Understanding John 1: The Word, Creation, And New Birth

What if the voice that said “Let there be light” is the same person who multiplied loaves, calmed seas, and called Lazarus from the tomb? We open John 1 and follow the thread from eternity to creation to the cradle and the cross, showing why “the Word was with God, and the Word was God” is not a slogan but the spine of Christian faith. We unpack the precision of those opening lines, the shock of “all things were made through Him,” and the hope embedded in “the light shines in the darkness.”

From there, we face the ache of recognition and rejection: the Creator walked among His creation and went unknown by the world and unreceived by His own. Yet the promise stands—those who receive Him are given the right to become children of God. Not by bloodline, not by effort, not by human will, but by God. We talk about new birth as new creation, how the Word’s creative power remakes hearts, and why free will cannot rescue a will that loves darkness. This is not about a better version of you; it’s about the Author writing you anew.

Finally, we linger at the incarnation: the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. Glory seen. Grace and truth embodied. We explore why Jesus’ claim to be the Son was a claim to share the Father’s very nature, and why the resurrection seals that claim. If you’ve ever wondered whether Jesus is more than a teacher, or how salvation moves from desire to reality, this conversation brings clarity and weight. Listen, share with a friend who’s curious or skeptical, and if it stirs your heart, subscribe and leave a review—what part of John 1 challenges you most today?

Chapters

• 0:00 Setting The Aim: John 1
• 2:40 In The Beginning: The Word Is God
• 8:20 With God And Yet God
• 12:20 Agent Of Creation: All Things Through Him
• 17:50 Miracles As Creative Power
• 22:30 Image Of God And Humanity
• 25:50 Life And Light Before Creation
• 29:30 Light Shines And Darkness Resists
• 33:20 John The Baptist’s Witness
• 36:10 The Maker Unknown By His World
• 40:00 Rejection By His Own
• 44:20 Receiving Him And Becoming Children
• 49:10 Not Of Blood, Flesh, Or Man’s Will
• 55:20 The Word Became Flesh: Glory Revealed
• 1:00:00 The Son Shares The Father’s Nature
• 1:05:00 Claims Of Deity And The Cross
• 1:07:30 Closing Exhortation And Blessing

Transcript

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So I try to rely on the Spirit of God a little bit to help me do that. But today, today I want to get into um I hate to call it basics because it's so complex. Some aspects of the Word of God can be so complex. I'm going to be in the book of John, chapter one. Very common passage that most of us are familiar with. The Gospel of John, chapter one, where we where we hear, where John talks about the eternal word, the word of God. And um, and even though people know it and are quite familiar with the passage, um even even though people um uh are familiar with the passage, very often I find that it is so misunderstood. And because if you understood what's happening in John chapter 1, what what he's out what he's outlining for us, it is massive. It is massive. I mean, so and I'm gonna give you some some points to outline. So I'm in John chapter 1, so I'm gonna I'm gonna get right into it. So, but I want to give you some highlights. So for those of you who take notes, and for me, when it comes to the word of God, class is always in session. It's always in session. If you're a Christian, class should always be in session. We should always be ready to learn and to learn for one another. So in John, in the book of John, I'm dealing with the subject of the word. The word. Okay? So in John chapter one, verses one through fourteen. In John chapter one, verses one through fourteen, you have what I'm calling the glory of the word. The glory of the word. Okay? And I'm gonna show you as we go some other aspects regarding the word. For instance, in John chapter one, verses one and two, we're gonna be dealing with the word in the beginning. The word in the beginning, his existence in the beginning. And in John verses, chapter one, verse three and four, we're gonna be dealing with the word at creation. Verses three and four, the word at creation. And then in John chapter one, verses five through thirteen, we're gonna be dealing with the word after the fall. The word after the fall. And then in in verse 14, we're gonna be dealing with the word at the incarnation. When the word put on flesh, he was, he became incarnate. He took on the he took on human form. And then in John chapter 5 and chapter 6, not verse 5 and 6, but chapter 5 and 6, we deal with the word being rejected. The word being rejected. And of course, we all know, I hope, who we're talking about. We're talking about none other than the Son of God Himself, our Lord and Savior, the Lord Jesus. So let's start here at the beginning. In the beginning, John chapter 1, verse 1, in the beginning, it says was the word. And the word was with God, and the word was God. Now, initially, at the outset, if you're reading the Bible for the first time and no one's ever told you anything, you really don't know what's being talked about. But it talks about the word. The word is the Greek word is lagos, logos, lagos, however you want to say it. But it's the word of God. And and there's one connection that I don't think people really get. That I don't think people really get. The Lord Jesus Christ, he is called the Word. And he's called the Word for a reason. He's called the Word for a reason. Because He is the mouthpiece of God. He's the mouthpiece. Now, some of you may find this hard to believe, and you may want to resist it, and that's fine. But go back and see if what I'm telling you is true. When you read in the Old Testament, and God is talking, the one who's talking is the Word. The one speaking in the Old Testament is the Word. When Moses was at that burning bush, this right here would make a whole lot of people's heads just fall right off their neck bones. Moses was speaking to the word of God right out of that bush. And this is why Christ could say, I am. This is why he can refer to himself as I am in that bush, when Moses asked God, what is his name, and who should he tell the people that sent him? And God said, I am that I am. Tell them that I am sent you. I am sent you. Welcome, Anna. We're just getting started, so you're okay, sister. Now, in the beginning was the word. John did not make a mistake, and I think he was very intentional. We're in John 1, Anna, John 1, verse 1. It's no coincidence that the apostle says in the beginning. He uses the very words that Moses used to start Genesis. The very words that begin the entire scriptures. In the beginning, God. Right here, John says, In the beginning was the word. You get it? Genesis, in the beginning, God. John says, in the beginning, Word. This gets heavy just in the first line of the first of the first verse of John. In the beginning, John is not being coincidental, nor is he being hyperbolic. He is stating a fact that the word was at the beginning. The word was the beginning. As we shall see. Now notice in the beginning was the word. The word was there. But not only was the word there, it says, and the word was with God. This term with, the word was with God, is a heavy statement. Because we know that there is only one God. We know that He is eternal. Here it says the Word was with God. Therefore, if the Word was with God, the Word must be eternal. Because you can only be eternal if you were with God. You would have to be. Number two, the Word was with God. And in addition to that, the Word was God. So he was with God and he was God at the same time. Do you guys can you lay hold of this mentally in your mind? And this is so amazing, your heartbeat should be jumping through your chest. He was at creation. He was a participant in creation. This means when it says that, when it says that in the beginning was the word, that means that before anything was created. When the earth and the vast expanse was without form and void, the word was there. He was there. The word was there. I'm using, I'm going to be crude here. I'm going to be, I'm going to use crude language. I don't want to be disrespectful to our Lord, but I want to say it in a way that people understand it today. The word was chilling with God. He was with Him. Coeternal, co-equal existed before anything was created. He was there at the beginning, he was with God, and then it says, and the word was God. These three facts are simultaneous. You see here, there's a distinction in persona or personality. But why? How do you know that? Because it says the word was with God. If I'm with you, there's a distinction between you and I. But then this goes on and says, But the word was God. That's where it breaks down between you and I. See, people like to use analogous expressions with humanity. Hey, Claire, welcome, sister. We're in John chapter 1, verse 1. So the word was God, and at the same time, he was with God. Woo! You guys, I'm telling you, you see, we get attacked by people all the time that try to tell us this doesn't make sense. To them, it doesn't, and it shouldn't, and it can't, and it won't. You need to be a believer to understand this. If you don't get this, you don't know Christ, you don't know God. If you don't believe this, you are not a Christian. I'm telling you, the word was in the beginning. Number one, he was with God. With him. And at the same time, was God. I don't know how plainer it could be. I don't know how much plainer it could be. All right, now. Verse two, he reiterates. He reiterates. He says, He, the word, was in the beginning with God. It's almost like he's saying, if you didn't get it the first time I told you, let me say it again. He was in the beginning with God. Now, before he broke it out in the first verse, in the beginning was the word, the word was with God, and then the word was God. And in verse 2, he goes on and says again, he goes, He, the word, was in the beginning with God. Now notice he says, He. He. This is the one thing he added. In the first, he didn't use any pronouns. He just said, in the beginning was a word, was with God, and was God. Now he says something different. Now he's adding something to it. Verse two. He, the word, was in the beginning with God. He. John the apostle tells you that the word that he's talking about right now is referred to, he refers to him as he. You see, my head's going to explode right now. Because this is one of those kind of things that I don't want to make a single mistake in articulating to you how massive this is. He calls him he. He assigns to him he. So that means that everything that we just read in the first verse about the word, John now tells us he's he. He's a he. The word was in the beginning. The most important part to glean from this whole thing is that he was God, he was with God, and he was at the beginning. Meaning simply this: He is God, and He's eternal, and He's co-equal to His Father. Now we haven't said anything about the Father yet, because so far all we've said was the God, we talked about God, and we talked about Word. And now the Word is He, and the He who is the Word is also God, and was also with God and was also in the beginning, preceding the creation. Now, so we dealt with so far the Word as the beginning. Being at the beginning, I'm following my little outline here for you guys so I don't get lost. So now, verse three and verse four. We're talking about the word at the creation. Follow me here. Verse three. After he says, He was in the beginning with God. So we John has established that the subject matter is the word. Okay? He's the word. Now, verse three. All things were made through him, through him, and without him nothing was made that was made. Now, hear me out here. It says here in verse three, all things were made through him. Him who? The word. All things were made through him. This is one of those areas where all actually means everything without exception. Everything that was made. That means that everything that was not eternal. That means everything outside of God Himself. Claire, you got it right. That makes him the creator. Because it says that all things that were made, which are created things, were made through him, which means he could not himself have been created. See what I'm saying? This is one of those moments where you have a moment of silence. All things, all things were made through the word. The word is he, and we know him as the Lord Jesus. If all things that were made were made through him, and all things that were made aren't eternal things, then that means he has to be eternal to have been the creator and to have all these things made through him. I don't know how else to tell you this. I can't improve upon what the apostle is saying. Listen, he says all things were made through him. All things, everything, all things that were made, all created things, everything you open your eyes and see, everything your senses can absorb through touch, through sight, through taste, what you hear, the objects that make sounds. Everything that is created that we see, touch, and handle was created through him. In other words, he's the agency, he's the means through which they were created, which also means that without him, nothing could be created. Without him, nothing could be created. Nothing. How do we know that? Because all things were created through him. Now it says, and without him, without him, nothing was made that was made. Everything that was we read about in the account of Genesis in chapter one, it was the word of God who was with God who created it. Now, if you were a Pharisee or one of the disciples, do you remember when Jesus told the disciples to sit down the 4,000 in one in one scenario and 5,000 in the other scenario? And it said, and then told them to feed the people, or they'll be starving, they'll get hungry, and they'll die along the way in the journey. And then the disciples were like, We only got like seven fish and a couple loaves of bread. Sit them down. And then Jesus took the bread and the fish and he blessed it. And then somehow, somehow, all this fish and bread came out of nowhere. It was a lot of people. Because in the Bible, it says that in both instances of the feeding of the 4,000 and the 5,000, it was just men alone. It was just the counting was just for the men. So it's not including women, it's not including women and children. But what did Jesus do? He created. Could you imagine what a piece of fish or a piece of bread that he made back then, what it must have tasted like. Okay. Now, in verses three and four, we see him as the creator. We see him as the creator. He proved it in his ministry that he could create. He proved it. That's what the miracle was of the feeding of the 4,000 and the 5,000. He was showing, putting on display his creative powers, his creative abilities. He could do whatever he wanted because everything he that would that that was everything that was made was made by him. So he could subdue the natural order and make anything happen as he sees fit. This is who we believe in. This is who we claim we worship and wait with eager expectation to return for us. It is he with whom we put our trust in for our salvation. If he can create the world, think about what he does for our souls. This is why Paul says that when we become believers, behold, all things are old things are passed away. We have become new creations. We have become new creations. Always be careful with the word of God, understanding the context. Understanding what is meant to be taken literally or spiritually or figuratively or literally in a figurative way or figuratively in a literal way. But they had seeds and they produced after their own kind. And then it says that animals and the birds and the and the uh insects and all of them, they too produce after their own kind. But then you come to man in verse 26 of the first chapter of Genesis, and God says, man is not going to be created after his own kind. Man is going to be made in our likeness. Man is going to be made like us. This is what God says. God says, we are going to make man in our image. Our image. Whose? We talked about God, and the word was with God, and the word was God. You guys need to listen to this. Okay. Now look. In verse, for verses five through thirteen, I'm going to go read through really quickly. John 5 through 13. First, or John 1, verses 5 through 13. Because in these verses here, we're talking about the word of God. What's going on with him after the fall of man? After the fall of man. So bear with me. Verse five. Or verse four. It says, in him, the word was life. And the life was the light of men. In him was life. And the life was the light of men. Now get this for a second. It says that in him, in the word, because remember, we're going to find out very soon, in short order, in verse 14, who the word is. We all know who it is. It's the Lord Jesus Christ. But it says here that before, before creation, he was already the light. In him was life. He was the life source or the source of life. The life giver. Nobody Jewish wants to hear this. Nobody Muslim wants to hear this. Nobody wants to hear this. In him was life. Meaning, he is the source of all life. He's the source of all life. I'm with you, Jason. Don't worry. He's the source of all life. This is the thing, the word of God, the I mean, people that oppose Christ, this is what they don't like about Christ. It's okay if he's a prophet. That's okay. It's okay if he's a good man. That's alright. It's okay if he was a good speaker and had wonderful philosophical sayings to spew forth. It's okay if he dies on a cross. Just don't make him out to be God. Don't make him out to be the source of life. Don't make him out to be the creator. Don't make him out to be divine. Everything else is fine. But don't make him God. Don't make him God. In him was life, and the life, meaning the life that was in him, was also the light of men. In him was life, and the life was the light. The life, his life, was the light of men. Makes me go back to Genesis 126. When it says that we were made in his image. Now, verse five. Now we come to verse five, which takes us into the activity, the operation of the word post or posthumous to the fall. After the fall. Now, we dealt with before creation. We dealt with at creation. Now we're dealing with after the fall. Verses five through thirteen of John chapter one. Now, here's what you got. And the light which was in him, which was the light of men. The light shines in darkness. And the darkness did not comprehend it. The darkness did not comprehend it. And there's another, there's a there's a when it says comprehend, I can't remember in in Greek what it means, but it doesn't mean comprehend in the sense of understanding. And I just I'm sorry, I I can't uh uh remember what it is. But it says that the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness comprehends it night, comprehends it not. But it sort of conveys the idea that that that darkness runs from it, runs from it. And and so I can't remember, but it'll it'll come to me, hopefully. Verse 6. So I'm gonna read verse 6 through 13. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. This man came for a witness to bear witness of the light, that all through him might believe, all through the light might believe. John, it says in verse 8, he was not that light, but was sent to bear witness of that light. That was the true light, which gives light to every man coming into the world. He, the word, was in the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him. We see that again. The world was made through him. John said this earlier in verse three. The world was made through the word, or through the agency of the world, or by the word. He was the one who created. Okay? And then it says, and the world did not know him. The world did not know him. Now, know here. It wasn't like they didn't they didn't recognize him. It's like it's more it means it's more serious than that. It's like they didn't love him, they didn't, they didn't set their affections upon him. The world. They rejected him. They didn't seek to embrace him, to know him, to to be connected to him, even though he was here with them, amongst them. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world did not know him. Imagine the creator coming down to hang out with his creation, and they looking at him all cross-eyed. They didn't know him, they didn't know him. You know what's crazy is that we as believers, we know him. We haven't seen him, but we know him. When I read his word, when I read his word, this is verse 10. Joseph, verse 10, John chapter 1, verse 10. We as believers, we know him. We can't describe it. It's not like we sense it. It's not a feeling. It's something that we know in a deep spiritual way. It's not a feeling. We're not talking about the senses here. We're talking about something much deeper than senses. Senses come and go. You can lose, if you get COVID, you can lose your sense of taste, your sense of smell, you can lose your hearing, you can lose your eyesight, you can lose your touch. But you still know that Christ is in you. You still know his spirit beats in your soul. You know it. And you have to have it. You have to have it. You don't want to go a day without it. So verse 11. Then it says, He, again, the word, he came to his own, Israel, the Jews, and they did not receive him. Came to his own. A prophet is not without honor, except amongst his own. He was alone at home, and yet he was the creator. All things were made through him, and his own who were expecting him, who waited for him for with great expectations, albeit for the wrong reasons. They didn't know him, they didn't recognize him. They had no interest in him. His word was not food to them. His blood was not wine to them. His life, which was light, brought no light to them. They stayed in darkness. But then he goes on to say, verse twelve, after saying that his own did not receive him, then he says in verse twelve, but as many as did receive him, to them he gave, listen, he gave the right to become children of God, sons of God. Go back to Genesis 126. He made us in their image. But it says here that the word, we're talking about Jesus Christ here, as many as received him, the word, to them he gave he. He gave the right to become children of God to those who believe in his name. Listen, this is this is unbelievable stuff here. We're talking about. Okay? He says, as many as received him, he gave the right to become children of God, sons of God. Same thing. To those who believe in his name. What is his name? Mary was told, and Joseph was told to name him Jesus. Why? Because he shall save his people from their sins. Not he might save them, not he wants to save them, not that he desires to save them. You're going to call him Jesus because saving them is what he is going to do without fail. Without fail. Jesus did not die to give options for salvation. Jesus died to save. Okay, let me stop for a second here. I normally try not to get distracted by these things. Yeshua and Jesus, Yashua, Joshua, Hosea, they are all the same name. Christians, when you hear these people talk about Yeshua, Jesus' name also means Yeshua. Jesus is the Greek version of Yahashua, which is the Hebrew version. I guess sick of these, these, these, these um, I was gonna say couch potatoes. I call them armchair theologians. It's the same thing. It's the same thing. Don't let people get you tripped up on this stuff. It's the same thing. My name is John. If you go to Mexico, my name would be Juan. Am I still the same person? Yes. It's unbelievable. It's like these people they latch on to something and then they just can't let it go because they know nothing else but that. So they just run around from one church meeting to another saying the same thing. His name is not Jesus, it's Joshua, it's Jehoshaphat, it's Yahoshua, it's this, it's no J, it's no Y, it's no sound, it's no pronunciation. Don't pay attention to these people. We know who we're talking about. If you have kids, who knows what they end up calling you when they're little kids? They just call you all kinds of stuff. They call you daddy, they call you mommy, they call you whatever. Anyway, I got distracted. Sorry about that. Frustrates me. But as many as received him, he gave the right to become children of God to those who believe in his name. And when we say believe in his name, it is not about the verbs, the verb, the verbiage of the name. It is who the person is that we believe in who is attached to that name. Remember, there are other people that had the same name as Jesus. I just told you Joshua, for instance. Jesus' name in Hebrew is Joshua. Hosea is Jesus. So you have to know who you're talking about in your hearts. You know who you're talking about. The Lord Jesus Christ. His name means I am salvation. J.E., I am, just like Jehovah, I am S-U-S, Salvation. You put those two together, I am salvation. When you read the Old Testament, you'll read Jehovah Sid Kinu, which is Jehovah, my provider. You'll read Jehovah, my banner, meaning I fight for you. You mean Jehovah, my healer, I heal your pain and your sickness. Jesus is the sum total of everything. He's a blank check. He covers all of it. He is your banner. He is your healer. He is your provider. You see what I mean? He's the sum total of it all. And now we get down to verse 13. To those who believe in his name, who were born. He says that those who he gave the right to become sons of God or children of God, it says that these were born. Now, Christians, if you don't understand anything I'm telling you now, up to this point, I need you to understand verse 13. Now, for those of you who may have seen one of my posts today, and I promise I'm not going more than 10 minutes, I get asked a lot, why do I fight so much to get people off of this free will kick? Man's free will. I'm going to show you why in this verse right here. Because salvation in Christ is all about dealing with man's quote unquote free will. Jesus came here because man has a problem with his will. It won't take him to the promised land because he loves his sin more than righteousness. Man with his will, corrupted by his sinful nature as a result of the fall, will never seek out Christ. Now, that doesn't mean that your will is not necessary for salvation. It is necessary for you to choose him, but the but the choices come from a heart. Jesus said that the treasure, whatever the treasure is in a man's heart, that is what comes out. Sinful man, his treasure is sin. So only thing that comes out of his heart is sin. So what does Christ do? He retakes out the heart of stone, gives you a new heart of flesh, and the new heart of flesh makes the choice for Christ, and you become a Christian. That is how salvation works. That is how it works. It all goes together. I'm going to show you why. Look at verse 13. These who believe in him and put their faith and trust in him in his name. He says they were born. They were born positively. Now he goes to the negative. They were born positively, but they were not born of blood. Meaning they were not saved because of their bloodline. They were not saved because of their affiliation or their familial affiliation with Israel or Jewishness. He's saying they're not saved because of their bloodline. Then he goes on in verse 13, he says, Nor were they born and became sons of God because of the will of the flesh. What is the will of the flesh? Works, deeds. He is saying to his Jewish, his Jewish counterparts, you're not going to be saved because of what you do. Your deeds and your works of law are not going to save you. He says, These who were born were not born of bloodlines. It's not about their bloodlines that got them saved. And then he also says, it is not about what they do, it's not about their deeds or their law keeping. And then notice the last thing he says. Notice verse 13. Everybody listen to this one. Nor were they born of the will of man. They were not born of the will of man. You are not, your will cannot save you. Your will will only condemn you. You will never choose Christ unless he does a transformation in your heart first. He is called the great physician for a reason. Next time somebody tells you they are saved because of their choice and their free will, you take them to first, you take them to John chapter 1, verse 13. If you say you're saved because you are affiliated with some nation or ethnicity, I don't care if you're Jewish. I don't care if you're white. I don't care if you think you're a black Jew or whatever kind of whatever. Your bloodline has nothing to do with salvation, and your bloodline cannot get you saved. If you are black, like me, or you're white, or you're brown, or you're yellow, or you're red, and you love the Lord Jesus Christ, you are my sister and my brother, and I am yours. I don't give a rat's rear end about what anybody in this life talks about. I don't care what politicians say, I don't care what these preachers say. I don't care what the rich say, what the poor say, what whatever. Those who put their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, you are my family, and if I don't treat you as such, then I am on the wrong trip. You Christians are my people. I'm your people. We need to stick together and be unified in the faith, even if we disagree on certain things. But these things we're talking about here, we must believe together and be unified on this. We must be. Have to be. I don't care if you disagree with me. That's fine. Let's fight about it. I grew up in a household, me and my brother and sisters, we always fought, but we loved each other. That's what Christians are supposed to be like. But you know what? When we go out to those streets, we are together. And you come after one, you deal with all of us. That's the way it goes. That's how we have to be. Especially now. Almost done. We are not born of the will of man. Our wills do not matter. And I'm gonna tell you something. The will of man, the free will that we're always hearing about, that people always talk about, free will is an idol. It is a God to people. Their will is their God. They are in control of their own life. They believe they sit on a throne of their own hearts and they don't. It is either Christ sitting on the throne of their hearts or it is Satan. I said it. Satan that sits on that throne. In verse 14. The word of God at the incarnation. The word became flesh. We've been talking about the word the whole time, and not once did John mention Jesus Christ. Not once. Until right now. And he still doesn't mention his name, but we know who he's talking about. He says, and the word became flesh. The word became flesh. Not the Father, not the Holy Ghost. The word became flesh. The word who was speaking in the burning bush to Moses became flesh. The word who Jose who Jacob was confronted with when that donkey saw him. The word became flesh. We could go throughout the entire Old Testament. When God was speaking, it was the word speaking. It was the word speaking. That's why he's called the Word. When you read in the Old Testament, the word, the burden of the Lord came to Isaiah, or the oracle of the Lord came to Ezekiel. Oracle, the burden, word, all the same thing. Oracle, burden, word, word, same thing. Now, the word became flesh. I'm almost done, and he dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory. The glory, here we go, as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. The only begotten of the Father. Begotten means he comes from the Father by way of natural generation. He and his father have the same nature. What is the Father's nature? Eternal. So what is the Son's nature? Eternal. The Father's nature is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent. So what is the nature of the Son? Omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent, creator. Back at the beginning. For Jesus, this is why the Jews had a problem. Because Jesus, when he said he was the Son, they knew what he meant. They knew not just what he meant, they knew what it meant for him to say that he was the Son of God. That the Father was his father. They knew that that's what that meant. When Jesus went to the cross, he was condemned to die to the cross by way of capital punishment on the cross, a curse. He was indicted by the Jews, indicted by them, condemned to the cross for saying he was a son of God. They knew what he was saying. If you don't know what they were saying, and you say that Jesus Christ is not God, then you are in the same boat as they are. Because if he was not the son of God and was God in the flesh, then his death was deserved. His death was deserved. If Jesus Christ was not God in the flesh, his punishment, he deserved it. Just like the thieves on the cross. If he in fact died on that tree, was buried in that tomb, and resurrected from the dead, then he must be God, like he said. And he is. And I'm not just saying that. I really do. And thank you for your kind attention. Now, an old guy has got to go to bed. May God bless you all until the next time. Um, and uh always, always, always keep the Lord in all your thoughts, and He will keep you in all your ways. I love you too, Jason and Anna and Kamers. I can't say the name, Kamers Lock. We don't know anybody's name, but we know we're here. God bless you guys all you all until the next time. May God bless you all and be gracious to you all. Good night.