Sunday, October 13, 2013

The Word - John 1:1-2

John 1:1-2 ESV
The Deity of Jesus Christ
 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.

The Word appears three times in verse one, which is the number associated with the divine. This underscores John's intent to present the divinity of Jesus. The Word is identified as God.  

A word has its origin with the speaker of that word. It is present before uttered. It represents order and implies the intelligence of that being. It is because this Word has been spoken that we are able to access the revelation of God. 

Genesis opens with the phrase "In the beginning God".  This time the Word is described in the same way and is equated with God. John's gospel opens with that same wording, linking the two events of an ongoing creation. We are given a new perspective of God.  The Word that spoke creation into being took form in that same creation to enable the creation of the new man. God took on the form of that new creature, the first of many that would come.

It is this Word that is written on our hearts and seals us in the truth, bringing us into the new and final form which encompasses the peace and perfection of God. 

Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

1 John 1:1-2
 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—

Romans 9:5
To them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.

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