Christmas In The Gospel Of John Part 1

INTRO: The sermon title this morning is, “Who is This Jesus of Christmas?” For the past 20 years I have preached on Christmas through the Christmas story in Matthew chapters 1-2 and then through Luke 1:26-2:38. That has taken some 20 messages. I have given a few other Christmas messages. And now I do not know how many more Christmas’s I will preach, if any. But if I do, Lord willing, I will go through John 1:1-18.

For many years I have pondered the first verse of this passage. It is one that has been under the most serious attack from the Jehovah’s Witnesses. As I began to study this passage, I probably enjoyed my study time more than I ever have in any passage. I thought, well, since this is the Sunday before Christmas, and Christmas is on Friday, I would do two messages. Then I thought, well since, Sunday comes right after Christmas, I’ll make it three. Then I got right into this and I thought, well, since New Years day is the Friday following, and Sunday comes right after that, maybe I’ll try to finish the first five verses by the Sunday after New Years.