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This word, he says, was in the beginning; by which is meant, not the Father of Christ; for he is never called the beginning, but the Son only; and was he, he must be such a beginning as is without one; nor can he be said to be so, with respect to the Son or Spirit, who are as eternal as himself; only with respect to the creatures, of whom he is ...
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Here, as there, “the beginning” is the initial moment of...
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John 1:2 again emphatically combines the first and second...
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Sep 12, 2013 · The Lord says (Isa. 66:2, NIV), “This is the one I esteem: he who is humble and contrite in spirit, and trembles at my word.” (See also, John Calvin on prayer, Institutes [Eerdmans], 3:20:8.) If we’re self-sufficient and don’t admit that we’re needy, we rob God of His glory.
Dig into the books of 1 John, 2 John, and 3 John in the Bible. Explore key themes such as God’s light and love, righteousness, and Jesus as the truth with videos, podcasts, and more from BibleProject™.
(John 1:30-34) John the Baptist’s testimony: Jesus is the Son of God. “This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water.”
- In The Beginning Was The Word
- The Life-Giving Word
- The Word Tabernacled Among Us
Could there be a more profound opening to a book than the one to John’s Gospel? One could search the great ideas of mankind and probe the ponderings of the philosophers and the poetry of the artists and find no idea higher than God, nor a more concise—yet expressive—statement about him, than the one John makes at the beginning of his Gospel. John p...
John has invoked the creation account in Genesis 1 with the opening phrase of John 1:1, so when he continues in verse 3 with the statement, “All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made,” it would seem that he has in mind the way God spoke creation into existence in Genesis 1. John seems to indicate that Go...
Not until 1:14 is it specified that the Word is Jesus, as John writes, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” In verse 1 John had articulated the divinity and eternality of the Word, as well as his distinguishability from the Father, and now he communicates the profundity of the incarnation. The Word became flesh. God became man. Jesus did not...
Sep 23, 2017 · John’s Gospel can be outlined simply into four parts: (1) An introductory Prologue (John 1:1-18); A main body consisting of two parts: (2) The Book of Signs (John 1:19–12:50) and (3) The Book of Glory (John 13:1-20:31); (4) A concluding Epilogue (ch. 21).
There are many reasons the story of John the Baptist was recorded in the Bible. It still speaks to us 2,000 years later. His life story and his message point us to Jesus Christ , show God’s miraculous power and teach the importance of repentance from sin and baptism .
