Word of Life

 

John 1:1-4 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” 

 

The word “Word” (with a capital “W”) in John is the Greek word “logos” and denotes the essential Word of God, Jesus the Christ, the personal wisdom and power in union with God, His minister in creation and government of the universe, the cause of all the world's life both physical and ethical, which for the procurement of man's salvation put on human nature in the person of Jesus the Messiah, the second person in the Godhead, and shone forth conspicuously from His words and deeds. Genesis 1:1 tells us that, “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” The Hebrew word for God here is “'ĕlōhîm” and is plural, meaning the divine ones, the Godhead, the Trinity, the true God – Father, Son and Holy Spirit at Creation’s origin, in the beginning.

 

John 1:14 goes on to say, “And the Word became flesh [God incarnate] and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” Bible Commentator Matthew Henry states that “Word” is two-fold: logos endiathetos—word conceived; and logos prophorikos—word uttered. The logos ho eso and ho exo, ratio and oratio—intelligence and utterance. 1. There is the word conceived, that is, thought, which is the first and only immediate product and conception of the soul (all the operations of which are performed by thought), and it is one with the soul. And thus the second person in the Trinity is fitly called the Word; for he is the first-begotten of the Father, that eternal essential Wisdom which the Lord possessed, as the soul does its thought, in the beginning of his way,

 

The Greek word “Logos”  appears 330 times in the New Testament, and there are three primary uses for the word logos: [1] Logos in its standard meaning designates a word, speech, or the act of speaking (Acts 7:22). [2] Logos in its special

meaning refers to the special revelation of God to people (Mark 7:13). [3] Logos in its unique meaning personifies the revelation of eternal God as Jesus the Messiah (John 1:14). God with us, “hāyâ”, the great “I AM” – present, existing, abiding and standing’, the promised blessed Messiah of God, the Lord and Savior of the world. 

 

In John 6:68-69 Simon Peter answered Jesus, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.” In Him was life [the source of life and life eternal], and the life was the light of men.” The blessed Redeemer of mankind is the Way, the Truth and the Life. In Acts 4:11-12 Peter proclaimed, “This [Jesus Christ] is the ‘stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.’ Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

 

In John 8:31-32, 36 Jesus said to those who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” Only Jesus can set the captive free from their sins, because only He died as an atoning sacrifice for the sins of the world. Jesus Crist is the Word of Life. John 17:17 “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.”

 

In Christ, Brian