In The Beginning

John of course the 4th gospel very

 different from the other gospels 

Mathew's  gospel

 was written for the Jewish people 

Gospel of Mark 

was written for roman audience 

It's a gospel of action 

It's short it's fast 

Gospel of Luke 

When we get to the gospel of Luke 

He's writing to the Greek audience 

Luke being a gentile 

physician being a

 little more exact and a little bit 

different in his language 

And covering a different angle 

altogether speaks about Jesus

 in his perfect manhood. 

John

Is very different in his approach 

You will  notice the  John goes back

 in his genealogy in verse 1

John experienced on a

 personal level  

The love of Christ 

He said I am the one Jesus loved 

Jesus loved them all,  but John 

experienced 

John said! 

"In the beginning The word,

a piece of conversation, a word.

But "he," the word, "he" was, in the

beginning, with God.

John goes all the way back to the 

very beginning at the beginning.

The point being is Jesus never 

wasn't he always was.

"In the beginning" sounds like 

Genesis 1.

 "In the beginning,

all the way back to the very 

beginning at the beginning.

God created the heavens 

and the earth." 

"In the beginning was the Word."

He," speaking of the word, sounds

Now that sounds strange to be

 talking about a human being.

A person.

An entity with a human body.

A personality.

But to call the personality by the 

term "the Word."

The Jews would sometimes refer 

to God as "the Word."

The Hebrew word is "Memra."

The Greek word is "Logos."

they believed in what they called 

the Logos, the Word.

The light begins in the morning, 

ends in the evening.

There are rotations and orbits of 

planets, et cetera.

There are lengths of days, that you 

can, after a while,

He was in the beginning with God.

All things were made through Him,

and without Him, nothing was 

made that was made.

In Him was life, and the 

life was the light of men.

He is the Creator.

Jesus created all things.

He is the source of life.

He comes to the Earth, but 

He is the source

So if there is a universe, 

there must be a universe 

maker because of the 

complexity of life

But John just tells us what 

happened.

All things were made through

 Him, through Jesus,

 and without Him, nothing was 

made that has been made.

There is the first word, bios,

 B-I-O-S, like bios, biology.

And it means physical, 

biological life.

Jesus spoke about the thorns that

New life, new zoe, is the result of a 

new birth.

New life, new zoe, is the 

result of a new birth.

that lasts forever.

He's the origin of biological life.

He's also the source of inner 

satisfaction ,eternal life, a quality 

of life, abundant life

So in Him was life.

But he's the giver of everlasting life,

Verse 5

"And the light shines in 

the darkness,

and the darkness did not 

comprehend ,

Sometimes it says, and the 

darkness did not overcome it,

when somebody has been in a dark 

room for a period of time?

Light shined in the darkness.

The darkness did not comprehend, 

apprehend, or overcome it.

The world was made 

through Him, 

and the world did not

 know Him.

He came unto His own, 

and His own did not

 receive Him.

But as many as received

 Him, to them

He gave the right to become 

children of God,

to those who believe in His name, 

who were born,

not of blood, nor of the 

will of the flesh,

nor of the will of man, but of God.

And the Word became flesh and 

dwelt among us.

And we beheld His glory, 

the glory as of the only 

begotten of the Father,

full of grace and truth."

I love it.

 verse 1, that which was from the 

beginning, which we have

heard, which we have seen with our 

eyes, which we have gazed

concerning the Word of life.

He knows everything I think.

This guy, I believe Jesus  

is God in human flesh.

And then to say, we hung

This is the source of everything,

Now, we know, without a doubt, 

that the Word here refers to Jesus, 

because the Word became flesh.

And we beheld His glory as of the 

only begotten of the Father, full of 

grace and truth.

He came unto His own things,

 or His own creation,

but His own people did not

 receive 

how His creation responds.

"And of His fullness we have all 

received, and grace for grace!"

"Grace After Grace," 

I love that.

but grace and truth came 

through Jesus Christ."

Grace says, here is the 

work of Jesus Christ,

 finished, done,

can't add to it,

 can't subtract from it.

It's not your works.

He lived the perfect life 

you could never live.

For everyone born of God overcomes the world. 

This is the victory that has overcome the world, 

even our faith.

Praise God 

(amen)