Transforming Mission Leadercast With Tim Bias & Sara Thomas

You can find background information for this series along with show notes for this episode at https://transformingmission.org/129 Read John 1:1-5, 14 Reflect The Good News in John is this: If you have seen Jesus you have seen God.  The Word became flesh and dwelt among us (1:14).  When Christians are asked what God is like, they point to Jesus, the “human face of God.” This knowledge of God is not a matter of human attainment or achievement. We know God because God has revealed God’s self in Jesus, who is identified with God.  And lived among us (1:14). The word “lived” means “tented” or pitched his tent with us.  The word is closely related to words like “tabernacle” and “temple”.  The implication is that God came to live among God’s people. John wants us to know that what the tabernacle and temple stood for is now fully represented by Jesus the Christ and his community, the church, the new temple. So, what does this mean for us? The living presence of God has come to be with us in Jesus.  God has become a h