The Word

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it." 
John 1:1-5


What an interesting opening to a book that tells the story of Jesus. A simple fisherman penned this quite a while ago, and yet its aesthetics, poetry and logic still move us today. (It's like he had help or something...) The Greek (the original language the book of John was written in) word for "word" is a lot richer than we understand. It encompasses full expression and/or complete thought. Ravi Zachrias switches it with the word "definition". If we read this passage with this light, we would see that in Jesus is full expression and definition of God. The invisible and Holy God has made Himself known in Jesus. If you want to know what God is like, look at Jesus. In what He says, what He does, how he treated people, how he moved, breathed, lived and died is the definition of God. And this definition is eternal. It has always been and always is existing.
In a time where truth itself is challenged and morals are thought of as relative, there stands this timeless claim that God has since the beginning defined and given meaning to what things are. He made them with definition. He is the truth that gives light and reveals life for what it is. And if you want to know what He is like, look at Jesus. Jesus is God's word.

Gabe Legaspi