Jesus is the Word

John chapter 1 teaches us some things about our Lord Jesus. We learn that He is described as the Word; note vs 1, "In the beginning was the Word," and vs 14, "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us." Clearly the Word is Jesus.

Chapter one also teaches us that Jesus was there at the creation of the world; vs 1, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God." Also, vs 3: "All things were made through Him." Genesis 1:26 says, "Let Us make man in Our image." The plurality of this shows that God was the Father, Son and Spirit there at creation.

We learn in John 1 that Jesus is the "light." He came to bring light to the world. We already have physical light; that was the first thing that God created in Genesis 1. But Jesus became flesh to bring spiritual light to the world, though many do not "comprehend it," verse 5 of John 1.

John 1 teaches us that the main purpose of Jesus coming to this earth was to "take away the sin of the world." (vs 29) Again, we see a spiritual purpose.

John 1:41 tells us that Jesus is the Messiah, the fulfillment of all the Old Testament teaching about the fact that a Messiah would come, a new King whose Kingdom would last forever.

And finally, in selecting His apostles, Jesus said, very simply, "Follow Me." (John 1:43) And with all that is said in John 1, we must do the same. He is the light, the Son of God, the only way to life eternal. We must follow Him.

I hope you have a great week! Keep the faith!