Pencil sketch by JC Chambers Part six in a series of God's grace from the book of John. “From the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known.” John 1:16-18 “No one has ever seen God.” This statement raises some questions. What about divine appearances in the Old Testa

Pencil sketch by JC Chambers Part five in a series of God's grace from the book of John. “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14 What is “glory”? Glory is to the eye what a word is to the ear. It is the means by which God reveals Himself to human beings. When applied to God, glory does not mean God in His essential nature. It refers to God’s

Pencil sketch by JC Chambers Part four in a study of God's grace from the book of John. How do we become children of God? “Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God — children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.” John 1:12-13 We don’t come into God’s family the same way we enter human families. This divine authorization isn’t based on “natural descent,” “hu

Pencil sketch by JC Chambers Part three in a study of God's grace from the book of John. Does God force us to obey Him? “There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe.” John 1:6-7 In the final book of the Old Testament, the prophet