Jul 19, 2020
Scripture Reading: John 1:1-5
Two questions eclipse all other questions in life … Who is Jesus? and … What is your response to Him? Usually the answer to the first question greatly determines the answer to the second question. In the gospel of John Jesus is presented primarily, though not exclusively, as the Son of God. By this designation John means to display Christ as God the Son, in all His glorious deity.
The first few verses of John 1 are some of the most magnificent verses in the Bible, declaring the deity of Jesus … calling Him 'the Word'. "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (Jn 1:1)
We see here the eternality of the Son of God … the distinction, yet unity of God the Father and the God the Son … and the full deity of the Son of God.
The words "in the beginning" recall Genesis 1:1. When the universe was brought into existence, the Word (God the Son) already existed. The Son of God was not a created being. There was no time when he did not exist. God the Son is distinct from the God Father, yet one with Him ('with' or 'toward' God). Yet the Son was/is fully God ("the Word was God.")
These statements take us into the mystery and majesty of the Godhead. Nothing is more glorious and humbling than the unmatched, inexpressible grandeur of the triune God. "Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory!" (Psa 24:10). Come, let us adore Him!