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Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
John 1:1-3
The Beginning of Christ's Ministry
SUMMARY OF JOHN 1: The Word Made Flesh. The Witness of John. John's
Disciples Pointed to Christ. The Lord Calls His First Disciples. An
Israelite Indeed.
In the beginning was the Word, etc. The first fourteen verses are
introductory. In order to set at rest all controversy the Divine nature
of Jesus, John glances, in the first three verses, back to the
"beginning", recorded in Genesis, and affirms: (1) That he who was
afterwards manifest as the Christ existed before creation began; (2)
that he was present with God; (3) that he was divine; (4) that he was
the Word; (5) that by or through him were all things made that were
made (John 1:3). The first chapter of Genesis helps us to understand
its meaning. God said, "Let there be light" (Genesis 1:3), "Let there be a
firmament" (Genesis 1:6), "Let the earth bring forth" (Genesis 1:11), etc.,
and it was done. God exhibits his creative power through the Word, and
manifests his will through the Word. There are mysteries belonging to
the divine nature and to the relation between the Son and the Father
that we have to wait for eternity to solve. They are too deep for human
solution, but this is clear: that God creates and speaks to man through
the Word. As we clothe "our" thoughts in words, so God reveals his will
by the Word, and when the Word is clothed in flesh, as the Teacher of
men, we recognize it as Jesus Christ.
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John 1:1-3
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