From: "Phil Rembleski" <PHIl@rescuechurchofchrist.org>

To: "1111RESCUEMEMBERS"

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Sent: Wed, Sep 18, 2024 at 5:43 AM

Subject: 9-18-24 THOUGHTS

9-18-24   THOUGHTS

We consider this morning one of the most powerful sections of words in the Bible.  I am awed by the magnitude of what is said here.  From the beginning, WORD and LIGHT and LIFE are our ESSENCE which comes to us as a MAN... THE SON OF GOD COMES DOWN TO US!
Some receive Him, some don’t!  The RECEIVERS GAIN THE RIGHT TO BECOME CHILDREN OF GOD!  It’s likened to a birthing process.  We are BORN!   “WE SAW (SEE)
HIS GLORY,  AS OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN OF THE FATHER, FULL OF GRACE AND TRUTH.”   May we say amen, and rejoice in our salvation!

John 1:1-14   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  2  He was in the beginning with God.  3  All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4  In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.  5  The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.  6  There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7  He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him. 8  He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. 9  There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. 10  He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11  He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. 12  But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, 13  who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. 14  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.

My Prayer:
O Father God, thank You for our participation in these words.  Thank You for all the implications that pour forth from these words.  Eternity begins its definition here.  We take on our definition as born-again children in Your word, and in the Christ.  Help us each day to return to this place in our hearts and minds.  May we live in the shadow of the Cross.  Help us to draw near to You, we know that You will draw near to us.  We ask for a closer walk with You.
In the name of Jesus our Savior,      Amen.