I. “In the beginning, God created…” (Genesis 1:1)

A. The creation of man (Genesis 1:26-27)
B. All things were good when created (Genesis 1:31)
C. The fall of man (Genesis 3:1-15; Ezekiel 18:20; Isaiah 59:1-2; Romans 3:23)

II. “In the beginning was the Word…” (John 1:1)

A. The Deity of Jesus is declared (John 1:1)
B. “And the Word became flesh…” (John 1:14) – God became man! The Creator became the creation!
C. “…the form of God…equal with God…coming in the likeness of men” (Philippians 2:5-7)

III. Why did the Word become flesh?

A. He came to seek and to save that which was lost (Lk 19:10)
B. He came to save sinners (1 Timothy 1:15)
C. He came “to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21)
D. He came to taste death for everyone (Hebrews 2:9; Philippians 2:8 “even the death of the cross”)
E. He came to be “the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him” (Hebrews 5:7-9)
F. This was all a part of God’s plan “before the foundation of the world” (Ephesians 1:3-4; Ephesians 3:11)