Julie
This is a very important part of the Bible, at least that is what I ascertain from sermons and the context with which it is sometimes used. God is everything and John was sent to bear witness to all that God is.
The righteous will find the way and wicked will fail.
Michelle
The preface to this book says that John is the only disciple that followed Jesus all the way to the cross. So, yes, he was sent to bear witness to all that God is and to share with us the love that comes from God and Jesus.
This is an interesting passage. I took this study at church a long time ago that focused on new believers. One of the verses that we had to interpret was this very first one in John. It had my head spinning because I didn't really understand it. Reading it in context with the rest of the first paragraph, it makes a little more sense now. The part that stands out today is verses 9-14. It says that he came as a light into this world yet was not recognized, and to his own people who did not receive him, but to all those that did receive him and believed him, he made the children of God, whether they were born of natural descent or not, they were born of God. There are alot of people today that could use with reading this. Because regardless of what is going on in the world and the crazy things people are saying and doing, we are all God's children and should be helping those astray come back to God.
That last verse says it all, "For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction".
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