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Jan 4, 2022 · Jesus is not merely aware of these truths: He is the One who originated them! The disciples and others listening to Jesus’ words would have understood His use of these phrases in exactly that way. So, when we read Jesus’ words and see statements beginning with “verily,” “truly,” or some variation, we should recall the deeper meaning.
- End of a Prayer
The Hebrew word translated “amen” literally means “truly” or...
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Evidence affirms that the sinless Jesus bled and died on a...
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What do John 1:1,14 mean when they declare that Jesus is the...
- Living Word
The phrase “word of God” appears often in the Bible and can...
- End of a Prayer
Jan 4, 2022 · What do John 1:1,14 mean when they declare that Jesus is the Word of God? Answer. The answer to this question is found by first understanding the reason why John wrote his gospel. We find his purpose clearly stated in John 20:30-31. “Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in ...
Jan 4, 2022 · The phrase “word of God” appears often in the Bible and can have a slightly different meaning depending on context and the Hebrew or Greek word used. John 1:1-2 says, “In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.” Here, Word is a title of the Lord
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Could there be a more profound opening to a book than the one to John’s Gospel? One could search the great ideas of mankind and probe the ponderings of the philosophers and the poetry of the artists and find no idea higher than God, nor a more concise—yet expressive—statement about him, than the one John makes at the beginning of his Gospel. John p...
John has invoked the creation account in Genesis 1 with the opening phrase of John 1:1, so when he continues in verse 3 with the statement, “All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made,” it would seem that he has in mind the way God spoke creation into existence in Genesis 1. John seems to indicate that Go...
Not until 1:14 is it specified that the Word is Jesus, as John writes, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” In verse 1 John had articulated the divinity and eternality of the Word, as well as his distinguishability from the Father, and now he communicates the profundity of the incarnation. The Word became flesh. God became man. Jesus did not...
Oct 21, 2018 · The Greek word amén means truly, and is also translated as verily, most assuredly, and so be it . The Hebrew word amen occurs frequently in the Old Testament and similarly means sure, so be it, and truth (Ref. 4, Deuteronomy 27:15, Nehemiah 8:6, Psalm 41:13). In modern usage, the word amen is typically used at the end of a prayer .
God has communicated some things about himself abstractly through creation (Ps. 19:1), but he has made his will known concretely through words. Christ rebuked the Jews for ignoring the logical connection between Moses’ “writings” and his own “words” (Jn. 5:46-47). He declared that his “words are spirit, and are life” (Jn. 6:63).
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Feb 2, 2024 · John 1: 'The Word Became Flesh'. "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. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has ...
