Christmas Day (2025) Sermon
The Word, Creating Still John 1:1-14 G race to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. I wonder if you notice that twice our text talks about the fact that the Word, which was God and was with God from the very beginning, created all things. Our Gospel declares, “All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.” And again, “He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. ” I suppose, if you want to get technical, it is mentioned three times – twice in the first sentence. Of course, we need to consider what is this “Word” being talked about? It is Word of God which took on human flesh in the womb of Mary. Our Gospel lesson says it this way. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (Jn. 1:14) The 2 nd person of the Trinity is the “Word of God.”...