If it seems like I'm glowing this morning, It's not because of the new shampoo or anything or skin lotion that the pastoral staff and I have, spent the last week at the Shepherd's conference at Grace Community Church, and the theme of the conference was we preach Christ. And over the course of from Tuesday to Friday, we spent about 15 sessions there at the conference listening to the message from Messages from some of the foremost expositors in our world today as they were just holding forth and preaching. The glories of Christ, the person of Christ, and the work of Christ, to us, and it was a, a blessing for us to be able to be at this conference, and I know that in the months to come, we'll be, seeking to bless you from the overflow of what we were able to experience at this wonderful, conference. But I say that partly also to say I'm very happy to know that in the sermon this morning that our guest speaker is gonna be delivering, we will be having Christ held forth for us.
once again from John chapter one. And before he comes this morning, he's asked me if I could read John chapter 1, verses 1 through 18, to you. So let me have you turn in your Bibles to, John chapter 1 so that we can read these verses together. John chapter.
One, beginning in verse one, John says, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and apart from him, nothing came into being that has come into being. In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. There came a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify about the light so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light....
