QT 8 May 12, Jesus is the Word, Jesus is God

John 1:1-2, 14 (NIV) 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.

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14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

NOTE: Immediately, the author makes multiple points about something called the Word. The Word existed in the beginning, before all of creation, the Word existed. The Word was God, and yet, the Word was with God. The Word was both God and not God. Verse 14 tells us that the Word became flesh and lived (tabernacle'd) among us. Consequently, we (John and his contemporaries) saw his glory, which was the glory of God. So, John very clearly says that Jesus was God and yet was distinct from God, from God the father. We have John's first teaching of the trinity, although in this case, only two persons are described, the son and the father. In some unbelievable way, Jesus was God, and God actually dwelt on earth in a human form. No other religion makes this claim. And Jesus backed up the claim by the life that he lived among us, a life that only God himself could have lived.