God wants to reveal Himself to the World.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
- John 1:1-5
The world is lost in darkness.
5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not understood it.
- John 1:1-510 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.
- John 1:10-11
God the Son introduced Himself through “the Incarnation.”
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- John 1:14“The gospel is the good news that God became Man in Jesus Christ…”
- Dr. Rice Broocks, Every Nation co-founder
The Incarnation introduces a new way of relating to God.
17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
- John 1:17-18