John 1:14 part 2

John 1:14 The Word became flesh and dwelt among us and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John was a firsthand witness to the glory of Jesus in the flesh. He lived with the incarnate God for 3 years and was able to behold the glory of who He really was. John was able to see the life the Jesus lived up close. And John chooses to call that life full of glory. John equates the glory that was in Jesus as only able to come from the Son of God. Jesus was full of grace and truth. Grace - unmerited favor of God that even though we deserve death, He came to give us life. And not just a little bit of life but abundant life. But John doesn't stop with just saying that Jesus was full of grace. He says that Jesus was full of truth. Because grace is balanced by the truth that you need to believe/obey and repent to experience this grace that brings life. Without believing so that it brings about changes in our behavior and thinking and repenting for what we have done wrong we don't have faith in what Jesus has done for us. We are still deceiving ourselves.