John 1:1-18
The Word, the Logos 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.
15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) 16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
The "Word" (Logos) to St. John and his gospel is presented as a Divine Being who existed before creation and was responsible for bringing all things into existence...The Logos is ultimately identified with Jesus Christ, who is referred to as the "Word of God" throughout the Gospel of John...St. John's writing about the Logos and his concept of the Logos has had a significant influence on both Christian theology and philosophy and science in the world...It has been interpreted in various ways, but it is generally understood to refer to the Divine Reason or Divine Wisdom that underlies the creation and the ordering of the universe in a designed - fine tuned way...So the universe was created in an orderly and structured-designing way...Designed by the Way of God...
Believers can then believe that Jesus is the Logos and helps give a world that can touch upon our human reasoning...C.S. Lewis often expressed the belief that his faith in Jesus Christ provided him with a unique perspective on the world and a deeper understanding of reality...He argued that encountering Jesus was transformative and that it helped him see everything else in a new Light...Lewis said: "I believe in Christianity as I believe that the Sun has risen not only because I see it but because by it I see everything else.”...The concept of the "Logos" as John writes about refers to the Divine Word of God...We can better see the world unfold each day and over the years by believing in Jesus, as C.S. Lewis states...The concept of the Logos, which is often associated with the Word of God in the Gospel of John, suggests that there is a rational order to the universe that can be understood by human reason...This belief provided early scientists with the motivation and confidence to study the natural world...Jesus is not only a Human Being but He also Divine, possessing the same nature as the Logos who is the One who created the universe...
Some scientists see math and physics explaining God's Rational and Orderly Universe...Johannes Kepler expressed the idea: The same God who founded the world according to mathematical norms “also has endowed man with a mind which can comprehend these norms.”...Scientist Sir Isaac Newton said: “This most beautiful system of the sun, planets, and comets could only proceed from the counsel and dominion of an Intelligent and Powerful Being...
So as history has passed believers have seen the influence Jesus and Christianity had on science...They see God in control of all things...Creation came first for man and science followed with man's reasoning powers studying the things around him...For since the creation of the world God’s Divine Rational and Orderly qualities—and His Eternal Power and Divine Nature—have allowed us to clearly see the universe He created...
Why believe in anything that is not true?...So, as science follows and believes in the Truth, so should we...We should believe in the ideas and the facts of Truth...If you believe that Jesus is the Truth, and an Absolute Reality, it is easier to understand how Jesus relates to science...So, it seems, a Christian worldview played a crucial role in the development of science as man has searched for the Truth and reality...
We have an Organized and a Rational Creator who gives us predictability and routine things like morning and night and the four seasons...The Christian belief in a Rational God who created a structured universe and designed universe is essential for scientific inquiry... This belief suggests that the universe is understandable and predictable, making scientific investigation possible...If everything in the natural world and universe were random, there could be no science..
We see that humans seek logic and rationality...The Christian doctrine of creation in God's Image implies that humans possess rational faculties that can comprehend the laws of God's Rational Nature...This belief provides man's foundation for scientific exploration and discovery...
So believers can better see why many historians and scholars have argued that the Christian worldview, with its emphasis on reason, order, design, mostly predictability, and the creation of the universe by a Rational God, provides fertile ground for scientific inquiry...This belief system encourages the idea that the natural world is intelligible and can be understood through observation and experimentation...The Christian doctrine of creation in God's image implies that humans possess rational faculties that can comprehend the laws of nature...This belief provides a foundation for scientific exploration and discovery...
Christian author Nancey Pearcey writes: “It is clear now why Christianity played a significant role in launching the scientific revolution in the first place...Only a biblical worldview provides an adequate epistemology for science...First, a rational God created the world with an intelligible structure, and second, He created humans in His image...In the words of historian Richard Cohen, science required the concept of a “rational creator of all things,” along with the corollary that “we lesser rational beings might, by virtue of that Godlike rationality, be able to decipher the laws of nature.”...Theologian Christopher Kaiser states the same idea succinctly: the early scientists assumed that “the same Logos that is responsible for its ordering is also reflected in human reason.”...