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I'm chomping on the bit to get to the "action". So far we have been looking at the set-up. In a moment we'll get the pay-off: Jesus' boots on the ground.

But as we transition out - John leaves us with one final zinger:

John 1:16-18

From the fullness of his grace we hall all received one blessing after another. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father's side, has made him known.


There's two things here: (1) Jesus is a game-changer. Up to now, the rules of the game were established by Moses. But Jesus, by fulfilling the "rules" broke the rules and established a new foundational platform by which the game (life) must now be played: it's called grace and truth.

And (2) If you want to see God, Jesus is the way (the only way) to see Him. He has "made him known". In other words, the only way to know God is by knowing Jesus.