Day 6

Scripture to Read: John 1:14–15

God led John to come back to Christ as being fully God and fully man. We read in John 1:14–15, “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John *testified about Him and cried out, saying, ‘This was He of whom I said,’ ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’” It’s so important to understand that Christ became a man. He humbled Himself, was made in the likeness of men (Philippians 2:7), and chose to live among the Jews. As God led John to write, John declared about himself, Peter, and James that they actually saw Christ’s glory (Luke 9:32, John 2:11, 2 Peter 1:16–21, 1 John 1:1). So, John wrote as an eyewitness of what he knew he had seen in Christ. John got to see the glory that Christ had (and still has) because it belongs only to Him as the One and only begotten Son of the Father. Christ is also full of grace and truth, for He is our grace and truth (Ephesians 2:8, John 14:6). Then, God had John share what John the Baptist said about Christ, that Christ was the One who would follow John the Baptist and that “He who comes after me has a higher rank than I and has priority over me, for He existed before me.” Christ is eternal, and there’s none above Him as God and King.

Challenge & Application

• Why is John’s testimony so strong as an eyewitness of Christ’s glory? • Why is it important to understand that Christ was fully God and fully human at the same time?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

John is one of the original 12 disciples of Christ. God led John to write the Book of John, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, and Revelation. John lovingly refers to himself in the Book of John as one of the disciples “whom Jesus loved” (John 13:23, John 19:26, John 20:2, John 21:7, John 21:20). So, John had a beautiful understanding of how much Christ...

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Day 2

Knowing Christ is God is essential to our faith. With all of the religions in the world claiming to be “a way” to God or “a way” to heaven or “a way” to escape eternal punishment, we know that Christ is “The Way” and that there is no other way. As God the Holy Spirit led John to write, we read in John 1:4–5, “In Him was life, and the life was...

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Day 3

God uses all of us, as Christians, to proclaim our Lord Jesus Christ to this lost world and each other as we walk with Him each day. God used John the Baptist to proclaim that Jesus is the Christ, the One prophesied about throughout the Old Testament. God had John write in John 1:6–8, “There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He...

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Day 4

Christ came to this world to set every captive free from our bondage to sin and its power. As we saw yesterday, God called John the Baptist to proclaim Christ’s arrival, knowing Christ came to fulfill the Father’s perfect will. We find this prophecy about our Lord Jesus Christ in Isaiah 61:1, “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because th...

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Day 5

When Christ first came to this world, He came to His chosen people, the nation of Israel. The Israelites, especially the religious leaders, knew the prophecies in the Old Testament about their coming Messiah. There are around 360-plus prophecies about the coming Messiah in the Old Testament. So, when Christ came to this world, He came just as...

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Day 6

God led John to come back to Christ as being fully God and fully man. We read in John 1:14–15, “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. 15 John *testified about Him and cried out, saying, ‘This was He of whom I said,’ ‘He who comes after me ha...

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Day 7

Christ came to give His life so that everyone made in His image could have life eternal through Him. Real life is not possible apart from Christ. Even when we consider the reason that we were created, we have no real purpose apart from Christ because everything this world offers us is fleeting/temporary/short-lived and only leaves us empty an...

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