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I. Jesus’ Relationship with God (1:1-2)
I. Jesus’ Relationship with God (1:1-2)
A. Jesus is Eternal (1:1a, 2)
The phrase, “in the beginning” should ring some bells.
John is unique from all other gospel in the aspect of how he tells the origins of Jesus.
Matthew and Luke show Jesus’ beginnings from a human perspective.
Matthew has Jesus’ legal genealogy, Luke has the spiritual one.
Mark tells the story of Jesus beginning with John the Baptist baptizing him.
John, on the other hand goes WAAAAAAAAY back to the beginning of time before creation.
Why does John do this?
What does Jesus and Genesis have to do with one another?
Let me lay down a couple Biblical presuppositions.
In context, Jesus is talking about the Torah (Law), the Nebhiim (Prophets), and Kethubim (Writings).
Virtually, everything that makes up our modern OT cannon.
I know what you are asking, “Christ is in Leviticus?!?!?” YEP! “1 Chronicles?” Yes! “All of those names i can’t pronounce?”
mmhmm!
Here’s why...
There are a lot of allusions and quotations from the Old Testament in John.
God put many clues in the Old Testament pointing to this Messiah.
And here’s why this matters.
There are some today that wish to reach the culture by “unhitching” the OT from the NT.
There is a problem with this thinking is that you’ll be hard pressed to find a book of the New Testament that doesn’t make reference to the Old.
It is often said that the Old Testament is the New Testament concealed and the New Testament is the Old Testament revealed.
So, why does John mention that the Word was with God and the Word was God in the beginning?
The word for “Word” is λόγος.
Greeks would use this for reason or rational thought.
Their whole worldview centered around understanding.
λόγος.
Greeks would use this for reason or rational thought.
Their whole worldview centered around understanding.
Colossians 1:What does John say about the Word?
What does John say about the Word?
What does John say about the Word?
What does John say about the Word?
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B. Jesus is Equal to God (1:1b, 2)
Two times in the course of 1:1-2, the preposition πρὸς is used in the sense of having a face-to-face relationship.
And thus, Jesus has equal standing with God the Father.
πρὸς is used in the sense of having a face-to-face relationship.
And thus, Jesus has equal standing with God the Father.
John 5:18
C. Jesus is God (1:1c)
The word “was” is in the imperfect tense.
It carries the idea of a continual, repetitive action in time past.
There was never a time where Jesus stoped being God and then started being God again.
Jesus has always been God in time past and will be into time future.
Application: What you believe about Jesus Christ/theology/the Bible MATTERS!
Here is how world religions think about Jesus
Mormonism: Jesus is the spirit-brother of Lucifer, created being, Both Jesus and Lucifer came up with plans to redeem man.
Elohim liked Jesus’ plan better, setting Lucifer to rebel.
Jehovah’s Witness (AKA Watchtower Bible and Tract Society): Jesus is nothing more than a created being, resurrected as Michael the Archangel
Islam: Jesus is just a prophet, worldview declares that Allah cannot have a son.
Modern Judaism: Jesus is nothing more than a good, moral teacher
Scientology: The teaching of Jesus being God as explained by the Bible is rejected, L. Ron Hubbard taught that Jesus was just a little bit above clear (lived slightly above standard).
[If you can explain that to me, I’ll buy lunch!]
Oneness Pentecostalism: Jesus is one of the three “modes” of the godhead
Hinduism: Jesus is one of millions of gods
Christian Science: Jesus is a perfect human being
Biblical Christianity: Jesus is 100% God and 100% man.
Which is He exactly?
YES!
I’m going to show my cards early on.
The Bible is exclusive in its claims.
I’m going to show my cards early on.
The Bible is exclusive in its claims.
It is totally possible for someone to say the name of Jesus and have it mean a totally different connotation.
In fact, according to a Canadian nudist arsonist cult, “Jesus” is a code word for certain mushrooms to consume to get high before getting naked setting things on fire.
2 cor 12:
Your relationship with Christ is defined by one question, “WHO IS JESUS?”
Not to you.
objectively, who is Jesus to you?
Matthew 16:13-16
Thomas knew the gravity of knowing who Jesus was in .
The Greek makes it very clear.
ὁ κύριός μου καὶ ὁ θεός μου.
Literally, it means “The Lord of me and the God of me.”
ὁ κύριός μου καὶ ὁ θεός μου.
Both God and Savior in the Greek are referring to the same thing.
(TSKS/Grandville Sharpe Rule)
Romans
Some of you might be tapping out right now.
For some, you’re like, “I don’t get it!”
And it is understandable because our puny little brains cannot comprehend the infinitude of God and the hypostatic union between the two natures of Christ much like we have a hard time comprehending the concept of infinity.
If we did, than we would all be gods.
All we can do is apprehend it because the Bible teaches the doctrine of the Trinity and the deity of Christ.
I just want to ask you one small favor, HANG IN THERE!
This is a lot of heavy lifting, but it is crucial to understand this book we’ll be in for the next two years.
II.
Jesus’ Relationship with Creation (1:3-5)
A. Jesus is the Creator (1:3)
The “Him” John is referring to is the Word.
It is interesting because John says in 1:1 that the Word was “In the beginning...” This takes is back to .
Here in , we read...
This may seem like a contradiction, but it is really not.
God created everything through Jesus Christ.
John 1:10
Proverba 3:19
So Jesus was the means by how all things were made.
He made all things through the Son of God.
B. Jesus is Life and Light (1:4-5)
The word for “Overcome” is κατέλαβεν.
It is more likely more accurately translated as “apprehend”.
John is going to be interspersing these themes of life, light, and darkness all throughout John.
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