John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being 4 in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.
Jesus' story doesn't start with his conception. John tells us that Jesus existed from the beginning. Of course, Jesus wasn't wrapped in flesh back then. So John calls him logos - the "Word". What a strange and amazing way to refer to to Jesus. Jesus, the Word, is the self-expression of God. And as God speaks - Jesus creates! Remember back in Genesis, God speaks creation into being? God speaks the logos or Word and there is earth, sky, animals, us! Wow! Jesus without flesh is what God was speaking as the world materializes!
But Jesus is not only our creator. Jesus also embodies "life" that is the "light of all of humanity." In other words, in Jesus is the source of all of humanity's eternal life. Eternal life that is light that darkness can not overcome. But darkness is sure going to try!
John may have been Jesus' closest friend ... and this is how he chooses to describe him. On John's testimony, I have to take notice of Jesus. Jesus' life was not just a life lived well. His teachings weren't just well thought out philosophies. Jesus is the expression of God and the source of unquenchable light - eternal life - to all people.
If John, one of Jesus' closest friends, is right and Jesus is the self-expression of God, the source of unquenchable light to all people, then shouldn't getting to know him be the top priority in life?
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