The Light, The Word, The Holy Trinity

This brings us to John 1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared.

Jesus came to reveal God to man. Up until the time of Christ, God was feared greatly. HE was a great and powerful God, yet you often hear of “the Old Testament” God, and the New Testament God. When you talk about the O.T. God most will bring to mind very strict laws, harsh judgment, a God that sometimes seems quick to anger. This is another reason the Christ came to earth, to show us the fullness of God, the side of God that is loving, forgiving, patient, and kind. Jesus came to show us all of God; he did this by being the proclaiming word, proclaiming light, and life.


John 1: 4-9 tells us: 4In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
6There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. 8He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.

Jesus is the light of the world. He came into a world of spiritual darkness. He pierced that darkness with the light of his word. The light that Christ brought was a light for all men. A light that would give every man, woman, and child everlasting life! It is a light that will lead us home, no matter how dark our lives have become. That light is a light for all. The light is given to us from Christ himself. By Christ coming into the world, we became brothers to him, and children of God. We are given a choice, a choice every one of us is free to make on our own. As it reads in John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. So each of us can choose a life that ends in death, or a life that never ends.

Jesus proclaimed that life while he was among us John 1: 10-13 10He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.


Jesus came to his people, the people of God, and the people who he had raised up to a mighty nation. HE came to give them the promise, the New Covenant, the Covenant that would forgive sins and give life eternally. Jesus came to the world…. a world he created, yet his own people, the very ones that were waiting for him, they did not recognize him. We know that Christ came not for the righteous, but for the sinners. And verse 12 –13 in John 1 let us all know that even though his chosen people did not receive him, all who did believe, all who would call on him to light up the darkness, no matter their natural birth, they will be granted the gift of becoming a child of God.

If you find yourself wondering are we somehow second best? Since the Jews rejected Jesus are we just the leftovers? We only need to read verse 13 to see 13children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. Our birthplace, our nationality, the color of our skin, none of that matters to God. We are children born of God, not a natural birth, but a supernatural birth! We are born by the design of God. Our parents might have prayed for us, but it was the will of God that created us. This is the message that Christ came to spread. HE came for the sinners. He came to show us the way home.

As we approach Christmas day, and celebrate the birth of Christ, let us all give pause and remember, that while yes, he was born by natural birth. Christ has existed well before that birth. HE was there in the beginning, he is here with us now, and we will all meet up with him in the future. HE came to the world to give us light in a dark world. A world that even today has much darkness in it. Let us remember that 1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Christ is the light, the word, and together with God and the Holy Spirit. Make up the Holy Trinity. Three in one, then now, and forever.


Peace, and Merry Christmas,

Rev. Thetford