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. 2He was with God in the beginning.
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.
6There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. 8He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
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. 12Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
14The 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.
Jesus is the Word of God, and the Word became Flesh...
The Word was "in the beginning", the Word was with God, and the Word was God...Jesus was with God "in the beginning" at the creation...The Word became flesh and dwelt among us...John, the disciple, wrote this approximately 50-65 years after Jesus' death...John, an eyewitness to our Lord, would write what he would most remember about Jesus...John was a witness to Jesus' three year ministry on earth...John was the only disciple who was at the cross (with Jesus' mother Mary) when Jesus died...John tells us Jesus has been with God from the beginning of time...Jesus is the true light that gives light to every man that has come into the world...
The Bible is the Word of God...Jesus is the Word of God...Jesus often in the Gospels quotes the Bible...When we think about it, Jesus is the Bible...He is the Word...
Not only is Jesus the Word, but John is referring to Jesus as the logos, the reason and the purpose...The Word is the logical and rational thing that governs all things...Jesus is that Word...Jesus who was with God at the creation, was active from the start of our world and is active after His resurrection in our world...
There is light and there is darkness in this world...When do you feel better and feel your spirit is lifted, when "the Light" is shining all around or when the darkness is covering things???...Jesus is the Light, the True Light...