The Word
“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 was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it... And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:1,14 ESV emphasis added) This particular passage of Scripture has stood out starkly in my mind ever since I first became aware of its meaning at 17. I mean, seriously, in what greater way could you rapidly lay out the facts about who Jesus is and what He did outside of the Bible? To me, it also sounds like the author (John, one of Jesus’ twelve close disciples, and known throughout this book as “the one Jesus loved”) is incredulous at the beautiful fact of the Gospel incarnate. Jesus, the very Word of God, and