REFLECTION: Genesis 1:1-5 Memory Verse: Matthew 5:3-4 Benediction: 2 Corinthians 13:14 Jesus Christ is God's great message of Himself to the World. God is HERE! Jesus is creator, life-giver, and light-shiner, and He is triumphant in all of his Great Work! SERIES INTRODUCTION Thesis of John: John 20:30-31 John 1:1 1. HE WAS ! ...Before time began (v1) ...with a WORD 2. HE IS GREAT! Eternally The Pre-Existent One Eternally Relationship with the Father Eternally God Eternally Creator 3. HE IS AND LIGHT! LIFE Ephesians 2:1 John 14:6; 3:36; 1 John 5:12; Romans 8:11 LIGHT Genesis 1:3-4 4. HE IS ! John 1:5 Rev 21:22-23; 22:5