Reflections on John 1:1-5

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word (Logos), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same but separate, the Trinity, one God - many parts

Logos –
• “reasoned discourse”
• “divine animating principle pervading the Universe” "Law of the Universe"
• the glue, the rules, how it work, the hidden truth, the secret, the uniting theme, the key
• The bridge between God and Man
• “logic”, “ology” – the study of
• God - the Dao, the Path, the Way
• The unmade maker
• Rational, decisive

"This LOGOS holds always but humans always prove unable to understand it, both before hearing it and when they have first heard it…” (Diels-Kranz 22B1)"

“I shall give you another testimony, my friends, from the Scriptures, that God begot before all creatures a Beginning, [who was] a certain rational power [proceeding] from Himself, who is called by the Holy Spirit, now the Glory of the Lord, now the Son, again Wisdom, again an Angel, then God, and then Lord and Logos” Justin Myrtr

Aristotle’s three forms of argument
• Logos – reason
• Pathos – emotion
• Ethos – character-based (trust me)

2 He was with God in the beginning. Personification of the Logos

3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
The means, the bridge, the blueprint & builder

4 In him was eternal life, and that eternal life was the light of all mankind. The light – the key, the secret, the illuminator, the revealer

5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. or understood it

Rock church

Good to be back at the place where I truly found Jesus Christ. The Rock Church is now online live - cool stuff. You can send a link to anyone on earth and they can watch it live online. Pro day next week.

Do something church
Counts, walk, ask, love

Pervasive hope, be a hope-dealer

John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him will not die, but have everlasting life.

Story: draw bridge operator choosing to sacrifice his son to save the people on the boat.

1. Love must be directed toward e'r-body
- no really, everyone, even your enemy
- "when you have a baby it is the 1st time that your heart
lives outside your body" that is how God feels about
everyone
2. Love is self-sacrificial God-obedience
- love is not an emotion, it is a choice followed by action

3. Love produces eternal God-likeness
- changes you and them
- a company's brand is it's promise "we try harder"
- what is God's brand? A transformed life (matt 11:1-6)

Daily Reminder

Who Am I
I am passionate about making disciples and helping others
I am a godly husband, father, leader, and friend
I am a man of integrity, boldness, discipline, & purity
I am free (time, $)
I am energetic and healthy
I am a student and a teacher

RCC 12/19/2010 Dave Champness Gal 4:4-7

Galatians 4
4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law
5 to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.
6 And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"
7 So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.

- The timing was perfect, preparation was laid over history
- Jupiter: king planet, star Regulus, king star, king of kings shining together
- Romans: peace, roads, language,
- Prophecy of Daniel, 70 7's
- Over 300 prophecies fulfilled in Jesus
- Redemption, Justification

The Pursuit of the Wayward (James 5:19,20), RCC, Dave Champness

Review o the book of James: a test of your walk
- view of works and faith
- view of Scripture
- view of money
- view of people, classes

James 5:19 My brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, 20 let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.

1. The object of the pursuit
- The wanderer, left the faith,
- Is this person a Christian?
You cannot lose your faith, but you can lose your assurance
Professors but not possessors, "I never knew you"
Parable of the seeds and the ground (Matt 13:19-23)
2. The nature of the pursuer
- every believer, me
3. The importance of the pursuit
- Eternal life and death
- Help them come to a place of repentance
4. The way of the pursuing
a) pray
b) humility, gentleness
c) persistence
d) confrontation (not to win, to redeem
e) love
5. A word to the wayward
Three thoughts that are untrue:
a) God has let me done
b) I've gone too far
c) God could never except me now (prodigal son)

Phillipians 4

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.

RCC 5/2/10 How to make good plans (James 4:13-17)

James 4
13 Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that. 16 As it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. 17 So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

Boasting About Tomorrow
The foolishness of forgetting God. He is the "key"

-Our common problem: Everyday life. The curse of the familiar.
-Our flawed assumptions: That we are in control, we assume his place. We don't know tomorrow. Don't boast. Worry is a flawed attempt to control.
-Our greatest good: Gods will. "If the Lord wills". We are not in control. Seek Him. Don't force anything! Jer 29:11. We can't take the credit when things go right. Proverbs 16:1-3,9
-Act on what you know: Sins of omission. Act. No fear, He is responsible for the results.

God please open the doors for my family's future