Daily Lesson for Monday 14th of October 2024

John starts his Gospel not with the name “Jesus” or His role as Messiah/Christ but with the term logos. Around the time John wrote, various philosophies used the term logos to refer to the rational structure of the universe, or to refer to the idea of logic and reason themselves.

Also, the teaching of the influential ancient philosopher Plato had divided reality into two realms. One is the heavenly and immutable realm, where absolute perfection exists. The other is the realm here—perishable, changing, a very imperfect representation of the perfect realm above, wherever it supposedly existed. (Plato never answered that question.) Some philosophies identified the logos as some abstract intermediary between the eternal forms and the perishable, earthly forms here.

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John uses the term in a completely different manner. He maintains that the truth, the logos, is not some ethereal and abstract concept floating between heaven and earth. The logos is a person: Jesus Christ, who became flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:14).

For John, the logos is the Word of God. More important, God communicated; that is, He revealed Himself to humanity in the most radical way: God became one of us.

In the Gospel of John, the logos represents the eternal God, who enters time and space, who speaks, acts, and interrelates with humans on a personal level. The eternal God became a human being, one of us.

In John 1:14 the apostle indicates that the logos “became flesh and dwelt among us” (NKJV). The underlying Greek word, translated dwelt, means to pitch a tent. John is alluding to Exodus 25:8, where God told the Israelites to make a sanctuary, a tent structure, so that He could dwell in their midst. In the same way, in the Incarnation, Jesus, the divine Son of God, stepped into human flesh, veiling His glory so that people could come in contact with Him.

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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/24d-03-the-word-made-flesh/

John has written what is possibly the most well-known Bible verse in John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, He gave His only Son” which has had many say
Lord, I Have Made Thy Word My Choice – Hymn 273 and
Give Me The Bible – Hymn 272. John writes of many people who turned to Jesus in this quarter’s studies. Here are two hymns from which to choose for your theme hymn this quarter. 

The wonders of our Lord Jesus come to us again this week, and we find that He is the Light that all humanity needs so much: 
Hymn 234 – Christ Is The World’s Light, 
Hymn 345 – Christ Is The World’s True Light and 
Hymn 515 – The Lord Is My Light. Sunday closes off with “He is still the divine Son of God”: 
Hymn 637 – Son Of God, Eternal Saviour. 

Monday brings us the information saying 
O Word Of God Incarnate – Hymn 274. 

With joy, in accepting Jesus, we are 
Children Of The Heavenly Father – Hymn 101. Through the process John takes us, we are able to sing 
I Do Believe – Hymn 486 and then ask 
Gracious Father, Guard Thy Children – Hymn 621. 

Our believing continues on Wednesday:
Hymn 511 – I Know Whom I Have Believed. 

Thursday enlightens our thinking with “Jesus is presented as the divine Son of God, the Creator of the universe”: 
Hymn 320 – Lord of Creation. The day’s study closes: “God’s greatest glory is revealed in His greatest shame—bearing the sins of the world in Himself”: 
Hymn 237 – In The Cross Of Christ I Glory.

Please continue to search the scriptures this week to be blessed, and to bless many others.

To learn unknown hymns, you will find the accompaniment music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/Hymnal/ 

Another great resource is for when there is a hymn you wish to sing but can’t find it in your hymnal. Go to https://www.sdahymnal.org/Search and in the search bar type a special word in that is in the hymn. I am sure you will be amazed at the help you will be given.

 2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

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Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/3-the-backstory-the-prologue-singing-with-inspiration/