Steps of Faith for the Deaf
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Hello,
“In the beginning was the Word,
And the Word was with God,
And the Word was God.
And the Word became flesh (body),
And dwelt (lived) among us,
And we beheld (looked at) his glory,
The glory of the only begotten of the Father.”
John 1: 1, 14
The Word in these verses means Jesus, the Son of God.
Jesus is the only begotten Son of God.
John 3: 16 “ God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son……”
Jesus was God and he was God’s son.
Jesus was part of God when he created the world.
John 1:3 “All things were made by him (the Word).”
In Genesis 1:26–”And God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.’ ”
An image is something that is a copy or made like some other thing.
People were made like God.
God sent his son to earth to live as a man. He was to live in a body.
He came to earth for one reason–to die for man’s sin —-in man’s place ——so man did not have to die for his own sin.
When Adam sinned–death came to man.
When Jesus died on the cross and rose again—he paid the death punishment and made it possible for man to live forever in heaven.
When God’s Son came to earth, he left all the wonderful things in heaven. He came into a baby’s body and he grew like all people do.
He was given the name, Jesus. That name meant “savior”. He was to save people from their sins.
God showed a lot of love for people to be willing to give his Son into a human body to die.
Jesus showed a lot of love to be willing to come as a man on earth.
Jesus showed a lot of love— to have put on him the blame and sin of lying, cheating, sexual sin, murder, and every other kind of sin was put on him.
You know how you feel when someone blames you for something you did not do.
Jesus had put on him all the terrible sins that the whole world has ever done. He allowed himself to be beaten and crucified on a cross.
He did it because it was the only way to let us be free of dying for our sin.
What a wonderful thing He did for us!
Good-bye for now. I’ll write again. Sincerely, Joyce Webb