In the Gospel of John, Jesus is explicitly identified as the Logos by the author...Logos is a Greek term that can be translated as "word," "reason," or "logic."...In philosophical and theological contexts, it often refers to the principle of order or reason that underlies the entire universe...Logos is this Divine Reason behind the Entire Universe...
Here are some key concepts associated with Logos...
With God and Jesus we have this Organized Cosmic Order...Logos can represent the underlying order and harmony of the universe, the rational principle that governs all things...There is this rational behind how the universe is organized...
With God and Jesus we have a Divine Reasoning...In Christian theology, the Logos is often associated with the Word of God, which is believed to be the Divine Reason or principle that created and sustains the universe...Divine Reasoning fine tuned the universe to allow man to be able to sustain themselves and live in love and harmony...We can believe in Scripture that God's Word is actually Truth, in fact, the Absolute Truth...And Divine Reasoning and the Logos was sent to earth to testify to this Absolute Truth...
With God and Jesus we have the ability to have Human Reasoning and understand there is logic in the world and universe...Logos can also refer to human reason or logic, the capacity to think rationally and understand the world...
This understanding of the Logos is particularly significant in John's first chapter...In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...He was in the beginning with God... All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that has been made...In Him is life, and the life is the Light of man...
Here, "the Word" is referring to Jesus...This passage suggests that Jesus is the Divine Reason or principle that underlies the creation and sustains the universe...He is the Source of all Life and Light controlling and sustaining the universe...
The identification of Jesus as the Logos is a central theme in the Gospel of John and has profound implications for understanding the Nature of God and the universe...So God and Jesus understand the entire universe...
In the Gospel of John, he explains how a Spirit can become flesh...And he writes this because we need this better explained, and how the Logos came to earth from above...When we think about the Divinity and Humanity of Jesus, we have a great paradox...We have a Great Mystery...The profound concept of the Incarnation, the moment when God became Human in the Person of Jesus Christ is hard to believe and even more difficult to understand...It challenges our limited human understanding of God and emphasizes the importance of learning from God's revelation in Jesus, and to send Him to earth...
Jesus' Incarnation is the Greatest and Most Important Paradox in our history...God, the Infinite and Transcendent Spirit, becomes a Finite Human Being on earth...This act defies human logic and reveals the depths of God's LOVE...
The Incarnation goes beyond our understanding...This redefines our understanding of God...Our preconceived notions of God are too narrow to fully comprehend God's Complete and Complex Nature...We must allow Jesus' life and teachings to help shape our understanding and belief that God coming to ear can, could, and did happen...And as we read about Jesus, we see that He helps us understand God much better...Jesus is our reflection of all of God and all of God's Nature...
In Jesus we see the Divine and the Human...The Incarnation demonstrates that the divine and the human are not incompatible...God can exist within the limitations of human experience...
We see the importance of learning from Jesus about His Father...Jesus is the ultimate revelation of God...By studying His life and teachings, we can learn about God's true nature and purpose...We see why faith is so important, in the sense of us understanding that Jesus became flesh, to dwell among us...We better see how we need faith, because in understanding God and Jesus we need faith, to understand how this happened...
In conclusion, when the Word Becomes Flesh it helps us and encourages us to embrace the mystery of the Incarnation and to allow Jesus to redefine our understanding of God...Jesus has revealed God's nature, LOVE, and mercy in a way that is accessible to help us in our human reasoning have a better understanding of God...It reminds us that God's LOVE is boundless and extend even to the depths of human existence....No one has ever seen God, but the One and Only Son, who is Himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, who (God) has made Him known...So we see Jesus bringing Grace and Truth to earth...Jesus' Grace refers to God's unmerited favor and forgiveness, and we see that in God's Son...While Jesus' Truth refers to the revelation of God's nature and purpose...Then we better see why it is written that He is full of Grace and Truth...And we better understand how the Truth, His Truth will set us Free...