Before the manger, before Bethlehem, before time itself — there was Jesus. And John wants to make sure you don't miss Him.
In this kickoff message of our brand-new series through the Gospel of John, Pastor Brian walks through John 1:1-14 and makes one thing unmistakably clear: Jesus is God. Not a god, not a prophet, not a nice moral teacher — fully, completely, without equivocation, God. And He didn't stay distant. He put on skin, moved into our mess, and made a way for every one of us to become children of God.
But here's the challenge — the easiest Jesus to miss is the one you think you already know. Pastor Brian unpacks how familiarity can quietly drift into indifference, why John never got over the fact that Jesus loved him, and what it actually means to not just believe in Jesus but to receive Him. Plus, a Nutella jar floating in outer space, a date with Batman, and a sweatshirt smuggling incident at the Tijuana border crossing.
This is week one of a four-month journey through the first 11 chapters of John. Grab the Gospel of John companion book at any Bayside campus and bring your Bible every week — you don't want to miss this.

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