Son of Light

Son of Light
Gospel of John

This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe.
John 1:7

God of Revelation

• The revelation of the Gospel of John by the characters introduced by the Holy Spirit.
  
  • John the Baptist
    
  • Mary as mother at the wedding
    
  • Nicodemus
    
  • Samaritan woman
    
  • the royal official
    
  • the paralytic at Bethesda
    
• Revealing the Divine perspective
• The four-fold revelation of God’s moral nature is continually revealed to us.
  
  • First in general revelation
    
  • Second in special revelation
    
• His general revelation to all humanity is expressed in Romans 1:17-20
  
  • Through creation
    
  • By our conscious, our moral center of right and wrong

Four Fold Revelation of the Moral Nature of God
Ezekial 1:10

• Matthew – Messiah King
  
  • He comes to rule and reign
    
  • Lion – Sovereignty
    
• Mark – Jehovah's Servant
  
  • He comes to serve and suffer
    
  • Ox – Humility
    
• Luke – Son of Man
  
  • He comes to share and sympathize
    
  • Man – Humanity
    
• John – Son of God
  
  • He comes to reveal and redeem
    
  • Eagle – Deity

Can I Get A Witness?

• John the Baptist {1st by name}
  
  • The original name is nearly lost:
    
    • In the Greek and in the Latin (Johannes)
      
    • Almost totally so in the English (John)
      
• The original name is Yehochanan
  
  • A name compounded of Yehovah chanan
    
  • The grace or mercy of Jehovah
    
• A most proper and significant name for the forerunner of the God of all grace.
• John the Baptist {2nd by calling}
  
  • It was John’s business to proclaim the Gospel of the grace of God
    
  • He was to point out that Lamb or sacrifice of God which takes away the sin of the world.
    
  • He was a prophet from a priestly family
    
• His message was of repentance
  
  • He announced the coming of the Messiah
    
  • He was privileged to baptized Jesus
    
• He was the last Old Testament prophet
  
• He was the first New Testament martyr, and was beheaded by Herod Antipas

Absence

Actually, sir, evil does not exist. Evil is simply the absence of God. Evil is a term developed to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. It isn't like truth, or love which exist as virtues, like heat or light. Evil is simply the state where God is not present, like cold without heat, or darkness without light.

The Revelation of Light

• John 1:7 “This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe.”
  
• John the Baptist – a witness to the light!