G4100G1519G846G3686 13These are the God-begotten, not blood-begotten, not flesh-begotten, not sex-begotten.G3739G1080G3756G1537G129G3761G1537G2307G4561G3761G1537G2307G435G235G1537G2316 14The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.G2532G3056G1096G4561G2532G4637G1722G2254G2532G2300G846G1391G1391G5613G3439G3844G3962G4134G5485G2532G225 15John pointed him out and called, "This is the One! The One I told you was coming after me but in fact was ahead of me. He has always been ahead of me, has always had the first word."G2491G3140G4012G846G2532G2896G3004G3778G2258G3739G2036G2064G3694G3450G1096G1715G3450G3754G2258G4413G3450 16We all live off his generous bounty, gift after gift after gift.G2532G1537G846G4138G2983G3956G2249G2983G2532G5485G473G5485 17We got the basics from Moses, and then this exuberant giving and receiving, This endless knowing and understanding— all this came through Jesus, the Messiah.G3754G3551G1325G1223G3475G5485G2532G225G1096G1223G2424G5547 18No one has ever seen God, not so much as a glimpse. This one-of-a-kind God-Expression, who exists at the very heart of the Father, has made him plain as day.G3762G3708G2316G4455G3439G5207G3588G5607G1519G2859G3962G1565G1834

Thunder in the Desert

19When Jews from Jerusalem sent a group of priests and officials to ask John who he was, he was completely honest.G2532G3778G2076G3141G2491G3753G2453G649G2409G2532G3019G1537G2414G2443G2065G846G5101G1488G4771 20He didn't evade the question. He told the plain truth: "I am not the Messiah."G2532G3670G2532G720G3756G2532G3670G3754G1473G1510G3756G5547 21They pressed him, "Who, then? Elijah?" "I am not." "The Prophet?" "No."G2532G2065G846G5101G3767G1488G4771G2243G2532G3004G1510G3756G1488G4771G4396G2532G611G3756 22Exasperated, they said, "Who, then? We need an answer for those who sent us. Tell us something—anything!—about yourself."G3767G2036G846G5101G1488G2443G1325G612G3992G2248G5101G3004G4012G4572 23"I'm thunder in the desert: 'Make the road straight for God!' I'm doing what the prophet Isaiah preached."G5346G1473G5456G994G1722G2048G2116G3598G2962G2531G2036G4396G2268 24Those sent to question him were from the Pharisee party.G2532G3588G649G2258G1537G5330 25Now they had a question of their own: "If you're neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet, why do you baptize?"G2532G2065G846G2532G2036G846G5101G907G3767G1487G4771G1488G3756G5547G3777G2243G3777G4396 26John answered, "I only baptize using water. A person you don't recognize has taken his stand in your midst.G2491G611G846G3004G1473G907G1722G5204G1161G2476G3319G5216G3739G5210G1492G3756 27He comes after me, but he is not in second place to me. I'm not even worthy to hold his coat for him."G846G2076G3739G2064G3694G3450G1096G1715G3450G3739G846G5266G2438G1473G1510G3756G514G2443G3089 28These conversations took place in Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing at the time.G5023G1096G1722G962G4008G2446G3699G2491G2258G907

The God-Revealer

29The very next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and yelled out,G1887G2491G991G2424G2064G4314G846G2532G3004G2396G286G2316G3588G142G266G2889 30"Here he is, God's Passover Lamb! He forgives the sins of the world! This is the man I've been talking about, 'the One who comes after me but is really ahead of me.'G3778G2076G4012G3739G1473G2036G3694G3450G2064G435G3739G1096G1715G3450G3754G2258G4413G3450 31I knew nothing about who he was—only this: that my task has been to get Israel ready to recognize him as the God-Revealer. That is why I came here baptizing with water, giving you a good bath and scrubbing sins from your life so you can get a fresh start with God."G2504G1492G846G3756G235G2443G5319G2474G1223G5124G2064G1473G2064G907G1722G5204 32John clinched his witness with this: "I watched the Spirit, like a dove flying down out of the sky, making himself at home in him.G2532G2491G3140G3004G3754G2300G4151G2597G1537G3772G5616G4058G2532G3306G1909G846 33I repeat, I know nothing about him except this: The One who authorized me to baptize with water told me, 'The One on whom you see the Spirit come down and stay, this One will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'G2504G1492G846G3756G235G3992G3165G907G1722G5204G1565G2036G3427G1909G3739G302G1492G4151G2597G2532G3306G1909G846G3778G2076G907G1722G40G4151 34That's exactly what I saw happen, and I'm telling you, there's no question about it: This is the Son of God."G2504G3708G2532G3140G3754G3778G2076G5207G2316

Come, See for Yourself

35The next day John was back at his post with two disciples, who were watching.G3825G1887G2491G2476G2532G1417G1537G846G3101 36He looked up, saw Jesus walking nearby, and said, "Here he is, God's Passover Lamb."G2532G1689G2424G4043G3004G2396G286G2316 37The two disciples heard him and went after Jesus.G2532G1417G3101G191G846G2980G2532G190G2424 38Jesus looked over his shoulder and said to them, "What are you after?" They said, "Rabbi" (which means "Teacher"), "where are you staying?"G1161G2424G4762G2532G2300G846G190G3004G846G5101G2212G1161G2036G846G4461G3739G3004G2059G1320G4226G3306 39He replied, "Come along and see for yourself." They came, saw where he was living, and ended up staying with him for the day. It was late afternoon when this happened.G3004G846G2064G2532G1492G2064G2532G1492G4226G3306G2532G3306G3844G846G1565G2250G1161G2258G5613G1182G5610 40Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John's witness and followed Jesus.G1520G1537G1417G3588G191G3844G2491G2532G190G846G2258G406G4613G4074G80 41The first thing he did after finding where Jesus lived was find his own brother, Simon, telling him, "We've found the Messiah" (that is, "Christ").G3778G4413G2147G2398G80G4613G2532G3004G846G2147G3323G3739G2076G3177G5547 42He immediately led him to Jesus. Jesus took one look up and said, "You're John's son, Simon? From now on your name is Cephas" (or Peter, which means "Rock").G2532G71G846G4314G2424G1161G2424G1689G846G2036G4771G1488G4613G5207G2495G4771G2564G2786G3739G2059G4074 43The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. When he got there, he ran across Philip and said, "Come, follow me."G1887G2424G2309G1831G1519G1056G2532G2147G5376G2532G3004G846G190G3427 44(Philip's hometown was Bethsaida, the same as Andrew and Peter.)G1161G5376G2258G575G966G4172G1537G406G2532G4074 45Philip went and found Nathanael and told him, "We've found the One Moses wrote of in the Law, the One preached by the prophets. It's Jesus, Joseph's son, the one from Nazareth!"G5376G2147G3482G2532G3004G846G2147G3739G3475G1722G3551G2532G4396G1125G2424G575G3478G5207G2501 46Nathanael said, "Nazareth? You've got to be kidding." But Philip said, "Come, see for yourself."G2532G3482G2036G846G1410G5100G18G1511G1537G3478G5376G3004G846G2064G2532G1492 47When Jesus saw him coming he said, "There's a real Israelite, not a false bone in his body."G2424G1492G3482G2064G4314G846G2532G3004G4012G846G2396G2475G230G1722G3739G2076G3756G1388 48Nathanael said, "Where did you get that idea? You don't know me." Jesus answered, "One day, long before Philip called you here, I saw you under the fig tree."G3482G3004G846G4159G1097G3165G2424G611G2532G2036G846G4253G5376G5455G4571G5607G5259G4808G1492G4571 49Nathanael exclaimed, "Rabbi! You are the Son of God, the King of Israel!"G3482G611G2532G3004G846G4461G4771G1488G5207G2316G4771G1488G935G2474 50Jesus said, "You've become a believer simply because I say I saw you one day sitting under the fig tree? You haven't seen anything yet!G2424G611G2532G2036G846G3754G2036G4671G1492G4571G5270G4808G4100G3700G3187G5130 51Before this is over you're going to see heaven open and God's angels descending to the Son of Man and ascending again."G2532G3004G846G281G281G3004G5213G737G575G3700G3772G455G2532G32G2316G305G2532G2597G1909G5207G444


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