Wednesday, December 30, 2009

In the Beginning Was the Word

Holy, holy, holy…
A.W. Tozer said, “What we believe about God is the most important thing about us.”
John 1:1 says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” The WORD (Gk. logos) is God, above and beyond His creation, exalted (transcendent), present, and powerful in His entire creation (immanent), having all power (omnipotent): totally good. 1 John 1:5 states, “This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.” (James 1:17, Heb. 6:18) God is eternal, infinite, and unchangeable. (Isaiah 57:15) God is personal, all wise, truthful, loving, just, all-knowing, and merciful. All of His glorious attributes summed up… God is HOLY, HOLY, HOLY.
John 1:14 declares, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.” The WORD is Jesus Christ. (1 John 1:1, Rev. 19:13) Hebrews 1:3 calls Jesus, “…the brightness of His [God’s] glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.” He is distinct as the Son, yet one in substance with the Father and Spirit, Very God of Very God. All praise to Him! 2 Corinthians 13:14 “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.”