The Daily Fountain Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 30 December 2025 – Full Of Grace And Truth
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TOPIC: Full Of Grace And Truth
READ: John 1:14-18 (NKJV)
- And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
- John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ “
- And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
- For the law was given through Moses, [but] grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
- No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared [Him.]
THE MESSAGE:
Did you take notice of the expression, “full of grace and truth”? (verse 14). It tells us that there are no contradictions in Christ’s character such grace and ungrace, truth and untruth. In Christ, there is grace and only grace; truth and only truth! Whatever Jesus taught, that He also practiced, for He never made any moral statement that He did not demonstrate in His life. Yes, Jesus is a perfect unified person!
Beloved, we all have flawed characters. Still, some of us are more flawed than others, for we have grace laced with ungrace, and truth laced with untruth. Very imperfect human beings we are – unconsciously displaying our imperfections sometimes. Therefore, we all need help from Christ, the perfect One, who has commanded us to be perfect even as our Father in heaven is perfect (Matthew 5:48). Good enough, grace and truth came through Christ to us (verse 17). Do you know we have received from Christ grace that teaches us to say no to ungodliness and worldly passions? (Titus 2:11,12). Do you also know that we have received grace that helps us to reign through righteousness? (Romans 5:21). Know it that we can grow to a stage in our spiritual development where there is far more grace than ungrace, and far more truth than untruth (cf. 1 Peter 3:18). Waste no time to tap from Christ’s fullness of grace (verse 16), to receive power to exhibit such qualities of character that can be described as nearly perfect since only Christ is perfect.
PRAYER: Father, let the beauty of Jesus’ character be seen also in me – now and evermore, Amen!
