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John 1:1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God.” Explain God. It’s too
big. It’s bigger than “galaxy”. It’s bigger than the universe.
So, we come to the Lord and say, “The Word is God. Help us.
That’s too big.” So God says, “I’ll help you.” John 1:14, “And
the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His
glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace
and truth.” The Word became flesh. He says, “Now you have
extra help. Now you have Jesus on earth. If you want to know
the Word, the Word became flesh; look at Jesus.” So, we look
in the gospels and we see His love, His mercy and His
compassion. We see His justice and His holiness and His
goodness.
The Bible says that the Word “tabernacled” among us.
You know the Old Testament tabernacle. It was a tent made
out of skin that God wanted to fill with His glory. You are a
tent made out of skin that God wants to fill with His glory. We
said, “Lord, I want to know You but the word “God” is too big.”
In His love He said, “Alright, the Word became flesh and lived
among us.”
So, we begin to study the life of Jesus. Thirty three and
a half years He lived on earth. We study His miracles and study
His teachings and we study His discourses with different people
and when we are all done in our hearts we say, “I still don’t
know you. God, You’ve got to help me. You need to bring it
down. I need more words. The word ‘God’ is too big; ‘the
Word became flesh’ is too much.”
He says, “You want words? I’ll give you words. I’ll
give you 1,189 chapters. Is that enough words? I’ll give you
81,173 verses. Is that enough words? I’ll give you 3,000,000
letters. Is that enough?” I say, “Thank You, Lord. Now I have
the Bible.” I begin to study the history of the Bible and I study
the prophecies and I study the poetry and I study the gospels
and I study all of the redemptive history and I study the titles
and names of God and I say, “Thank You, Lord. You gave me
the word but it’s too much. ‘The Word became flesh.’ That
helps but it’s too much. Now I have a whole Bible. Thank You
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