The Prologue (John 1:1-18) (1)

This morning we begin a new study in the Word of God, one which will occupy our time and effort for many months. It is our intention to preach through the Gospel of John. Although in nearly 44 years of ministry there have been many occasions on which I have addressed passages in John’s Gospel, I have never produced until now a thorough and complete sermon series on this fourth Gospel of the New Testament. I had considered doing a more topical series on the person and work of Jesus Christ, which would have occupied us for at least two years of Sundays. And we may yet do so at some time in the future, Lord permitting. But knowing that the primary theme of John’s Gospel is Christology (the doctrine of Jesus Christ), I thought it would serve us best by a verse-by-verse study of this book. Today we begin to address John’s Prologue (John 1:1-18).