The "Word"

John 1:1-2 

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, 

and the Word was God. The same was 

in the beginning with God." 

   When John wrote of the beginning, he was paralleling the words of the creation account. John called Jesus, “the Word.” John did not identify this person immediately, but described His nature and purpose before revealing His name. As the Word, the Son of God fully conveys and communicates God. "For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ," (John 1:17). In the Hebrew language of the Old Testament, “the Word” is described as an agent of creation, "By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth,"(Ps. 33:6). 
   John may have had these ideas in mind, but his description shows clearly that he spoke of Jesus as a human being he knew and loved who was at the same time the Creator of the universe, the ultimate revelation of God, and also the living picture of God’s holiness.  By using the expression, He was with God,  "the Word" (the Son) and God (the Father) already enjoyed an intimate, personal relationship in the beginning. 

   My Friends, Not only was the Son with God, He was Himself God.  John’s Gospel, more than most books in the New Testament, asserts Jesus’ divinity. One of the most compelling reasons to believe the doctrine of the Trinity comes from the fact that it was revealed through the people most likely to reject it the Hebrews. In a world populated by many gods, it took the tough minded Hebrews to clarify the revelation of God’s oneness expressed through “three-in-oneness.”  The Holy Trinity. 
Amen!

Reading: John 1:1-18
Ref: HG SB

May God Bless You 

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry