( In The Beginning)

John 1:1-3 (KJV)

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God.

3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD

VERY BRIEFLY IF I COULD GET A BAPTIST AMEN -A METHODIST NOD AND A SANTIFIED CHURCH HALLEJUAH

I WANT TO REASON WITH YOU ON THE THOUGHT

( IN THE BEGINNING)

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

THE FOUR GOSPELS DEALS WITH THE EARTHLY LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST

BUT EACH GOSPEL PRESENTS HIM IN A ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CHARACTER

YOU SEE MATTHEW PORTRAYS CHRIST AS THE SON OF DAVID

THE HEIR OF ISRAEL`S THRONE AND THE KING OF THE JEWS

IN THE GOSPEL OF MARK

CHRIST IS SEEN AS THE SERVANT OF JEHOVAH AND THE PERFECT WORKMAN OF GOD

IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE HE DEALS WITH THE HUMANITY OF THE SAVIOR

AND PRESENTS HIM AS THE PERFECT MAN

BUT THE GOSPEL OF JOHN VIEWS CHRIST AS THE HEAVENLY ONE

THE ENTERNAL SON OF GOD MADE FLESH TABERNACLING AMONG MEN

TRACING HIM BACK BEFORE TIME

AND IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

IS CALLED THE GENESIS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT

BECAUSE HE GIVES NO GENEALOGY ,MANGER SECENE,BOY HOOD ,BAPTISM,TEMPTATION ,MOUNT TRANSFIGURATION ,OR GETHSEMANE IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

BECAUSE JOHN WRITES WITH THE CHURCH IN MIND

BECAUSE FIRST 3 GOSPELS MAJORS ON DESCRIBING EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF CHRIST

MATTHEWS TRACES THE GENEALOGY OF JESUS

MARK BEGAN WITH THE MINISTRY OF JOHN THE BAPTIST

AND LUKE STARTS WITH THE STORY OF JESUS BIRTH

BUT JOHN EMPHASIZED THE MEANING OF HIS EXISTENCE

BECAUSE IN THE 1ST TWO VERSES

JOHN TRANSPORTS US TO ETERNITY PAST

BEFORE CREATION –BEFORE MAN

AND EVEN BEFORE THE EXISTENCE OF TIME

YOU SEE

THE 1ST THREE GOSPELS –MATTHEW –MARK AND LUKE VIEW JESUS IN HIS HUMAN RELATIONSHIP

BUT JOHN SHOWS US THAT JESUS WAS EQUAL WITH GOD THE FATHER

FOR JOHN SAYS 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

IN OTHER WORDS JESUS IS PRESENTED BY JOHN AS MORE THAN A MAN

BECAUSE HE IS GOD MANIFESTED IN THE FLESH

YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS

IN THIS BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF CHRIST BY JOHN

HE PRESENTS AN ABSTRACT OF HISTORY

THAT HE RELATES TO US IN DETAIL

BY SHARING WITH US

THAT THE ETERNAL WORD IN WHOM IS THE LIFE OF ALL THINGS

BECAME FLESH AND WAS KNOWN AMONG MEN

EVEN THOUGH SOME RECOGNIZED HIM WHILE OTHERS IGNORED HIM

SOME RECEIVED HIM WHILE OTHERS REJECTED HIM

AND JOHN REVEALS THIS TO US WITHOUT

ANY HESITATION –RESERVATION OR APOLOGY

BECAUSE IN HIS PROLOGUE

HE FURNISHES US WITH A BRIDGE THAT CONNECTS

THE CREATOR WITH THE CREATURE

AND HOW THE CREATOR SENT A PORTION OF HIMSELF

DOWN THROUGH 42 GENERATIONS

BECAME FLESH AND DEWELT AMONG US

THAT’S WHY JOHN REVEAL TO US IN

John 3:16 (KJV)

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

AND IF JESUS

POSSESSES UNBEGUN OR UNCAUSED EXISTENCE

THAT REVEALS TO US THAT THE WORD IS ETERNAL

CAN I BORROW A SKINNY MINUTE AND TELL YOU WHAT I`M TALKING ABOUT

YOU SEE

AS THE WORD OF GOD

HE DID NOT COME INTO BEING OR BEGIN TO BE

BECAUSE HE ALWAYS WAS

WHAT YOU SAYING JOHN

WHITE TELL THEM

THAT THE WORD EXISTED WITH GOD BEFORE TIME BEGAN

HE WAS NOT IN GOD BUT WITH GOD

IN OTHER WORD THE WORD IS NOT AN EMANATION OF GOD

BUT IS GOD HIMSELF

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WELL THE 1ST DIVINE REVEALATION THE TEXT GIVES US IS

IN THE BEGINNING

JESUS EXISTED BEFORE THE BEGINNING BECAUSE HE WAS GOD

AND THE WORD (BEGINNING)

REFERS TO WHEN CREATION CAME INTO EXISTENCE

NOT WHEN CHRIST CAME INTO EXISTENCE

BECAUSE HE ALWAYS EXISTED

AND HE NEVER CAME INTO BEING BECAUSE HE HAS ALWAYS (BEEN)

AND THE WORD BEGINNING IS WHEN TIME BEGAN

AND IT DOES NOT REFER TO ETERNITY

BECAUSE ETERNITY CANNOT BE MEASURED BY TIME

AND THE REASON WHY IS

ETERNITY HAS NO BEGINNING OR ENDING

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WELL NOT ONLY DOES GIVES US A DIVINE REVELATION ABOUT THE BEGINNING

BUT HE ALSO LET`S US KNOW THAT IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD

THE TERM WORD IS A REFERNECE TO JESUS

BUT THERE ARE 2 WORDS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON IN THIS 2ND DIVINE REVEALATION GIVEN BY JOHN

AND THOSE 2 WORDS ARE (WAS) AND (WORD)

NOTICE -NOTICE -NOTICE

THE PHRASES

(WAS THE WORD)

(WAS WITH GOD) AND (WAS GOD)

BECAUSE WITH THESE 2 WORDS JOHN REVEALS TO US THAT

IN HIS NATURE HE WAS GOD