The King Came To Bring Life & Light

John 1:1-5 (NASB)

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.

1.     King Jesus Creates

2.     King Jesus Brings Light & Hope

John 1:14 (NASB)

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.

3.     King Jesus Came To Provide & Protect Life

John 10:7-10 (NASB)

⁷  So Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

⁸  "All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

⁹  "I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

¹⁰  "The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.

John 9:40-41 (NASB)

⁴⁰  Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, "We are not blind too, are we?"

⁴¹  Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.

John 10:1-2 (NASB)

¹  "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber.

²  "But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep.

John 8:44 (NASB)

⁴⁴  "You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 17:1-3 (NASB)

¹  Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,

²  even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.

³  "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.

John 10:11-13 (NASB)

¹¹  "I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

¹²  "He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

¹³  "He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.