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This is important because the emphasis is on God. John is not trying
to tell us that the LOGOS is God. He is saying that God Himself is the LOGOS. There are not two gods. There
is not one God and the LOGOS. God IS the LOGOS.
How can the LOGOS be with God and God be the LOGOS? That is one of the great mysteries of God.
Would we not expect God to be very different from us? Is it possible that God is not like us? John tells us
that this is true. God is a mystery because He is God.
The Creator. The philosophers also believed that the LOGOS created the world
and John gives them good news. This LOGOS that they have been desiring to understand not only existed before
the beginning, not only was with God and was God, but created everything.
He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. (NASB) John 1:2-3 Did you see the “He”? The LOGOS is not an it, a thing, a force, but a “He.” The
LOGOS is a being, but He was not created either. He was not a super-human, an angel, or “a god” as
some teach.
Now the Holy Spirit makes two very important comments. First, everything that has ever come
into being has come into being through the LOGOS. If something came into existence, He created it. If the LOGOS
was created, then that would imply the LOGOS had to create itself. That is not possible. Nothing can create
itself. Second, we are told that only the LOGOS created anything. That means that no one else did any creating.
There is only one Creator and the Creator is the LOGOS.
In Him was Life. And just in case anyone is comfortable with an incorrect conclusion
about who the LOGOS is, John adds this,
In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. (NASB) John 1:4 The LOGOS was not created. He has always been alive. He has always been alive because He has life in Himself.
Wow, now that is an awesome thought. Have you ever seen a woman give birth to a baby? Have you ever heard a
baby cry after leaving its mother’s womb? Some say that the child gains human life on that day, but that
is not true. The baby actually has been alive for nine months. It is helpless! It was smaller than the eye
can see. But it is an amazing fact that nothing creates itself or anything else before it comes into existence.
The LOGOS was not created, because He is the only Creator. He did not need to be created, because He has always
been. He does not need to eat, drink, or breathe air. He has life in Himself.
That is an awesome definition of God. God is one who has life in Himself. He is self-sustaining,
life-sustaining, and creates things out of nothing.
Conclusion. One of the great joys about God is that He is a mystery. Sometimes
we have a low view of God. We think that God is like us (Ps. 50:21). How can God be god if He was like us?
But He is not like us. We have no idea where He came from. We will never understand Him completely. We have
no clue how anything started. How can a being be life-sustaining? How can any being create something out of
nothing? How can a being speak and things appear? How can a being control the forces of the universe? How can
a being be God and also be the LOGOS? The answer is simple. He is beyond us . . . His name is Jesus!
What are you going to do with Him?
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