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15 They wander up and down for food,
And howl if they are not satisfied.
But I will sing of Your power; 1:12 as many as received Him…to those
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Yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy in
the morning; who believe in His name. The second phrase
For You have been my defense describes the first. To receive Him who is the
Word of God means to acknowledge His
And refuge in the day of my trouble.
17 To You, O my Strength, I will sing claims, place one’s faith in Him, and thereby
yield allegiance to Him. gave. The term
praises; emphasizes the grace of God involved in the
For God is my defense, gift of salvation (Eph.2:8–10).the right. Those
My God of mercy. who receive Jesus, the Word, receive full
Proverbs 16:1–2 authority to claim the exalted title of “God’s
children.”His name. Denotes the character of
16 The preparations of the heart the person himself.
belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from 1:14 the Word became flesh. While Christ as
the LORD. God was uncreated and eternal, the word
“became” emphasizes Christ’s taking on
2 All the ways of a man are pure in his
own eyes, humanity (see Heb.1:1–3;2:14–18).This reality
is surely the most profound ever because it
But the LORD weighs the spirits.
indicates that the Infinite became finite; the
John 1:1–28 Eternal was conformed to time; the Invisible
became visible;the supernatural One reduced
In the beginning was the Word, and the Himself to the natural.In the Incarnation,how-
1 Word was with God, and the Word was God. ever, the Word did not cease to be God but
He was in the beginning with God. All things became God in human flesh,i.e.,undiminished
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were made through Him, and without Him Deity in human form as a man (1 Tim. 3:16).
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nothing was made that was made. In Him was dwelt. Meaning “to pitch a tabernacle,”or “live
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life, and the life was the light of men. And the in a tent.”The term recalls the Old Testament
light shines in the darkness, and the darkness tabernacle where God met with Israel before
did not comprehend it. the temple was constructed (Ex. 25:8). It was
6 There was a man sent from God, whose called the “tabernacle of meeting” (Ex. 33:7)
name was John. This man came for a witness, where “the LORD spoke to Moses face to face,
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to bear witness of the Light, that all through as a man speaks to his friend”(Ex.33:11).In the
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him might believe. He was not that Light, but New Testament,God chose to dwell among His
people in a far more personal way through
was sent to bear witness of that Light. That becoming a man. In the Old Testament, when
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was the true Light which gives light to every the tabernacle was completed,God’s Shekinah
man coming into the world. presence filled the entire structure (Ex. 40:34;
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He was in the world, and the world was 1Kin. 8:10).When the Word became flesh, the
made through Him, and the world did not glorious presence of Deity was embodied in
know Him. He came to His own, and His own Him (Col. 2:9).
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did not receive Him. But as many as received
Him, to them He gave the right to become
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children of God, to those who believe in His through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God
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name: who were born, not of blood, nor of at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in
the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but the bosom of the Father, He has declared
of God. Him.
And the Word became flesh and dwelt
14 19 Now this is the testimony of John, when
among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusa-
as of the only begotten of the Father, full of lem to ask him, “Who are you?”
grace and truth. 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but con-
John bore witness of Him and cried out,
15 fessed, “I am not the Christ.”
saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who 21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you
comes after me is preferred before me, for He Elijah?”
was before me.’ ” He said, “I am not.”
16 And of His fullness we have all received, “Are you the Prophet?”
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and grace for grace. For the law was given And he answered, “No.”
through Moses, but grace and truth came 22 Then they said to him, “Who are you, that
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