John 1:1
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.”
The Word, ὁ λόγος, the Logos
John clearly refers to the first sentence in Genesis as he says, “In the beginning.” With this verse Oxford mathematician John Lennox gives a wonderful explanation of a word or information driven universe. I recommend any of his writings or YouTube videos.
The ancient Greek philosophers used the word logos for the reason or principle that holds all things together. Philo of Alexandria, while a Greek philosopher in the tradition of Plato, was also an orthodox Jew. He actually wrote of the Logos as if it were a person or even the divine intermediary.
John used this term for Jesus, who is the Word of God. He is the fullness of the Godhead bodily (Colossians 2:9).
In his essay, Why I Am Not A Christian, Bertram Russel dealt with the need for the universe to have a creator or prime mover. And he asked the question, “Who created God.” It did not seem to occur to him that his question did not solve the problem. It simply raised the question of whether the cosmos was formed by uncreated matter and energy or an uncreated intelligence, God.
John 1:14
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
John 1:18
“No one has ever seen God, the only God, who is at the Father's side,
he has made him known.”
This is the first of the word studies in the book, Contemplating The Gospel of John, that I am preparing to publish. The book has word studies, poems, and short stories highlighting each chapter of the Gospel of John.
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