Our opening set of short videos cover the things that we noticed as we took a deeper look at the opening to John's Gospel, what we like to refer as "John's overture".
John 1:1
(Genesis 1:1-2:2)John 1:1-5
The Word is light and life to us all
John 1:6-8
John the Baptist - a witness to the light
John 1:9-12
How we respond to Jesus
John 1:12-13
How Jesus responds to us
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and dwelt/pitched his tent among us
John 1:14 (Exodus 33:7-23, Exodus 36:8-38)
The tent where God dwells and make his presence known to people
John 1:14
The Word - full of grace and truth
John 1:15
John the Baptist gives witness testimony again
John 1:16-17
John tells us the Word is Jesus and reveals deeper truths about him
John 1:18
John closes his opening words with more to tell us about the Son of God
Summarising John's opening John 1:1-18
John's opening verses are like an overture to his gospel record
Summarising John's opening overture John 1:1-18
We had to dig even deeper to notice how Jesus can bring
order and structure out of emptiness or chaos
Summarising John's opening overture John 1:1-18
The key theme of light in John's overture, and the struggle with darkness
Summarising John's opening overture John 1:1-18 (linked to John's purpose: John 20:30-31)
Over(ture) to you - what do you notice as you hear John's opening section? John 1:1-18