Luke1 and John 1:1-14 In So Many Words

1. In So Many Words
Luke 1 and John 1:1-14

2. Joy
• Luke 1:14 He (John the Baptist) will be a joy.
• Luke 1:44 The baby (John the Baptist) in my womb
leaped for joy. Elizabeth was happy to see Mary.
• Luke 1:47 “and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,”
Mary was honored to share in God’s work.
• Luke 1:58 they (Elizabeth’s neighbors and relatives)
shared her joy. They heard that the Lord showed her
great mercy by bearing a child, John the Baptist.

3. Life
• John 1:4 In him was life.
• Life is not simply the period between birth and
death.
• It means our spirits become alive.
• Life is the opposite of death.

4. Light
• John 1:4 and that life was the light of all mankind. John writes
about the spiritual light. The life, Jesus, is the light of man.
• John 1:5 “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not
overcome it.” Darkness is everything evil. The darkness has never
understood the light.
• John 1:7 He (John the Baptist) came as a witness to testify
concerning that light.
• John 1:8 He (John the Baptist) was not the light. Jesus is the Light.
• John 1:9 “The true light that gives light to everyone was coming
into the world.”

5. Witness
• John 1:7, 8 “He came as a witness to testify
concerning that light, so that through him all might
believe. He himself was not the light; he came
only as a witness to the light.”
• to bear witness= to declare

6. Believe
• John 1:7 so that through him all might believe.
• Through John the Baptist we might believe.
• Believe= to trust.