In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John calls Christ the Word to show He is God's eternal Wisdom and Will, the lively image of His purpose. As our speech reveals our mind, so God reveals Himself to us by His Word; this is necessary doctrine, for our faith in Christ rests on knowing He is the only eternal God, and life itself flows from Him.
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These opening verses declare plainly that Jesus Christ is God, one with the Father. Word means the Son who reveals the Father; it is not a philosophical abstraction but the announcement that life, light, and divinity dwell in Christ, worthy of the deepest wonder and devotion.
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Commenting on John 1:1-5
PREFACE TO THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN. John, the writer of this Gospel, was the son of Zebedee and Salome; compare with . His father was a fisherman of Galilee, though it would appear that he was not destitute of property, and was not in the lowest condition of life. He had hired men in his employ, .