Tuesday, February 10, 2009
John 1:1-2 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
AND THE WORD WAS GOD
Even as we think of God the Father being "in the beginning," so also Jesus was in the beginning, He was with God in the beginning. As far back as God goes, so Jesus goes. It is a miracle. It is a mystery. It is our joy.
Think of what this means. It means that the One who comes as your Savior, the One who stands by your side and says, "Come to me you who labor and are heavily burdened and I will give you rest;" the One who reaches out and takes you by the hand and says, "Be of good cheer. Your sins are forgiven;" the One who says, "I will never leave you or forsake you;" that One, Jesus, has been there.
He has seen all your trials and troubles from the very beginning.
He knows the origin of sin; its ravages and its pain.
He knows its effect.
He knows what is to be done about it, and He has done it.
Because He was there!
Since Jesus claimed to exist in the beginning there is only one conclusion to be drawn -- because there is only One being that has always been -- Jesus is God. Yes, long before the manger, see the divine essence of Jesus.
And we say, "How can this be?" First the Scripture says, "The Word was with God," and then in the very next phrase it says, "The Word was God."
How can one be with another and also be that other?
So we are immediately confronted with another miracle, the miracle that is God; that God the Father and God the Son are separate persons in a way that they can be with one another through all eternity, and yet . . . still . . . somehow, they are One.
The Bible is quite plain. It says the Word was with God and the Word was God.
