What is God actually like? John 1:1–18 answers by pointing us to Jesus. He is not merely a teacher or moral example, but the eternal Word who was with God, was God, and through whom all things were made.

Yet this all-powerful Creator does not remain distant. He comes near. He enters a world that does not recognize him and a people who do not receive him, yet still offers grace: “to all who did receive him.” In Jesus, we see a God whose mercy is persistent, whose light overcomes darkness, and whose desire is not simply to improve us, but to make us his children.

John begins his Gospel with this invitation: if you want to know what God is like, come and see Jesus.