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John starts his Gospel with a sentence that can rearrange your entire view of Jesus: “In the beginning was the Word.” We slow down and work through John 1:1–5 line by line, because the stakes are huge. If the “Word” is eternal, personal, and fully God, then Jesus isn’t just a teacher who shows up late in the story. He’s the Creator at the beginning of it.

We also wrestle with the term Logos. It can sound abstract, even cold, like calling Jesus “logic.” But John is doing something brilliant and deeply pastoral: he takes a word loaded with meaning in Greek philosophy and Jewish Scripture and attaches it to a Person. The result is a clear picture of Jesus Christ as God’s living self-expression, eternally with the Father, sharing the same divine nature, within the reality of the Trinity.

From there, we connect doctrine to daily life. If all things were made through Christ, then he isn’t only able to save, he’s able to give real life, including eternal life grounded in the cross and resurrection. John’s theme of light and darkness becomes more than imagery: it’s truth confronting sin, and a light the darkness cannot overcome. Subscribe for more Gospel of John Bible study, share this with someone who needs clarity about who Jesus is, and leave a review then tell us: what part of John 1 hit you the hardest?

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