神的兒子住在世人中間
約翰福音一章14至18節
14 道成了肉身，住在我們中間，充充滿滿的有恩典有真理。我們也見過他的榮光，正是父獨生子的榮光。
15 約翰為他作見證，喊著說：「這就是我曾說：『那在我以後來的，反成了在我以前的，因他本來在我以前。』」
16 從他豐滿的恩典裡，我們都領受了，而且恩上加恩。
17 律法本是藉著摩西傳的；恩典和真理都是由耶穌基督來的。
18 從來沒有人看見神，只有在父懷裡的獨生子將他表明出來。
信息分享
知名人仕出外旅遊的時候，總是喜歡隱藏身份；但很多時候，別人卻可以憑著他們的言行舉止把他們認出來。
當耶穌「道成肉身」活在地上的期間，祂在不少公開場合中的言行表現，均彰顯出神兒子所擁有的榮耀和權能，仿如太陽雖隱藏在雲層背後，但雲層卻無法遮掩其光芒，光芒始終從雲邊透射出來一樣。約翰說：「我們也見過他的榮光」；在他所寫的福音書中，我們便看見不少的實例。例如，一章33節記述耶穌受洗的情景。祂的受洗，有甚麼與眾不同的地方？那就是在祂受洗之後，聖靈從天降下，住在祂的身上，在旁的人便得見「祂的榮光」。
第二章記述耶穌應邀參加一個婚筵。他與其他嘉賓一起坐席，本沒有任何表現令人覺得祂有特殊之處，直到酒用盡了，祂把清水變成好酒，這神蹟便顯出祂的榮耀。接著在同一章，記述耶穌進入聖殿，把在殿中作買賣和兌換銀錢的人趕走，使聖殿再次成為禱告的殿，這行動便充份顯出了祂的權能。
全本約翰福音都不時透射出這類榮光。耶穌基督雖降世為人，但祂自始至終都是永生神的兒子。所以，當多馬親眼見到主時，便不禁高呼說：「我的主！我的神！」
請不要忘記，耶穌之所以從天降世，住在我們中間，完全是因為祂愛我們。祂來是為了拯救我們；祂來是為了替我們的罪受死。難道這一切還不足以使我們時刻感謝祂嗎？
反思：
耶穌基督是永不改變的。祂昔日如何，今天也是如何。
God's Son Living in Our World
John 1:14-18
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’”
16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.
Message
Famous people have sometimes tried to travel without letting others know who they are. But often they have been found out, possibly by the things they did or said.
When Jesus was here on earth (when he was 'made flesh') there were many occasions when his glory ad power as the Son of God shone through. It was like the rays of the sun shining out from the edges of a cloud. John says 'we beheld his glory'. So often in the gospel of John this is true. In John 1:33 the baptism of Jesus is mentioned. What happened that did not happen when anyone else was baptised? The Spirit of God came down on him and those standing nearby 'beheld his glory'.
In chapter 2, Jesus attended a wedding. He looked just like any other man until the need arose. Then John says he showed his glory as he turned cold, clear water into red sparkling wine. In the same chapter Jesus went into the Temple and his power shone through as he cleaned it out to make it a house of prayer once more.
These rays of glory can be seen through the whole book of John. Jesus Christ was a man in our world but he was always the eternal Son of God as well. When Thomas saw this for himself, he cried out 'My Lord and my God'.
Remember this - Jesus came and lived in our world because he loved us. He came to save us. He came to die for us. Why not thank him again just now for all of this?
Think About This:
Jesus Christ never changes. What he was then, he is still today.