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Dec 10, 2023 · In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made ...
Aug 16, 2004 · From the series: Historical Backgrounds to the Gospels and Life of Jesus PREVIOUS PAGE | NEXT PAGE. Introducing Jesus in John’s Gospel: The Word Incarnate and the First Witnesses: John the Baptist and The Disciples (John 1) J 1 The Prologue: Word Became Flesh (John 1:1-18; Aland # 1) Sirach 1:1, 15:1-10; 24:1-3, 8-10, 23 Wisdom 7:22, 25-29; 9 ...
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- The People Who Knew Jesus Knew He Was Unlike Any Other
Immediately, we see the allusion to Genesis 1:1. The first words of John 1 speak an incredible truth. Compare them to the first words of Genesis 1: Notice the verb created. That means the heavens and the earth were not there until the beginning. And if their creation marked the beginning, then God who did the creating was there before. And John 1 s...
John is careful to describe Jesus as not only the Word (which carries connotations of truth and reality) but also the objective Word. Jesus is truth. He is reality. Subjective truth, while it can be helpful and good, provides insights to some people in some place during some stretch of time. Objective truth, however, impacts all people in all place...
John claims Jesus the Word. He explains that the truth Jesus brings impacts all people forever. And John also makes one more thing clear: Jesus is unique among all. He is the only God. The phrase “only Son from the Father” may cause some confusion. “Son” seems to imply that Jesus was created by God, but we can just go back to John 1:1 to see that t...
John the Baptist knew Jesus was unique, set apart. He told those sent from the Pharisees that “among you stands one you do not know” (John 1:26). Meaning, something totally, categorically different than humanity has ever seen or known is here. John the Baptist knew that human yearning for newness epitomized by Ecclesiastes 1:9 had been fulfilled in...
There is no greater revelation of the character and nature of the Father than through the person of Jesus. Jesus reveals God’s mind. Jesus expresses God’s will. Jesus displays God’s perfections. Jesus exposes God’s heart. (Pink, John, 21) The Gospel of John begins with a phrase that sounds familiar.
Jan 4, 2022 · Once we understand that John’s purpose was to introduce the readers of his gospel to Jesus Christ, establishing Who Jesus is (God in the flesh) and what He did, all with the sole aim of leading them to embrace the saving work of Christ in faith, we will be better able to understand why John introduces Jesus as “The Word” in John 1:1.
Dec 1, 2021 · Read the Passage. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not ...
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John’s introduction of Jesus reflects a deep understanding of these passages and shows us how he interprets them. For example, a comparison of John 1:3 to Proverbs 3:19, Proverbs 8:22-23, Proverbs 8:30, and Psalm 33:6 can help us understand how John saw Jesus as the embodiment of wisdom. Before God’s word became human in Jesus, he was the ...
