The Jesus of the Bible John 1:1

Michael

LSB John 1: 1-5 Christ is Divine

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 [a]He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. 5 And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it.

Lately I’ve been doing a devotional on the Psalms of Psalms; Psalm:1. It is the blessed man who avoids the wicked and delights in the Word, the law of the Lord. But what does the Word in the Bible mean?

According to Logos.com, the Word can mean 3 different things in the Bible

  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 God as Jesus the Messiah (John 1:14).

In other words, Logos is generally referred to as an actual act or a message from God being the Bible or Jesus as personification of the message. In 1 Corinthians 1:30, Paul states “And because of him you are in Christ Jesus who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

However, also according to Logos.com, Logos has a wide semantic meaning. It can mean the following:

It is Jesus Himself who is the Word and spoke out, creating everything (John1:3 and Colossians 1:16).

Colossians 1:16- For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities- all things were created through him and for him.

John 1:3- All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

Jesus is eternal and is God. He existed before the foundation of the world.

We see a striking resemblance to Genesis 1:1 which says- In the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth.

Christ is the embodiment of the Logos; He was there in Genesis 1:1 as preincarnate Christ, fully present in the creation of the World as part of the trinity.

If Christ is the Logos, our creator, we owe him our obedience, worship and allegiance. He is the true God and the only way to salvation (John 14:6).

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