Prepare
Opening Prayer
Thank God for his Word and ask him to bless its reading so that we know Jesus and trust him.
Read
Scripture Passage
The Forerunner of Christ
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe. 8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
The Rejection of Christ
9 That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. 11 He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.
The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982), Jn 1:6–11.
A — About
What Is This Passage About?
John bears witness to Jesus, the true light, but the world does not know him and his own people do not receive him.
B — Best Verse
Which Verse Best Summarizes the Passage?
John 1:11
he came to his own and his own did not receive him
Bryan explicitly highlights verse 11 for the second movement of the passage, where Jesus comes to his own and is rejected; he also identifies verse 8 for John's witness in the first movement.
C — Called or Christ
C — Called to Do
Receive Jesus Christ, believe that he is the light of the world and Creator, and trust that eternal life is in him.
Devotional Study
Transcript of the devotion. Minor transcription errors may remain.
hey hey welcome to coffee and devotions this monday morning november 9th is where every weekday morning at 9 00 a.m and on the weekends when i get a spare moment from my kids you and i we get together we have some coffee we get into god's word and we grow in our love for the lord together and this year 2020 we'll make it through all the gospels well i know it's not 9 a.m but we have a dentist appointment with our kids this morning so we're going to do this a little bit early so why don't we go ahead and have some coffee pray and get into god's word let's pray father we thank you so much for this day and we thank you for your word we pray that you would bless us as we read your word that we would know who jesus is and that we would trust in him in jesus name amen all right here we go john chapter 1 beginning at verse 6 through 11. there is a man sent from god whose name was john this man came for a witness to bear witness of the light that all through him might believe he was not that light but he was sent to bear witness of that light that was the true light which gives light to every man coming into the world he was in the world and the world was made through him and the world did not know him he came to his own and his own did not receive him well we need to ask ourselves hey what is this about b what's the best first summarizes and see what are we called to do in response to these words first a what is this about well first we are introduced to john and john is a witness to the light but he is not the light himself the light comes into the world but the world did not know him jesus comes as a testimony to his own people but his people don't receive him this is talking about john and jesus and so i'm i don't know i don't know how i would summarize this in one sentence it's two different sections here in my bible so six through eight is one section nine through eleven is another that's probably wise i would say for the first one john testifies to the light and the second one i would say the jews reject the light that's probably what i would write maybe you would do something different let me know what's the best first to summarize this again i'm gonna highlight two different i'm going to highlight verse eight he was not that light but was sent to bear witness of that light and secondly in the next one nine through eleven i think i'm going to highlight verse 11. he came to his own but his own did not receive him see calling what are we called to do in response to this well do we receive jesus christ do we believe that he is the light of the world that all things were created by him and through him and that it is in him that we have eternal life do we believe in the name of the son of god well i'm going to leave you with that this morning i pray that you have a great day why don't we go ahead and pray now father we thank you so much for this day we pray that we would be those who would receive jesus christ by faith we thank you lord for sending your only begotten son we pray that as we come to read your word and think upon your word in the book of john this last bit of the year that you would build us up in our faith in jesus name amen the lord bless you today and have a great day bye