Transcription
It is impossible to avoid seeing that the one who comes is simply called The Word, at first it was the verb. We can say: at first it was God’s self-expression, at first God spoke. At first it was God’s self-expression, and that self-expression went with God; Companion of God; and self-expression was God; The very being of God.
- And you’re beginning to imagine: What’s going on here?But that’s what the text says.
- He who becomes flesh.
- Who takes human identity.
- Is one with God.
- The agent of God Himself in creation.
- The very being of God.
Even the term? Word? It’s an interesting choice, isn’t it?How do you feel about Jesus?Which title suits you best? I can imagine Joo’s spirit going through different titles, names, expressions that could be used. And remember, for example, that in the Old Testament we read constantly: “The Word of the Lord came to the prophet saying , “Thus, God was shown in revelation.
He could have remembered Psalm 33: God spoke and something came to exist, by the word of the Lord, the heavens were created. The Word of God in creation. Even the Word of God to save and transform people. God sends His Word and heals them, according to the Psalms. All these things that the Word of God fulfills, reveals, creates, transforms, and John thinks: “Yes, this is the proper expression. Does that sum up all that Jesus is?
It is the self-expression Dieu. Il is with God at first. God is one and yet there is a complexity in him from the beginning. This Word is God’s companion and is God Himself.
By: Don Carson. Copyright The Gospel Coalition, Inc. Original: The God Who Is There: Part 7 The God Who Becomes a Human Being
Translation: Alan Cristie. Revision: Vin-cius Musselman Pimentel. Editora Fiel © All rights reserved. Original: Was the Word with God, and was it the Word God?D. A. Carson [The Current God 7/14]