Today's
Focus Scripture: John 1:1-15
John 1:1-15
1
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.
The
Witness John the Baptist
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 [power] 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.
The Word
Made Flesh - Jesus
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.
15
John testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said,
‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’”
(From verse 12 "right" "power" "privilege")
Strong's G1849 - ἐξουσία - exousia
1)
power of choice, liberty of doing as one
pleases
a)
leave or permission
2)
physical and mental power
a)
the ability or strength with which one is
endued, which he either possesses or exercises
3)
the power of authority (influence) and of
right (privilege)
4)
the power of rule or government (the power
of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed)
a)
universally
1) authority
over mankind
b)
specifically
1) the
power of judicial decisions
2) of
authority to manage domestic affairs
c)
metonymically
1) a
thing subject to authority or rule
a) jurisdiction
2) one
who possesses authority
a) a
ruler, a human magistrate
b) the
leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man, spiritual
potentates
d)
a sign of the husband's authority over his
wife
1) the
veil with which propriety required a women to cover herself
e)
the sign of regal authority, a crown
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