The First Witness of John the Apostle,

The first chapter of the Book of John is one of the most controversial chapters in the Holy Bible.  It is misquoted by several other religious groups (cults) or just overlooked and not recognized at all.  This passage is one of the defining points of Christianity is all of the Scriptures. In fact, it probably reaches the highest of human thought. What is the thought that reaches the height of human concepts? It is this: Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is...
•the Word of God• the Creator of Life• the Very Being and Essence of Life.

These three truths have to be deeply thought about to understand their meaning. A quick reading of this passage leaves a person disinterested, not even close to understanding what is being said. However, the importance of the truth is at the very foundation of life. They cannot be overstated, for they determine a man's destiny. Jesus Christ is the Word of God; He is Eternal, Creator of all things and is Life.  People must hear, understand and receive this knowledge or else be lost forever in (Darkness) a place absent from the Grace and Love of God.  Darkness is not just the absence of light but also the absence of knowledge.  Proverbs 2:9-13   Hosea 4:6   2 Corinthians 4:6   

The Word— Jesus Christ, Son of God: the Word (logos) is Jesus Christ.  John faced a serious problem in writing to the Gentiles, (non-Jewish world). Most Gentiles had never heard of the Messiah or Savior who was expected by the Jews. The idea was foreign to them. However, the Messiah was the very center of Christianity. How was John going to present Christ so that a Gentile could understand?

The answer lay in the idea of the Word, for the Word was understood by both Gentile and Jew.

1.The Jews saw a word as something more than a mere sound. A word was something active and existing. It was power—it possessed the power to express something, to do something. This is seen in the many Old Testament references where The Word of God was seen as the creative power of God, the power that made the world and gave light and life to every man. Genesis 1:3-11;  Psalm 33:6; Psalm 107:20; Psalm 147:15;Isaiah 55:11).

2.  The Gentiles or Greeks saw the Word more philosophically. When they looked at the world of nature, they saw that things were not chaotic, but orderly. Everything had its place and moved or grew in an orderly fashion, including the stars above and the vegetation below. Therefore, the Greeks said that behind the world was a mind, a reason, a power that made and kept things in their proper place. This creative and sustaining mind, this supreme reason, this unlimited power was said to be the Word. The Word was also seen as the power that enabled men to think and reason. It was the power that brought light and understanding to man's mind and enabled him to express his jumbled up thoughts in an orderly fashion. More importantly, the Word was the power by which men came into contact with God and expressed their feelings to God.

John used this common idea of the Jews and Gentiles to present Jesus Christ to them so they would understand. To understand that in the life of Jesus Christ, God was speaking to the world, speaking and demonstrating just what He wanted to say to man. John said three things.

God has given us much more than mere words in the Holy Scriptures. God has given us Jesus Christ is, The Word. As The Word, Jesus Christ was the picture, the expression, the pattern, the very image of what God wished to say to man. The very image within God's mind of the Ideal Man was demonstrated in the life of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ was the perfect expression of all that God wishes man to be. Jesus Christ was God's utterance, God's speech, God's Word to man. Jesus Christ was the Word of God who came down to earth in human flesh to bring man into a face to face relationship with God.   Jesus was the Word of God who came to earth to live out the written Word of God.

Jesus Christ is the Mind, the Reason, and the Power that both made and keeps things in their proper order. John 5:22

Jesus Christ is the Light, the Illumination, and the Power that penetrates the darkness of the world. 1Peter 2:9, Colossians 1:13, 2 Corinthians 4:6

Jesus Christ is the supreme spokesman of God. This is why He is superior to the prophets of the Old Testament. John 5:22, Isaiah 9:6-7, Philippians 2:9-10

Jesus Christ is appointed the heir of all things. What is meant by heir? It means that Jesus Christ is to receive and be "the lawful Owner of all things.(Matthew 28:18).

Jesus Christ is the Creator and Maker of the worlds, all of the worlds" (Hebrews 1:2).

Jesus Christ is the one that possesses the very glory of God (Colossians 2:9) John 1:14

Jesus Christ is the express image of God John10:30, John:14:9-10, 2 Corinthians 4:4

Jesus Christ is the Sustainer of the universe. Colossians 1:16-17

Jesus Christ is the Redeemer of mankind. (Revelation. 1:5

Jesus Christ is the Supreme Mediator and Intercessor.1Timothy2:5, Romans 8:34 1John 2:1

The very opposite is true: God is concerned with our lives, with the trials and trouble, sin and evil, suffering and disease, death and decay—with all that happens to us. Therefore, God has spoken to us; He has given us the wonderful words of life and of deliverance. He has told us exactly how to conquer the trials and temptations, the corruption and death of this world. We can read where God has spoken to the prophets. In the Old Testament God spoke to people by His prophets even as He speaks today to people through the men and women of God. But they only can speak a portion of the knowledge and wisdom given them.  Jesus speaks the fullness of God

What does this mean? No man could possibly receive and understand or explain the whole revelation of God. God and the truth of God is too big for any one man. Therefore, God had to make many revelations to many different people, and He had to use many different ways to speak to men. No man could ever contain or share the whole revelation of God. There had to be a gradual opening of man's mind concerning the Messiah, the Savior of the world.

God spoke to Adam and told him that the Savior would come from the seed of the woman (Genesis 3:15).

God spoke to Abraham and told him that the Savior would come from his seed (Genesis 12:3; Genesis 18:18; Genesis 22:18).

God spoke to Jacob and told him that the Savior would come through the tribe of Judah (Genesis 49:10).

God spoke to David and told him that the Savior would be born of his house (2 Samuel 7:13).

God spoke to Micah and told him that the Savior would be born at Bethlehem (Micah 5:2).

God spoke to Isaiah and told him that the Savior would be born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14).

Note also the different ways in which God spoke to the prophets:

He spoke to Moses in a great thundering voice in the midst of a storm (Exodus 19:19; Deut. 5:22).

He spoke to Elijah by a still small voice (1 Kings 19:12).

He spoke to Isaiah in a vision (Isaiah 1:1).

He spoke to Samuel in a dream (1 Samuel 3:5).

The list could go on, for God spoke to his prophets in many different ways. But the point to see is this: each prophet could present only a part of God's revelation. No one of them could present the whole revelation of God. The full revelation of God is not found in the prophets. Where is it found then? God's Word, His full revelation, is found in His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. "In these last days [God has] spoken to us by His Son." This is the most astounding truth imaginable! For God could send no greater messenger with His Word than to send His very own Son. And this is the astounding declaration of this passage: God has sent His Son to proclaim His Word.