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Tuesday... So, this is where it starts.


Tuesday... So, this is where it starts.

The beginning of all of this is so important. It is so important for us to believe that God created everything. If that belief is done away with then it can be said that man created God. That he is a figment of our imagination so that is why it is so important to believe that God created us. We came from him.


So the Apostle John starts his book by connecting Jesus with the beginning of it all. He was not just a human. Now John 1:1-3 (NLT) says, "In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He existed in the beginning with God. God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him." Now when John says Word he is talking about Jesus. Jesus was not just a man, a human, he was God and is God. And John's purpose in writing his gospel, his revealing story of Jesus was to prove he was God and not just a man.

But the Devil wants to annihilate this truth, this fact. And he has done a very good job at it.

Let me ask you, do you believe that God created the heavens and the earth? If you have some doubts then the devil has done a good job. And that is why this opening introduction of John is so important.

Now verses 10-11 says, "He came into the very world he created, but the world didn't recognize him. He came to his own people, and even they rejected him." Now this is so important for us to see. Verse 12 says, "But to all who believe him and accept him. he gave the right to become children of God."

Verses 12-13 in the Amplified Bible says it this way, "But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the right [the authority, the privilege] to become children of God, that is to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name - who were born, not of blood [natural conception], nor of the will of the flesh [physical impulse], nor of the will of man [that of a natural father] but of God [that is, a divine and supernatural birth - they are born of God - spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified]." We can say that if we receive, welcome Him and believe in His name we will be born again.

And then verse 14 (NLT), "So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father's one and only Son." Now that is who Jesus is. And John writes his book to reinforce, to prove this fact. 

And again, if we receive Him, welcome Him and believe in His name we will be born again, we will become children of God. And this is where it all starts. And this can and will make all the difference in our lives, in our world. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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