Week 11 (The Living Word) – Day 1: The Word Becomes Flesh

Day 51 – The Word Becomes Flesh – John 1:1-18

We start the New Testament today by reading what is called John’s prologue.  No birth story here.  Instead we have some deep writing which explains who Jesus is.  We have no way to cover everything, but I wanted to point out a few items.

First we have the Son of God called the Word or logos in the original Greek.  We often think of the Word in terms of a written word, but those reading this would have picked up on a much more important issue.  The logos is the one who creates and sustains the universe.  Therefore, the Son of God is present before time began.  All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. (v 3-4)  We often do not think of the Son involved in the creation process.  Does his involvement affect you in any way?

Then we see the particularity of the revelation spelled out: the Son of God is enfleshed and made known to us.  This was the scandal that many could not overcome.  The Son has come to us in a particular person, Jesus.  We are in a relationship with the Son who also now understands what being human is like.  God understands our weakness, confusion and pain.  Does this provide you comfort and hope?

This scratches the surface of this theologically rich text.

In Christ,

Randy