Latest / Daily Bible Refresh / How Does John 1:10–18 Call Us to Incarnational Love Today?
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- 0:03friend,
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- 0:05you
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- 0:07today's
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- 0:08Daily
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- 0:20million
- 0:21years,
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- 0:21million
- 0:21people
- 0:22by
- 0:232028.
- 0:24I
- 0:24would
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- 0:25so
- 0:25grateful
- 0:26if
- 0:26you
- 0:26would
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- 0:26voiceofgodddaily.com
- 0:29and
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- 0:29your
- 0:30gift
- 0:30of
- 0:30any
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- 0:32Thanks
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- 0:33My
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- 0:34Dr.
- 0:34Brad
- 0:34Miller
- 0:35and
- 0:35I'll
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- 0:35tomorrow
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- 0:36your
- 0:37Daily
- 0:37Bible
- 0:38Refresh.
- 0:39Please
- 0:39subscribe
- 0:40and
- 0:41tag
- 0:41your
- 0:41friends
- 0:42until
- 0:42tomorrow.
- 0:43Remember,
- 0:44God's
- 0:44loyal
- 0:45love
- 0:45doesn't
- 0:45run
- 0:45out.
- 0:46His
- 0:46merciful
- 0:47love
- 0:47hasn't
- 0:48dried
- 0:48up,
- 0:49it's
- 0:49created
- 0:50new
- 0:51every
- 0:51morning.
- 0:56Okay,
- 0:56here's
- 0:57our
- 0:57reading
- 0:57for
- 0:57the
- 0:57day.
- 0:57From
- 0:58the
- 0:58Gospel
- 0:58of
- 0:58John,
- 0:59chapter
- 1:001,
- 1:00verses
- 1:0010
- 1:01through
- 1:0118.
- 1:02Reading
- 1:02from
- 1:02the
- 1:02Message
- 1:04the
- 1:04life
- 1:05light
- 1:05was
- 1:05the
- 1:05real
- 1:06thing.
- 1:06Every
- 1:07person
- 1:07entering
- 1:08life
- 1:08he
- 1:08brings
- 1:09into
- 1:09light.
- 1:10He
- 1:10was
- 1:11the
- 1:11world.
- 1:12The
- 1:12world
- 1:12was
- 1:12there
- 1:13through
- 1:13him,
- 1:13and
- 1:13yet
- 1:14the
- 1:14world
- 1:14didn't
- 1:14even
- 1:14notice.
- 1:15He
- 1:16came
- 1:16to
- 1:16his
- 1:16own
- 1:16people,
- 1:17but
- 1:17they
- 1:17didn't
- 1:17want
- 1:17him.
- 1:18But
- 1:18whoever
- 1:19did
- 1:19want
- 1:19him
- 1:19and
- 1:19whoever
- 1:20believed
- 1:20he
- 1:20was
- 1:20who
- 1:21he
- 1:21claimed
- 1:22and
- 1:22would
- 1:22do
- 1:22what
- 1:22he
- 1:23said.
- 1:23He
- 1:23made
- 1:23them
- 1:24to
- 1:24be
- 1:24their
- 1:24true
- 1:24selves,
- 1:26their
- 1:26child
- 1:26of
- 1:27God
- 1:27selves.
- 1:28These
- 1:29are
- 1:29their
- 1:30these
- 1:30are
- 1:30the
- 1:30God
- 1:31begotten.
- 1:32Not
- 1:32blood
- 1:32begotten.
- 1:33Not
- 1:33flesh
- 1:34begotten,
- 1:35not
- 1:35sex
- 1:35begotten.
- 1:36The
- 1:36Word
- 1:36became
- 1:37flesh
- 1:37and
- 1:37blood
- 1:38and
- 1:38moved
- 1:39into
- 1:39the
- 1:39neighborhood.
- 1:40We
- 1:40saw
- 1:41the
- 1:41glory
- 1:41of
- 1:41our
- 1:41eyes,
- 1:42the
- 1:42one
- 1:42of
- 1:42a
- 1:42kind
- 1:43glory,
- 1:43the
- 1:43like
- 1:44father,
- 1:44like
- 1:44son,
- 1:45generous
- 1:46inside
- 1:46and
- 1:46out.
- 1:47True
- 1:47from
- 1:47start
- 1:48to
- 1:48finish.
- 1:49John
- 1:49pointed
- 1:50to
- 1:50him
- 1:50out
- 1:50and
- 1:50called
- 1:51this
- 1:51is
- 1:51the
- 1:51one,
- 1:52the
- 1:53one
- 1:53I
- 1:53told
- 1:53you
- 1:53who
- 1:54was
- 1:54coming
- 1:54after
- 1:54me,
- 1:54but
- 1:55in
- 1:55fact
- 1:55was
- 1:55ahead
- 1:56of
- 1:56me.
- 1:57He
- 1:57has
- 1:57always
- 1:57been
- 1:57ahead
- 1:58of
- 1:58me.
- 1:58He's
- 1:59always
- 1:59had
- 1:59the
- 2:00first
- 2:00word.
- 2:02We
- 2:02all
- 2:02lived
- 2:03off
- 2:03this
- 2:03generous
- 2:04abundance.
- 2:04Gift
- 2:05after
- 2:05gift
- 2:05after
- 2:05gift.
- 2:06We
- 2:06got
- 2:07the
- 2:07basics
- 2:07from
- 2:08Moses
- 2:08and
- 2:08then
- 2:08his
- 2:09exuberant
- 2:09giving
- 2:09and
- 2:10receiving,
- 2:11this
- 2:11endless
- 2:12knowing
- 2:12and
- 2:12understanding.
- 2:13Then
- 2:13along
- 2:14came
- 2:14Jesus,
- 2:14the
- 2:15Messiah.
- 2:16No
- 2:16one
- 2:16has
- 2:16ever
- 2:17seen
- 2:17God,
- 2:17no,
- 2:17not
- 2:18so
- 2:18much
- 2:18as
- 2:18even
- 2:18a
- 2:19glimpse.
- 2:20This
- 2:20one
- 2:20of
- 2:20a
- 2:20kind
- 2:21God
- 2:21expression
- 2:22who
- 2:22exists
- 2:23at
- 2:23the
- 2:23very
- 2:23heart
- 2:23of
- 2:24the
- 2:24Father
- 2:24has
- 2:25made
- 2:25him
- 2:25plain
- 2:25as
- 2:26day.
- 2:27That
- 2:28ends
- 2:28the
- 2:28reading.
- 2:29And
- 2:29I
- 2:29just
- 2:29want
- 2:30to
- 2:30thank
- 2:30you
- 2:30for
- 2:30sitting
- 2:30down
- 2:30with
- 2:31me
- 2:31for
- 2:31a
- 2:31few
- 2:31minutes
- 2:32to
- 2:32discuss
- 2:33this
- 2:33passage
- 2:33here.
- 2:35We're
- 2:35in
- 2:35the
- 2:36Gospel
- 2:36of
- 2:36John,
- 2:38first
- 2:38chapter
- 2:39in
- 2:39the
- 2:39message
- 2:40and
- 2:40there's
- 2:41this
- 2:41gorgeous
- 2:42kind
- 2:42of
- 2:42riff
- 2:42are
- 2:42going
- 2:42to
- 2:42take
- 2:43off
- 2:43on
- 2:43Jesus
- 2:44as
- 2:44the
- 2:44life
- 2:45and
- 2:45the
- 2:45light
- 2:45of
- 2:45the
- 2:45world
- 2:46who
- 2:46became
- 2:47flesh
- 2:47and
- 2:47moved
- 2:47into
- 2:48the
- 2:48neighborhood.
- 2:49It's
- 2:50kind
- 2:50of
- 2:50an
- 2:50abstract,
- 2:51abstract
- 2:52imagery
- 2:53here,
- 2:53but
- 2:54if
- 2:54ever
- 2:54faith
- 2:54ever
- 2:55fully
- 2:55abstract.
- 2:56John
- 2:57smuggles
- 2:58it
- 2:58back
- 2:58into
- 2:58the
- 2:58real
- 2:59streets,
- 2:59real
- 3:00faces,
- 3:01real
- 3:01lives.
- 3:02Let's
- 3:03consider
- 3:03three
- 3:03points
- 3:04to
- 3:04Ponder
- 3:06Incarnation
- 3:06means
- 3:07God
- 3:07chooses
- 3:08bodies
- 3:08and
- 3:08neighborhoods.
- 3:10Moved
- 3:10into
- 3:10the
- 3:11neighborhood
- 3:11isn't
- 3:11just
- 3:12poetry,
- 3:12it's
- 3:13a
- 3:13claim
- 3:13about
- 3:13solidarity.
- 3:15God
- 3:15doesn't
- 3:16hover
- 3:16above
- 3:16pain
- 3:17or
- 3:17beauty.
- 3:18God
- 3:18shows
- 3:19up
- 3:19in
- 3:20our
- 3:20neighborhoods,
- 3:20in
- 3:20our
- 3:21zip
- 3:21codes.
- 3:21Progressive
- 3:22faith
- 3:22allows
- 3:23follow
- 3:23suit.
- 3:24We
- 3:25center
- 3:25the
- 3:25vulnerable,
- 3:26honor
- 3:27our
- 3:27bodies,
- 3:27and
- 3:27show
- 3:28up
- 3:28where
- 3:28people
- 3:28are
- 3:29belonging
- 3:30and
- 3:30hurting.
- 3:32I
- 3:32sometimes
- 3:32think
- 3:33about
- 3:33my
- 3:33weekly
- 3:34podcast
- 3:34I
- 3:34do
- 3:35called
- 3:35Cancer
- 3:36and
- 3:36Comedy
- 3:36about
- 3:36helping
- 3:37people
- 3:37with
- 3:37cancer
- 3:38to
- 3:38cope
- 3:38with
- 3:38it.
- 3:39And
- 3:40it's
- 3:40about
- 3:41dealing
- 3:41with
- 3:41the
- 3:41hard
- 3:42places
- 3:42in
- 3:43life,
- 3:44disease
- 3:44and
- 3:44so
- 3:44on
- 3:45with
- 3:45love.
- 3:48What
- 3:49can
- 3:49you
- 3:49do
- 3:49about
- 3:49that?
- 3:50How
- 3:50can
- 3:50you
- 3:50check
- 3:50on
- 3:51a
- 3:51neighbor
- 3:51with
- 3:51chemo
- 3:52or
- 3:52bring
- 3:53soup
- 3:53to
- 3:53someone
- 3:54who
- 3:54needs
- 3:54a
- 3:54little
- 3:54something
- 3:55to
- 3:55eat?
- 3:57Another
- 3:57point
- 3:57to
- 3:57ponder
- 3:58is
- 3:58Becoming
- 3:58our
- 3:58true
- 3:59selves
- 3:59is
- 3:59an
- 3:59inclusive,
- 4:00liberating
- 4:01gift.
- 4:02John
- 4:03said
- 4:03we're
- 4:03made
- 4:03into
- 4:04our
- 4:04child
- 4:05of
- 4:05God
- 4:05selves,
- 4:06not
- 4:07blood
- 4:07begotten,
- 4:07flesh
- 4:08begotten,
- 4:08or
- 4:08sex
- 4:08begotten.
- 4:09In
- 4:09other
- 4:09words,
- 4:10divine
- 4:11belonging
- 4:11isn't
- 4:11gated
- 4:12by
- 4:12ancestry,
- 4:13biology
- 4:14or
- 4:14status.
- 4:15It's
- 4:15a
- 4:15gift
- 4:16after
- 4:16gift
- 4:16after
- 4:17gift.
- 4:18And
- 4:18progressive
- 4:18faith
- 4:19resists
- 4:20narrow
- 4:20identity
- 4:21boxes
- 4:22and
- 4:22embraces
- 4:23people
- 4:23as
- 4:23they
- 4:23are
- 4:24across
- 4:25race,
- 4:25gender,
- 4:26sexual
- 4:27orientation,
- 4:28ability
- 4:28and
- 4:28story.
- 4:30I'm
- 4:30a
- 4:30grandfather
- 4:31of
- 4:31two
- 4:31giggling
- 4:32little
- 4:32granddaughters
- 4:33and
- 4:34they
- 4:35love
- 4:35to
- 4:35tell
- 4:35me
- 4:35dumb
- 4:36jokes
- 4:36and
- 4:36things
- 4:36like
- 4:37that.
- 4:38But
- 4:38I,
- 4:38you
- 4:38know,
- 4:38my
- 4:38one.
- 4:39My
- 4:39main
- 4:39thing
- 4:39is
- 4:39I
- 4:40want
- 4:40to
- 4:40see
- 4:40them
- 4:40grow
- 4:40up
- 4:40in
- 4:40a
- 4:41world
- 4:41where
- 4:41every
- 4:41person's
- 4:42dignity
- 4:43is
- 4:43not
- 4:43negotiable.
- 4:45Another
- 4:46point
- 4:46to
- 4:46ponder
- 4:46is
- 4:47this
- 4:48Grace
- 4:48Is
- 4:48abundance
- 4:49meant
- 4:49for
- 4:49sharing.
- 4:51Justice
- 4:51is
- 4:51what
- 4:51it
- 4:52looks
- 4:52like
- 4:52in
- 4:52public.
- 4:54We
- 4:54all
- 4:54live
- 4:54off
- 4:55this
- 4:55generous
- 4:55abundance.
- 4:56Gift
- 4:56after
- 4:56gift
- 4:57is
- 4:57what
- 4:57it
- 4:57says
- 4:57here
- 4:57in
- 4:58the
- 4:58Scripture.
- 4:59Grace
- 4:59fills
- 4:59the
- 5:00table
- 5:00and
- 5:01justice
- 5:01pulls
- 5:01up
- 5:02more
- 5:02chairs.
- 5:03That
- 5:03includes
- 5:04policies
- 5:04and
- 5:05practices
- 5:06having
- 5:06to
- 5:07do
- 5:07with
- 5:07health
- 5:07care,
- 5:07access,
- 5:08creation
- 5:09care,
- 5:09and
- 5:10communities
- 5:10where
- 5:10everyone
- 5:11can
- 5:11finish,
- 5:12including
- 5:13immigrants
- 5:14and
- 5:14refugees.
- 5:16That's
- 5:17grace,
- 5:18what
- 5:18we're
- 5:18talking
- 5:18about
- 5:19here
- 5:20and
- 5:21the
- 5:21cheer
- 5:21for
- 5:22those
- 5:22who
- 5:22are
- 5:22the
- 5:23underdogs.
- 5:24Let's
- 5:25talk
- 5:25about
- 5:25an
- 5:25action
- 5:25step
- 5:26that
- 5:26you
- 5:26can
- 5:26take.
- 5:28It's
- 5:28called
- 5:28moving
- 5:29to
- 5:29the
- 5:29neighborhood.
- 5:29Love.
- 5:30Pick
- 5:31one
- 5:31concrete
- 5:31act
- 5:32of
- 5:32embodied
- 5:33solidarity
- 5:33that
- 5:34is
- 5:34Text
- 5:34somebody
- 5:35who's
- 5:35going
- 5:35through
- 5:36a
- 5:36bad
- 5:36time.
- 5:37Ask
- 5:37them
- 5:37how
- 5:37you
- 5:38can
- 5:38be
- 5:38helpful
- 5:39and
- 5:39bring
- 5:39a
- 5:40meal
- 5:40to
- 5:40a
- 5:40caregiver.
- 5:41Introduce
- 5:42yourself
- 5:42to
- 5:43a
- 5:43new
- 5:43neighbor.
- 5:44Attend
- 5:44a
- 5:44local
- 5:44meeting
- 5:46about
- 5:46your
- 5:46school
- 5:46board
- 5:47or
- 5:47something
- 5:47like
- 5:47about
- 5:48that
- 5:48especially
- 5:49it
- 5:49might
- 5:49have
- 5:49something
- 5:50to
- 5:50do
- 5:50with
- 5:50the
- 5:50health
- 5:50of
- 5:50your
- 5:51community
- 5:51or
- 5:52stewardship
- 5:52of
- 5:52the
- 5:53parks,
- 5:54or
- 5:54donate
- 5:55to
- 5:55some
- 5:57Noble
- 5:57fund
- 5:58or
- 5:58refugee
- 5:59resettlement
- 6:00group.
- 6:00Keep
- 6:01it
- 6:01simple,
- 6:01local
- 6:01and
- 6:02real.
- 6:02Grace
- 6:03that
- 6:03you
- 6:03can
- 6:03see.
- 6:05I
- 6:05just
- 6:05want
- 6:06to
- 6:06invite
- 6:06you
- 6:06to
- 6:06do
- 6:06that.
- 6:08I'm
- 6:08reminded
- 6:09every
- 6:09day
- 6:09that
- 6:10the
- 6:10Word
- 6:10still
- 6:10moves
- 6:11into
- 6:11our
- 6:11neighborhoods.
- 6:12One
- 6:12small
- 6:13act
- 6:13of
- 6:13love
- 6:13at
- 6:13a
- 6:14time.
- 6:14I
- 6:14see
- 6:15that
- 6:15my
- 6:15spouse,
- 6:15my
- 6:15kids,
- 6:16my
- 6:16grandkids,
- 6:16the
- 6:17people.
- 6:17I
- 6:17know.
- 6:19I
- 6:19know
- 6:19you
- 6:19do
- 6:19too.
- 6:21We're
- 6:21come
- 6:21back
- 6:21and
- 6:22have
- 6:22a
- 6:22prayer.
- 6:22But
- 6:22before
- 6:23we
- 6:23do,
- 6:23just
- 6:23a
- 6:23quick
- 6:23word
- 6:24that
- 6:24we
- 6:24have
- 6:24a
- 6:24great
- 6:25resource
- 6:25for
- 6:25you.
- 6:26It's
- 6:26called
- 6:26the
- 6:26ABC123
- 6:27Bible
- 6:28Study
- 6:28Method.
- 6:29You
- 6:29can
- 6:29get
- 6:29it
- 6:29over
- 6:30it
- 6:30voiceofgod
- 6:31daily.com
- 6:32let's
- 6:33pray.
- 6:34God
- 6:35who
- 6:35moved
- 6:35into
- 6:35our
- 6:36neighborhood.
- 6:36Help
- 6:36us
- 6:36notice
- 6:37that
- 6:37you
- 6:37are
- 6:37ordinary.
- 6:38You're
- 6:39ordinary
- 6:39right
- 6:40there
- 6:40in
- 6:40our
- 6:40communities,
- 6:41in
- 6:41our
- 6:41neighborhoods
- 6:41and
- 6:42hospital
- 6:42rooms
- 6:42and
- 6:43living
- 6:43room
- 6:43sidewalks
- 6:43and
- 6:44trails.
- 6:45Make
- 6:45our
- 6:45heads
- 6:46gentle
- 6:46and
- 6:46our
- 6:46courage
- 6:47steady.
- 6:48Grow
- 6:48us
- 6:48into
- 6:48our
- 6:49child
- 6:49of
- 6:49God
- 6:49selves,
- 6:50Free,
- 6:51beloved
- 6:51and
- 6:51brave.
- 6:52Turn
- 6:53your
- 6:53abundance
- 6:53into
- 6:54our
- 6:54generosity.
- 6:55Meals
- 6:56shared,
- 6:56calls
- 6:57made,
- 6:58justice
- 6:58pursued.
- 6:59Be
- 7:00those
- 7:01Be
- 7:01close
- 7:01to
- 7:01those
- 7:02facing
- 7:02illness
- 7:02and
- 7:02long
- 7:03nights
- 7:03and
- 7:03let
- 7:04hope
- 7:04arrive
- 7:04through
- 7:04presence
- 7:05with
- 7:05a
- 7:05little
- 7:06humor
- 7:06perhaps.
- 7:07And
- 7:07when
- 7:07the
- 7:07laughter
- 7:08comes,
- 7:08even
- 7:08at
- 7:09a
- 7:09bad
- 7:09joke,
- 7:10let
- 7:10it
- 7:10be
- 7:10a
- 7:10sign
- 7:10that
- 7:11grace
- 7:12is
- 7:12near.
- 7:13Amen.
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