“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 (Read verses 1-18)

God did the most amazing thing: we, being totally dead in our sins and unable to please God or come to Him, God sent His only begotten Son (the eternal Word, true God with the Father and Holy Spirit, the Creator of all things visible and invisible) into His own creation as a man to redeem mankind and give us life!

God’s Son became flesh – a true man with flesh and bones and blood, like you and me – when He was conceived and born of the Virgin Mary through the miraculous working of God’s Spirit. “The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us….”

Yet Jesus was not only a man, for the Apostle John writes: “we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father….” John and the other disciples witnessed Jesus’ glory in His mighty miracles, in His glorious transfiguration, and in His resurrection and ascension. There is no cause to doubt – Jesus is the very Son of God come into this world a true man.

Jesus is “full of grace and truth.” In Jesus, we see the fullness of God’s grace toward us sinners. In Jesus and His atoning sacrifice on the cross, God’s undeserved love reached down and provided a way of salvation for lost mankind; and, in Jesus, God still reaches down to us lost and condemned sinners, offering us forgiveness of sins and life everlasting through faith in Jesus’ name.

In this sin-darkened world, God’s truth has been revealed through His Son, Jesus Christ. Jesus is the truth – only in Him is there forgiveness and life everlasting! He is “the way, the truth, and the life” and no one comes to the Father but through faith in Him (John 14:6; Cf. Acts 4:12).

O eternal God, our heavenly Father, we thank you for the gracious gift of Your only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, to be our Savior and the only true way to life everlasting. Amen.

[Scripture quoted from the King James Version of the Bible]