DRAW NEAR: WEEK 2 - WEDNESDAY

// WEDNESDAY //

Read – John 1:14-18, Psalm 19:4-6

SOAP – John 1:14

"So the Word became human[a] and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness.[b] And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son."

In the NLT, John 1:14 says, "So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son."

Jesus the Word became human, and came to earth to dwell with His creation, to once again "walk with us". He was God, yet came as a human so we could relate to Him, & He could relate to us. He however did not have fleshly nature nor did He sin, He still had the nature of God, so people could see the glory of God the Father through His Son.

Jesus was a real human. He "knew no sin" (2 Cor 5:21) & even though He was human like 'us', He faced temptations, yet He did not sin! He was the Word, & He knew the Word of His Father and the Holy Scriptures. He remembered what His Father said, & we need to remember what the Word and the word says too! We can focus on temptation or on 'grace and truth/unfailing love & faithfulness' of God.

In John 1:14 AMP it says in the last part, "...[the Son who is truly unique, the only One of His kind, who is] full of grace and truth (absolutely free of deception)."

Read it again... wow! One of a Kind and absolutely free of deception.

My other verse that came to me was 2 Cor 5:21 and I love the words in the TPT "For God made the only one who did not know sin to become sin for us, so that we who did not know righteousness might become the righteousness of God through our union with him."

Jesus - knew no sin and was righteous

Us - didn't know true righteousness and were full of sin

He became the Word in flesh, & made the greatest exchange in history ever with us... and future generations.

He "knew no sin'... he knew what sin was as God is Omniscient, but he didn't look on it. Adam & Eve opened the door to sin in the garden... before they ate from.the tree, they would have walked in righteousness with God.

As in yesterday's notes, We exchanged the Truth of God for a lie... but today we add... BUT GOD!!!

Jesus exchanged Righteousness and closeness to the Father for ALL our sins (even ones not yet committed)! WOW!! Our God is so good!

We need to walk in grace, truth, righteousness, life and unfailing love, etc... we should NOT walk in sin, despair/loneliness, deception, lies or death, etc! Jesus came as the Father with skin on... and He challenged His disciples and US to be Jesus with skin on!

I just love those two words BUT GOD!!

BE BLESSED TO BE A BLESSING!