We Beheld His Glory

“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” –John 1:14

Reading: John 1:1-18

John beheld with his own eyes the glory of Christ. He bears witness in his Gospel to One whom he has seen and known. He is not writing about a stranger; he is not presenting the mere traditions or theories or speculations of men about the Son of God. The Word was made flesh and His glory was manifested. John witnessed that glory. And he saw mighty signs that the Lord performed in the presence of His disciples; he heard His revelations of divine truth; he observed His perfect life; he beheld Him risen from the dead. John gives us facts and an inspired interpretation of those facts.

Nothing can overthrow the testimony of John. No new theory, no discoveries of science, no ungodly philosophy can ever succeed in shaking that witness. Whatever men today may choose to believe and do, nothing whatsoever can shatter the fact that John and others actually beheld the glory of the Saviour of the world and the Son of the living God. Nothing can erase the historical record of those divine signs that John and others witnessed. Nothing can ever disprove the existence of the sovereign triune God; for apart from God there would be no facts, no signs, no existence, no meaning. John’s testimony stands, and we by God’s grace and power believe that testimony. And we look, in faith, toward that day when we will be admitted to the presence of our Redeemer and our God, and we too shall behold His glory.

Skilton, John H. Think on These Things: Bible Truths for Faith and Life. Philadelphia: Skilton House – Sowers, 1986.