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Beloved: Gospel of John\nGrace Upon Grace\nOctober 28, 2018\n\nPlease turn in your Bibles to John 1:1-18 \n\n\u201cThese things are recorded in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,\n the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.\u201d John 20:31 \n\nFinding Real Life\n\n1: Life, Light and Darkness\n\nV 4-5: God is the life and light of mankind\nV 5: God isn\u2019t darkness\n\nJesus\u2019 credentials: \n\nV 1a: He\u2019s eternal: always was and always will be\n\nV 1b: He\u2019s God. To see God the Father, look at Jesus\n\nV 3: He\u2019s Creator: He made it all \n\nWhy is this important? \n\na. There really is meaning to life \n\nIn Him was LIFE, and that life was the LIGHT of all mankind. John 1:4\n\nb. Life only comes from life\n\n3 Responses to light\n\nV 10b: Some didn\u2019t recognize Him. He didn\u2019t fit their god mold\n\nV 11: Some rejected Him. They loved darkness \n\nV 12: Some received Him\n\nYet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God\u201413 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband\u2019s will, but born of God. John 1:12-13\n\n2: Grace Upon Grace\n\nFor from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. John 1:16 ESV\n\nGrace (charis): the cause of real joy, lasting pleasure, absolute gratification\n\n3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. 4 I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. 5 I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you.\n6 On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. 7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. Psalm 63:3-7\n\n\u201cI consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ.\u201d Philippians 3:8\n\n\u201cI have come that they might have life, and have it to the full.\u201d John 10:10\n\nWhat is God\u2019s Spirit speaking into your life today? How must you respond?