The Deity of Christ 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 came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkn ess and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:5 The verses of John 1:18 These verses constitute the prologue which introduces many of the major themes that John will treat, especially the main theme that Jesus is the Christ, the Son (vv12-14, 18,20:31). Several key words repeated throughout the gospel (eg, life, light, witness, glory) appear here. The remainder of the gospel develops the theme of the prologue as to how the eternal Word of God, Jesus the Messiah and the Son of God, became flesh and ministered among men so that all who believe in Him would be saved. Although John wrote the prologue with the simplest vocabulary in the New Testament, the truths which the prologue conveys are the most profound. Six basic truths about Christ as the Son of God are featured in the prologue: 1) the eternal Christ (vv1-3); 2) the incarnate Christ (vv4,5); 3)the forerunner of Christ(vv.6-8); 4) the unrecognized Christ (vv 9-11); 5) the omnipotent Christ (vv 12, 13); and 6) the glorious Christ (vv14-18)
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