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Faith in the Only Begotten Jesus

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[John 1:18]

No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only,

who is at the Father's side, has made him known.

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Among the words of the Bible we often hear is the word “only begotten.”

The word “only begotten” means “only one son.”

This only begotten Son is the word that we believe in Jesus.

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The word "only begotten" in the Bible comes from the Gospel of John recorded

by John the Apostle.

The first chapter of John's Gospel tells exactly who Jesus is, the only begotten Son.

Tell us what time Jesus was and what he did,

and how he has something to do with our salvation.

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The first chapter of John begins this way.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

He was with God in the beginning.

Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.”

(Jn 1:1~3)

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The apostle John describes Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, as the ‘Word’.

Jesus, the Word, was in the beginning, the very beginning.

He was there before this world was created.

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God created this world with His only begotten Jesus.

Nothing in this world was created by Jesus.

It means that Jesus did all the work of creation with God.

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There is life in Jesus. This life is the light that will soon save the world.

Jesus came directly to this earth to shine the light of life into this world full of death.

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When he came to earth, Jesus came through the virgin Mary like a flesh like us.

Jesus, the God, came to this earth in the flesh of man.

It is called the ‘Incarnation’ that Jesus came to this earth in the flesh.

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The ‘Incarnation’ is a word that indicates that Jesus, the God, has become human.

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John the Baptist, who was sent from God, testified of Jesus who came in the light of life.

Through John the Baptist, God told people that Jesus was the light of this earth.

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John the Baptist testified about Jesus in his own mouth.

“This is the one I said. ‘There is someone who comes after me, but he is greater than I,

because he existed before I was born’.”

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But the world did not accept Jesus,

who came to this earth because it was true light and true word.

Even those who believed in God rejected and mocked Jesus.

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The Jews who were proud of the children of Abraham believed

that they were children of God,

but that was not God's acknowledgment of faith.

A man born of a faithful family does not automatically become a child of God.

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Anyone can not become a child of God without receiving Jesus.

Let us read together John 1:12.

“Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name,

he gave the right to become children of God”(Jn 1:12)

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No one in this world has ever seen God.

But Jesus, the only begotten Son of God, showed Himself to us by being human.

When we receive Jesus by faith, we become aware that God is our good Father.

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Jesus said this.

“I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

(Jn 14:6)

We must believe that, as the Bible says, Jesus,

who came to earth in the flesh, is the true God from the beginning.

We must also believe that only Jesus is the only begotten Son of God the Father

As the Bible says, you all want to be faithful friends

who believe in Jesus and know God rightly.

(This is the sample conclusion provided by CTM. Please feel free to change the conclusion to best suit the listeners of your sermon.)