John 1:1-5

Just about everyone knows that the Bible begins with “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” That’s Genesis 1:1. But John 1:1 tells us even more. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God,” says verse 2. And then verse 3, “All things were made by Him.” This Word is a person and that person is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Jesus Christ is the Word. John the Baptist came and said, “I am a voice,” but Jesus is the Word. A voice without words is just noise. The Word of God is Jesus Christ. Now why is Jesus Christ called the Word? Well, what are my words doing right now? My words are communicating, revealing my heart and my mind.

Jesus Christ came to this world as God’s Word. In fact, God’s last Word. The last word God has with mankind is the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ reveals the heart of God. You see Jesus Christ picking up the children. That’s God holding a baby in His arms. He takes bread and feeds people. He heals the sick. He even raised the dead. He communicates the heart of God. “God so loved the world” (John 3:16). He also communicates the mind of God. He tells us what it is God wants us to know about ourselves, about the world, and about Himself. If you want the truth about God, you go to Jesus Christ. “No man has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him” (John 1:18).

Now my question today is this, are you listening to God’s Word? Jesus Christ is the Word, the creative Word, the life giving Word. “In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men” (John 1:4). Now without Jesus Christ there is death and without Jesus Christ there is darkness. Jesus Christ is God’s great Word, and when that Word speaks, the light comes into the darkness and life comes where there is death. If you want to know God’s mind and God’s heart and God’s will, get acquainted with God’s Son, the Word, Jesus Christ.