John 1:1
Are you someone who can read this verse right here and make sense of it? It is very plain - It is speaking about the Word, and in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He (The Word) was with God in the beginning and through him (The Word) all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made, in him was life and that life was the light of all mankind.
Who is the Word?
What about the scripture founded written by Paul does it add to this at all?
What about a simple passage here:
Written by Paul to the Colossians:
Jesus states here that: John 6:46, NIV: No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. John 6:46, ESV: not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father. John 6:46, KJV: Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
John 14:9 also has Jesus saying: Jesus said unto him, “Have I been so long a time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip? He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, ‘Show us the Father’?
Thoughts?
The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.Are you someone who can read this verse right here and make sense of it? It is very plain - It is speaking about the Word, and in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He (The Word) was with God in the beginning and through him (The Word) all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made, in him was life and that life was the light of all mankind.
Who is the Word?
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
You can see here, in 1:14 of John The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We (meaning the disciples; the apostles) Had seen his glory of his resurrection, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”)
John the Baptist testifies concerning him. He cried out saying "This is the one who I spoke about when I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me."
How is it that John testified this, knew that Jesus was before him? Could have something to do with Jesus and John communicating by the Spirit, when John was in Elizabeth, and Jesus was in Mary and they met together, it is an interesting story to read. Founded in Luke.
16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and[b] is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
John the Beloved goes on to write out of his fulness we have all received grace in place of grace already given; for the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
In verse 18: No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in the closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.
What are your thoughts on - Jesus having been known as the Word of God - before having come down born of flesh named Jesus in which he becomes limited, to what he once was capable of doing for the Father?What about the scripture founded written by Paul does it add to this at all?
Imitating Christ’s Humility
2 Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in very nature[a] God,
did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7 rather, he made himself nothing
by taking the very nature[b] of a servant,
being made in human likeness.
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
What about a simple passage here:
Written by Paul to the Colossians:
Colossians 1:15-17
New International Version
The Supremacy of the Son of God
15 The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.Jesus states here that: John 6:46, NIV: No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. John 6:46, ESV: not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father. John 6:46, KJV: Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
John 14:9 also has Jesus saying: Jesus said unto him, “Have I been so long a time with you, and yet hast thou not known Me, Philip? He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, ‘Show us the Father’?
Thoughts?
