In The Beginning Was The Word

In the Beginning Was The Word The beginning of the Gospel of John states, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Notice there are three usages of the word “word” in verse 1. John 1:2: The same was in the beginning with God. Logos means “word” or “communication.” God is spoken of as the logos because He is The Word. Christ is the logos , God’s Word in person; while the Bible is the logos , God’s Word in writing. Which logos is John 1:1 speaking of? “In the beginning was the logos , and the logos was with God, and the logos was God.” The word used in this verse is both the written Word, which we speak of today as the Bible, and Christ, The Word in person. The key to understanding John 1:1 and 2 is the word “with.” If any other Greek word were used for the word “with” except pros , the whole Bible would crumble. The word pros means “together with, yet distinctly independent of.” That is exquisite seman- tic accuracy. Jesus Christ in the beginning was together with God, yet He was distinctively independent of Him. The written Word was originally with God, yet distinctively independent of God. This is its remarkable usage because it refutes the erroneous teaching that in the beginning Jesus Christ was with God to start everything. This is not what The Word says. It says that He was with Him, but the written Word was also with Him. How? In what you and I would express as “in the mind of God.” God in His foreknowledge knew of the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. He knew of the prophets to whom He could give The Word, and of their faithfulness in writing and speaking The Word. This was all with God because of His foreknowledge. Do you know that you were with God from the beginning if you are a born-again believer? Ephesians 1:4: According as he [God] hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world.... If you were chosen before the foundation of the world, where were you? Do not tell me that you already have lived in eternity