In the previous installment, the deity and warning of Christ was covered. We shall continue that subject here by embarking upon the examination of the first chapter of the book of John in our chapter-by-chapter study of this intriguing and supremely important book of the Bible.
We are all familiar with the opening verses of the Gospel of John (book of John). Many Christians have memorized them. This Gospel is so popular, it is printed in booklets and given away as tracts, and sometimes given to new converts. But do you know just what John meant when he introduced Jesus as the “Word“? John was telling us that Jesus is God – the Creator of the material universe and the giver of all life, both plant and animal, temporal and eternal …
“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. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made” (John 1:1-3).