http://www.wikichristian.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Template:DOD_protected/November_2&feed=atom&action=history Template:DOD protected/November 2 - Revision history 2024-03-28T20:58:03Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.32.1 http://www.wikichristian.org/wiki/en/index.php?title=Template:DOD_protected/November_2&diff=1113020&oldid=prev Prab: Created page with "{{DOD-November}} Matthew's Gospel presents Christ as King of the Jews. Mark presents Him as the Servant, and was written especially to the Romans. Luke's Gospel w..." 2015-09-26T17:17:17Z <p>Created page with &quot;{{DOD-November}} <a href="/wiki/en/Matthew" title="Matthew">Matthew</a>&#039;s Gospel presents Christ as King of the <a href="/wiki/en/Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Jews">Jews</a>. Mark presents Him as the Servant, and was written especially to the <a href="/wiki/en/Romans" class="mw-redirect" title="Romans">Romans</a>. Luke&#039;s Gospel w...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{DOD-November}}<br /> <br /> [[Matthew]]'s Gospel presents Christ as King of the [[Jews]]. Mark presents Him as the Servant, and was written especially to the [[Romans]]. Luke's Gospel was written to the Greeks, and presents Christ as the Son of man. [[John]]'s writings present Christ as the Son of [[God]], and [[John]] is writing for the entire world.<br /> <br /> The first three Gospels deal primarily with events in Christ's life, but [[John]] deals with the meaning of those events. We will be noting this from time to time throughout our study in [[John]]'s Gospel.<br /> <br /> We see in today's reading that [[Jesus]] is [[God]]'s Son. Chapter 1:1,3,14 tells us that [[Jesus]] is the [[Word]] of [[God]] made flesh. The [[Bible]] is the written [[Word]] of [[God]]; [[Jesus]] is the living incarnate [[Word]] of [[God]]. Verses 4-13 tell us that [[Jesus]] is the Light. In these same verses we read that there are but two classes of people in the world today--believers and unbelievers. Those who have received Christ as their own personal Saviour are believers and sons of [[God]]; those who have not received Him are unbelievers and not a part of [[God]]'s family.<br /> <br /> In [[Romans]] 3:23 we read, &quot;For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of [[God]].&quot; What is the &quot;glory of [[God]]?&quot; [[John]] 1:14 says, &quot;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.&quot; &quot;The glory of [[God]]&quot; is [[Jesus]] Christ, [[God]]'s Son.<br /> <br /> Verse 29 tells us that [[John]] recognized [[Jesus]] as &quot;the Lamb of [[God]], which taketh away the [[sin]] of the world.&quot; [[Jesus]] is also our Lamb, our sacrifice, our salvation, if we will but trust in Him. He has taken away the sins of the world. It is our privilege to trust Him and receive Him as our personal Saviour. We are then assured of everlasting life.<br /> <br /> Chapter 2 records the first miracle of Christ. The thirsty crowd in this miracle is a picture of the lost world today, enjoying the pleasures of [[sin]] that do not satisfy. Empty water pots picture the human heart, which is hard and empty. When the pots are filled with water (water, in Scripture, is a picture of the [[Word]] of [[God]]), this speaks of a servant of [[God]] filling the empty heart of an unbeliever with the Word. Turning the water into [[wine]] is a picture of a sinner's heart which has been filled with the Word; making it possible for Christ to perform the miracle of the new birth.</div> Prab