Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in John 1:4

“In him was life; and the life was the light of men.”

John 1:4 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in John 1:4, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of John 1. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • John 8:12Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
  • John 12:46I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
  • John 5:26For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
  • 1 John 1:5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
  • John 9:5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
  • Luke 1:78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
  • John 11:25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
  • Isaiah 42:6I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
  • John 14:6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
  • 1 John 5:11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
  • Ephesians 5:14Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
  • John 12:35Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
  • Matthew 4:16The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
  • Colossians 3:4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

More to meet God in John

John 3:16John 14:6John 8:32John 10:10John 16:33John 11:25John 13:34John 1:1John 3:17John 1:12John 14:27John 13:7John 15:13John 15:5

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.