John 1:1-14
The Word Becomes Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Jesus 14:1-31
Jesus Comforts His Disciples
1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. 11 Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves. 12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”
23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.
25 “All this I have spoken while still with you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. 30 I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over me, 31 but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me.
“Come now; let us leave.
St. John writes that Jesus was with God in the beginning...And John adds that He is the Word in context with the Logos, Who is the Word of God, the Principle of Divine Reason, and the One Who created all things, and the One Who all things have been made...So in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...He was with God in the beginning...Through Jesus all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made...In Him was life, and that life is the Light of all mankind...The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it...
These statements by St. John will make Jesus divine, if one believes them...Because Jesus is the Word of God and was with God in the beginning, then Jesus is the True Image of God, the Word of God, the Expression of God, and the One that God sent so we could learn more about Him, the Living God...God gave Jesus the authority not only to come to earth and dwell among us, but also to be over us and all things...
If we believe these things then we see that Jesus is One with God, and God is One with Him...We can believe that Jesus is in His Father, and His Father is in Jesus...We can better see now that anyone who loves Jesus will obey His teachings...God will LOVE them, because the Two are One...And God and His Son will come to them and make Their home with those who obey His teachings...Anyone who does not love Jesus will not obey His teachings...These words that were spoken were not the original words of Jesus; but they belong to the Father who sent Him...We see that when we see Jesus as Philip asked when he asked Him to show us the Father, then we have seen God (when we have seen Jesus)...We can also better see since Jesus is Divine and One with God, that Jesus would not leave His Disciples alone when He left to go back with His Father...So Jesus would send believers the Holy Spirit to indwell in His Disciples and in us, because Jesus is One with God...We would not be left alone...They would need comfort, help with their lives and their holy lives, and thus a guide to the Truth -an Advocate, a Spirit of Truth...The Holy Spirit of God would be with His believers...And we can see Jesus as this Great Part of God and the second Part of the Trinity...And the Holy Spirit a Third Part of God...
And if we believe these things then we see that the Disciples did see His glory, the glory of the One and Only Son, who came from the Father, who is full of Grace and Truth -and One with God...