The Prologue of John’s Gospel

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

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🗓️ 24 November 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

The gospel of John begins with an exalted presentation of our Redeemer as the divine Logos, the Word of God. From his sermon series through John, today R.C. Sproul explores the significance of the titles attributed to Jesus Christ in these opening verses.

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Meet Today’s Teacher:

R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	It is my earnest prayer that we look through the pages of this gospel in the days to come,
0:07.4	that God the Holy Spirit will make us see that light so clearly,
0:13.2	that we will be those who were born not of the flesh,
0:16.4	not by the will of man, but by God himself.
0:32.5	In John 1, verses 4 to 5, we're told in him was life, and the life was the light of men.
0:37.1	The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
0:38.6	And it's this light that we'll consider today as we start a short series in the early chapters of John's Gospel. This is the Sunday
0:45.8	edition of Renewing Your Mind, and I'm thankful that you're listening today. We don't study the
0:51.4	scriptures merely to know the scriptures better, but in order that we might know the God of the scriptures better.
0:58.1	And as you heard R.C. Sprold just say, his prayer as we study John's Gospel is that every one of us, by the power of the Holy Spirit, would truly know the one who is the light and that we would have eternal life.
1:12.4	Before Dr. Sproll starts this sermon series in chapter one of John,
1:16.9	you can request his commentary on John's Gospel when you give a donation of any amount at renewingyourmind.org.
1:24.3	You'll further fuel the outreach of renewing your mind with your donation, and we'll send you
1:29.0	this commentary as our way of saying thank you, allowing you to take your time to walk through
1:34.0	John's Gospel with R.C. Sprawl as your guide. Well, to get this series started, here's Dr. Sprawl
1:40.5	on the opening verses of John's Gospel.
1:51.1	Our scripture this morning is taken from the Gospel according to St. John.
2:08.0	I will be reading from the first chapter, verses 1 through 18, which, of course, is that section of John's Gospel that we call the prologue. Here then the Word of God.
2:11.8	In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2:22.6	He was in the beginning with God, and all things were made through Him, and without Him
2:31.4	nothing was made that was made.
2:35.9	In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
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