God’s seeming silence in suffering can drive us to despair—even to the belief that life is not worth living.
But Scripture insists: God is not mute, but He has spoken and not kept silent.
And His final, definitive Word is Jesus Christ.
If Jesus is not God in the flesh, God remains distant, hidden, and silent. But if Jesus is God incarnate, then God has entered our world and spoken with clarity and power.
I. God Has Spoken — The Word Is Jesus Christ (John 1:1–5)
John calls Jesus the Word (Logos) because He is God’s self-expression—God made known.
A. Who the Word Is
• Eternal — He had no beginning (vv. 1–2)
• Divine — Fully God, yet distinct in person
• Creator — All things were made through Him (vv. 3–5)
• Incarnate — God truly took on human flesh
Just as God created by speaking in Genesis—“Let there be…”. In the same way, Jesus is God in creative action. He reveals God’s mind, will, and heart.
B. What the Word Does
• Gives life — “In Him was life”
• Shines light — “The life was the light of men”
Jesus is not merely a messenger from God.
His words and deeds are the words and deeds of God Himself.
II. How the World Responds to the Word (John 1:9–13)
There are only two responses:
A. Rejection (vv. 9–11)
The Light came into the world—but the world did not receive Him.
B. Reception (vv. 12–13)
Those who believe receive a staggering gift:
They become children of God.
Faith is not mere admiration—it is receiving Christ.
III. What Happens When We Receive the Word by Faith (John 1:14–18)
John now speaks corporately: “We have seen… we have received…”
A. We Behold His Glory
“And the Word became flesh… and we beheld His glory.”
This passage is not meant merely to inform us, but to awaken awe.
Like Moses, we pray: “Lord, show me Your glory.”
B. We Receive His Grace
“From His fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.”
Grace is not rationed.
It comes like waves from an infinite ocean—fresh grace, again and again.
C. We Know God
Because of our sin and finiteness, we cannot know God apart from Christ.
Jesus alone—fully God and fully man—makes the Father known.
Conclusion: The Implications of the Incarnation
1. Salvation
Only God could save us.
Only man should represent us.
Therefore, the God-man must redeem us.
In Christ, God does for us what we could never do for ourselves.
2. Affirmation
The incarnation declares the worth of human life.
The Word became flesh.
Our humanity was not beneath God.
Our bodies matter. Our lives matter.
Christ dignified human existence by entering it.
3. Identification
Does God care?
“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”
Jesus entered our weakness, sorrow, temptation, and suffering.
He is almighty as God—and deeply sympathetic as man.
4. Service
The incarnation calls us to humility.
Jesus made Himself nothing.
The church is not wrecked by theology—but by ego.
Christ calls us to deny ourselves and follow Him.
5. Adoration
Why does all this exist?
“We beheld His glory.”
The incarnation should drive us to worship.
Man’s chief end is not self-expression—but beholding the glory of Christ.
“’Tis the Lord! O wondrous story!
’Tis the Lord, the King of glory!”
Crown Him. Crown Him. Lord of all.
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