If I were to tell you “why” John 1:1 was written, I could possibly be bearing false witness, because I do not know specifically why the gospel was written in a different manner to the other gospels, other than the reason stated for writing something similar in the Epistle of 1 John, where the writers (yes, writers, because “we” means more than one) stated:
- That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ. And we are writing this that our joy may be complete. (1 John 1:3-4)
The Bible is a self-explanatory book. However, one has to admit, without reading the Bible and asking the Creator Lord God to reveal its truth, it can be confusing. This confusion is not because of the book, but because of the way people have been trained to think, as they have been programmed from childhood. Nevertheless, rather than give an explanation that would be construed as my interpretation or opinion, here are a number of texts from the Bible that tell us Who the Word of God happens to be and indicate what this means. Most people are probably not aware that these verses all speak of the Word of God.
- In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. (John 1:1-5)
- In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of the waters. And God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. (Genesis 1:1-4)
- The Lord created me at the beginning of his work,
the first of his acts of old.
Ages ago I was set up,
at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
Before the mountains had been shaped,
before the hills, I was brought forth;
before he had made the earth with its fields,
or the first of the dust of the world.
When he established the heavens, I was there,
when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
when he made firm the skies above,
when he established the fountains of the deep,
when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
then I was beside him, like a master workman;
and I was daily his delight,
rejoicing before him always. Proverbs 8:22-30 - And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation.”(Proverbs 8:22-30)
- That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—the life was made manifest, and we saw it, and testify to it, and proclaim to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ….This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. (1 John 1:1-5)
- In many and various ways God spoke of old to our fathers by the prophets; but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature, upholding the universe by his word of power. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has obtained is more excellent than theirs. For to what angel did God ever say,“Thou art my Son,today I have begotten thee”? Or again,“I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”? Hebrews 1:1-5
- Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” (John 8:12)
- He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation; for in him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fulness of God was pleased to dwell. (Colossians 1:15-19 )
- For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bodily. (Colossians 2:9)
- Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross. (Philippians 2:6-8)
- Nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.
Who has ascended to heaven and come down?
Who has gathered the wind in his fists?
Who has wrapped up the waters in a garment?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name, and what is his son’s name?
Surely you know! (Proverbs 30:3-4) - And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. (John bore witness to him, and cried, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, for he was before me.’”) ….No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known. (John 1:14-18)
- In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God. For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For it is the God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:4-6)
- I and the Father are one (John 10:30)
- Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? (John 14:9)
In the above Scriptures, we learn that the Word of God was the Son of God and He was the beginning of Life, the source of all light and knowledge; nothing was created without Him and all things were created through Him. The Father and the Son are the same and yet they are individuals distinct from the other. The Son came to Earth in the form of a human being and became obedient unto death on a cross. Having risen from the dead, the Word made flesh, became the first-born from the dead, the Head of the Church. The Word of God is the Creator God; there is no other. All things came through Him, including the Ten Commandments—although the dogmatists deny the divinity of Lord Jesus Christ, because they claim the Ten Commandments did not come through Him. Yet all things came though the Word of God, because the Father and Son are the One and same God.
- Why then the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the offspring should come to whom the promise had been made; and it was ordained by angels through an intermediary. Now an intermediary implies more than one; but God is one. (Galatians 3:19-20)
The Father and the Son are One. When the Ten Commandments were given they came through the Word of God. Yet people do not understand these basic commandments and their moral truth, not to mention the Godhead. Consequently, theologians write convoluted descriptions of what they think, when all we need to do is read the Bible and ask the Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth.
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