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Before coming into the world as a creature, God's son was a divine being
known as the Word (John 1:1a)
The Word is translated from the Greek noun logos (log'-os) which basically
refers to something spoken as opposed to something written, viz; logos
refers to voice, i.e. speech.
God's spoken words first appear in the Bible at Gen 1:3 where it says:
"Let there be light"
So we could legitimately paraphrase John 1:2 to read like this:
"All things were made by God's voice; and apart from His voice was not any
thing made that was made."
Thus it's seen that God preferred to command the cosmos into existence
instead of cogitating it into existence.
"By the voice of God the heavens were of old" (2Pet 3:5)
God's speech is more than sound and syllables; it is an extension of Himself,
i.e. His speech is charged with an energy so powerful that it can make inert
objects become alert with consciousness; e.g. John 1:4
"In God's voice was life"
Seeing as how the words that come out of God's mouth are no less divine
than Himself, then I think it's valid to concur that His speech is a sentient
being.
Please don't ask me how God's voice is a sentient being because it is just too
far beyond the capability of my below-average IQ to comprehend.
So then, when Jesus said "I am the life" I think it safe to paraphrase him as:
"I am that life", i.e. the life in God's voice; and seeing as how the life in
God's voice is an extension of Himself, then we certainly cannot refuse to
recognize The Word as more than just a divine being, instead, as the
supreme of all beings.
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Before coming into the world as a creature, God's son was a divine being
known as the Word (John 1:1a)
The Word is translated from the Greek noun logos (log'-os) which basically
refers to something spoken as opposed to something written, viz; logos
refers to voice, i.e. speech.
God's spoken words first appear in the Bible at Gen 1:3 where it says:
"Let there be light"
So we could legitimately paraphrase John 1:2 to read like this:
"All things were made by God's voice; and apart from His voice was not any
thing made that was made."
Thus it's seen that God preferred to command the cosmos into existence
instead of cogitating it into existence.
"By the voice of God the heavens were of old" (2Pet 3:5)
God's speech is more than sound and syllables; it is an extension of Himself,
i.e. His speech is charged with an energy so powerful that it can make inert
objects become alert with consciousness; e.g. John 1:4
"In God's voice was life"
Seeing as how the words that come out of God's mouth are no less divine
than Himself, then I think it's valid to concur that His speech is a sentient
being.
Please don't ask me how God's voice is a sentient being because it is just too
far beyond the capability of my below-average IQ to comprehend.
So then, when Jesus said "I am the life" I think it safe to paraphrase him as:
"I am that life", i.e. the life in God's voice; and seeing as how the life in
God's voice is an extension of Himself, then we certainly cannot refuse to
recognize The Word as more than just a divine being, instead, as the
supreme of all beings.
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