John 1:1-3 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being”. (NASB)
This opening section of John’s gospel doesn’t beat around the bush. Right off the bat, in just three sentences, he pours out some major truth about God the Son, Jesus Christ. First, he established the time frame, “In the beginning”. Actually the Greek word used is archē and carries the idea of first in order or at the commencement. It means that Jesus was there already or eternally. Jesus is eternal because He was already there, in the beginning.
The second big thought John reveals is that not only was Jesus eternally present with God, but Jesus is in fact God. As Christians, we believe in the Trinity which is to say God in three persons; God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. This opening of John’s gospel reveals the first two persons of the Triune God when he says the Word (Jesus) was with God and the Word was God.
John not done yet lays on a third major idea. The Word (Jesus) is the Creator. “All things came into being by Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being”. WOW! Jesus, the Word is eternal, is God and is the Creator of everything.
Now that’s some Juice! AMEN!
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