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The Word &… God

The Word &… God. In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. John 1:1-2. ‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth’ . Genesis 1:1. The Word &… God.

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The Word &… God

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  1. The Word &…God In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.John 1:1-2 ‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth’.Genesis 1:1

  2. The Word &…God God is eternal in his very nature he has no beginning or end. ‘‘There was never a time when the Word was not.’ Athanasius

  3. The Word &…God “For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form…” Colossians 2:9 Evidence of Jesus Deity:miracles, authority to forgive sins, He was worshipped and encouraged this

  4. The Word &…Creation 3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. John 1:3-5

  5. The Word &…Creation It was his voice that said ‘let there be light’ It was his hand that formed the searing hot sun It was his command that drove turbulent waters from the land into the ocean depths he had also formed. It was Jesus who made humanity in the reflection of his own image.

  6. The Word &…Creation The Word is the Life –Giver “…for in him we live and move and have our being!” Acts 17:28

  7. The Word &…Creation The Word is the Light –Giver “…the people living in darkness have seen a great light.”Matthew 4:16 “For God, who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:6

  8. The Word &…Creation “He is before all things and in him all things hold together.” Colossians 1:17

  9. The Word &…HumanityThe Word Revealed “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”John 1:14

  10. The Word &…HumanityThe Word Revealed “… (JESUS) made himself nothing, taking on the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.” Philippians 2:7

  11. The Word &…HumanityThe Word Revealed “The Creator God assumed the frailty of his own creation in becoming a human… The eternal one entered time… The all-powerful made himself vulnerable… The all-holy exposed himself to temptation… and in the end, the immortal died!” John Stott

  12. The Word &…HumanityThe Word Revealed "Behold the dwelling (tent!) of God is with men. He will dwell (pitch his tent!) with them, and they shall be his people." Revelation 21:3

  13. The Word &…HumanityThe Word Rejected “”10He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.” John 1:10-11 “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”Isaiah 53:3

  14. The Word &…HumanityThe Word Rejected “”10He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.” John 1:10-11 “He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”Isaiah 53:3

  15. The Word &…HumanityThe Word Received Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God. John 1:12-13

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