God lived among us through His Son Jesus Christ.

1. God Pitched His Tent
Among Us
John1:14a And the Word became
flesh, and dwelt among us

2. Jesus (The Word) is
the Creator (John
1:1-5).

3. John teaches us that Jesus is the
Creator
• Jesus was before creation
• Jesus was with God at the creation
John 1:1a In the
beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with
God,

4. John teaches us that Jesus is the
Creator
• Jesus was before creation
• Jesus was with God at the creation
• Jesus was qualitatively equal with God at
creation
John 1:1a In the
beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with
God, and the Word was
God.
Hebrews 1:1-3 God, after He spoke long ago
to the fathers in the prophets in many portions
and in many ways, (2) in these last days has
spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed
heir of all things, through whom also He made
the world. (3) And He is the radiance of His
glory and the exact representation of His
nature, and upholds all things by the word of
His power.
Colossians 1:15-17 He is
the image of the invisible
God, the firstborn of all
creation. (16) For by Him
all things were created, both
in the heavens and on earth,
visible and invisible, whether
thrones or dominions or
rulers or authorities--all
things have been created
through Him and for Him.
(17) He is before all things,
and in Him all things hold
together

5. John teaches us that Jesus is the
Creator
• Jesus was before creation
• Jesus was with God at the creation
• Jesus was qualitatively equal with God at
creation
• Jesus created all things
John 1:1a In the
beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with
God, and the Word was
God. (2) He was in the
beginning with God. (3)
All things came into
being through Him, and
apart from Him nothing
came into being that has

6. John teaches us that Jesus is the
Creator
• Jesus was before creation
• Jesus was with God at the creation
• Jesus was qualitatively equal with God at
creation
• Jesus created all things
• Jesus was the life giving force of creation
John 1:1a In the
beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with
God, and the Word was
God. (2) He was in the
beginning with God. (3)
All things came into
being through Him, and
apart from Him nothing
came into being that has

7. John teaches us that Jesus is the
Creator
• Jesus was before creation
• Jesus was with God at the creation
• Jesus was qualitatively equal with God at
creation
• Jesus created all things
• Jesus was the life giving force of creation
• Jesus, the life-giver, is the light of people
(men)
John 1:1-4 In the
beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with
God, and the Word was
God. (2) He was in the
beginning with God. (3)
All things came into
being through Him, and
apart from Him nothing
came into being that has
come into being. (4) In
Him Was Life, and the
Life was the Light of

8. If Jesus is God and God (the
Father) is God, doesn’t that
mean that there are two Gods?

9. NO! The Bible teaches that there is a
plurality within the Godhead, but
that there is only one God.

10. The plurality of God is taught in
Genesis
• The name of the Creator, Elohim is plural.
Gen. 1:1 In the
beginning God
created the
heavens and the
earth.

11. The plurality of God is taught in
Genesis
• The name of the Creator, Elohim is plural.
• The Father, Son and Spirit are present.
– The plurality of the name
– The activity of the Spirit
Gen. 1:2 …And
the Spirit of
God moved
upon the face
of the waters

12. The plurality of God is taught in
Genesis
• The name of the Creator, Elohim is plural.
• The Father, Son and Spirit are present.
– The plurality of the name
– The activity of the Spirit
– The activity of the Word, “and God said”
Gen.
1:3,6,9,11,14,2
0,24, 26 …And
God said, …

13. The plurality of God is taught in
Genesis
• The name of the Creator, Elohim is plural.
• The Father, Son and Spirit are present.
– The plurality of the name
– The activity of the Spirit
– The activity of the Word, “and God said”
• The creation of man (Adam) points to the
plurality of God
– A plurality within the Godhead made man.
Genesis 1:26-29
Then God said,
"Let Us make man
in Our image,
according to Our
likeness;

14. The plurality of God is taught in
Genesis
• The name of the Creator, Elohim is plural.
• The Father, Son and Spirit are present.
– The plurality of the name
– The activity of the Spirit
– The activity of the Word, “and God said”
• The creation of man (Adam) points to the
plurality of God
– A plurality within the Godhead made man.
– Man (Adam –singular), is the image of God and is
declared in the plural (Adam is male and female).
Gen. 1:27 God
created man in
His own image,
in the image of
God He
created him;
male and female
He created
them.

15. The plurality of God is taught in
Genesis
• The name of the Creator, Elohim is plural.
• The Father, Son and Spirit are present.
– The plurality of the name
– The activity of the Spirit
– The activity of the Word, “and God said”
• The creation of man (Adam) points to the
plurality of God
– A plurality within the Godhead made man.
– Man (Adam –singular), is the image of God and is
declared in the plural (Adam is male and female).
– Woman comes from man and the two are one
Gen. 2:23,24 The
man said, "This is now
bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called
Woman, Because she
was taken out of Man."
(24) For this reason a
man shall leave his
father and his mother,
and be joined to his
wife; and they shall
become one flesh.

16. • The Bible has many more declarations
that Jesus is the God of Creation. It is a
primary theme of John’s Gospel. For time
sake we will mention just two more. Both
are from John, chapter 1.

17. John the Apostles declares that
Jesus is God
John 1:18
No one has
seen God at
any time; the
only
begotten
God who is
in the bosom
of the
Father, He
has

18. John the Baptist implies that
Jesus is GodJohn 1:15
John
testified
about Him
and cried out,
saying, "This
was He of
whom I said,
'He who
comes after
me has a
higher rank
than I, for He

19. It would be enough to simply be the
Creator, but the amazing, and for
some people, unbelievable, is that
the Creator would come to live with
us.

20. The Creator entered the World to
save the World he had created
• God became a man
John 1:14
And the
Word
became
flesh

21. The Creator entered the World to
save the World he had created
• God became a man
• God set up camp among us
John 1:14
And the
Word
became
flesh and
dwelt among
us.

22. The Creator entered the World to
save the World he had created
• God became a man
• God set up camp among us
• The disciples testify to his glory (light)
John 1:14
And the Word
became flesh
and dwelt
among us and
we saw His
glory, glory as
of the only
begotten from
the Father,
full of grace

23. God sent John the Baptist to
prepare the world for the light.
• John 1:6 There came a man sent
from God, whose name was John. (7)
He came as a witness, to testify
about the Light, so that all might
believe through him. (8) He was not
the Light, but he came to testify
about the Light.

24. Jesus - the Word and Light - of the world
made his presence known to the world.
• He is the light of all people.
John 1:9
There was
the true
Light which,
coming into
the world,
enlightens
every man.

25. Jesus - the Word and Light - of the world
made his presence known to the world.
• He is the light of all people.
• He was in the world, created it, but the
world (people of the world) didn’t know
who he was,
John 1:10 He
was in the world,
and the world
was made
through Him,
and the world
did not know
Him.

26. Jesus - the Word and Light - of the world
made his presence known to the world.
• He is the light of all people.
• He was in the world, created it, but the
world (people of the world) didn’t know
who he was,
• He came to Israel (his own people), But
they didn’t receive him (they rejected him).
John 1:11
He came to
His own, and
those who
were His own
did not
receive Him

27. The World He
created didn’t
recognize Him.
His own family
rejected him with
the rest of the
world.

28. So, the creator began a
new family

29. All the people that received (take hold of, believe
in) him (whether Jew or non Jew), Jesus gave
them the privilege to be Children of God.
John 1:12 But as many as
received Him, to them He
gave the right to become
children of God, even to
those who believe in His
name,

30. All the people that received (take hold of, believe
in) him (whether Jew or non Jew), Jesus gave
them the privilege to be Children of God.
• We don’t become children through
physical birth (by bloods) – human
parents, heritage, or circumcision.John
1:13a who
were born,
not of
blood

31. All the people that received (take hold of, believe
in) him (whether Jew or non Jew), Jesus gave
them the privilege to be Children of God.
• We don’t become children through
physical birth (by bloods) – human
parents, heritage, or circumcision.
• We don’t become children from an act of
the human will
– Will of the flesh – sexual desire, or doing
works of Law
John 1:13
who were
born, not of
blood nor of
the will of the
flesh

32. All the people that received (take hold of, believe
in) him (whether Jew or non Jew), Jesus gave
them the privilege to be Children of God.
• We don’t become children through
physical birth (by bloods) – human
parents, heritage, or circumcision.
• We don’t become children from an act of
the human will
– Will of the flesh – sexual desire, or doing
works of Law
– Will of man (or husband).
John 1:13
who were
born, not
of blood
nor of the
will of the
flesh nor
of the will
of man,

33. If we don’t become
children of God by
being born into the
right family, or by
keeping God’s
rules, or by acts of
the our will, how do
we become
children of God?

34. It is of God.
John 1:13 who
were born, not
of blood nor of
the will of the
flesh nor of the
will of man, but
of God.

35. So
So then, How
Do I become a
child of God?

36. To become one
of the Children
of God we must
be obedient to
God and receive
– believe – in
His Son.
As many as
received Him, to
them He gave the
right to become
children of God,
even to those who
believe in His

37. • The creator pitched his tent among us
• The world did not know him
• His own people did not receive him
• The world nailed him to a cross.
• Everyone that does receive him, Jew and
Gentile, He has given the privilege to be
children of God.

38. There once was an old man…

39. “Father,
forgive them
for they know
not what they
have done”
Will you
receive Him?
Accept His
forgiveness,
Today?