Now let’s consider some of the most important Scriptures in the Bible in order to discern the next revelation of who Jesus the Christ really is. No one should doubt his deity after reading this passage written by Jesus’ best friend, the apostle John, who was an eye-witness to his majesty and was no liar:
1 (A)In the beginning was (B)the Word, and the Word was (C)with God, and (D)the Word was God. 2 [a]He was in the beginning with God. 3 (E)All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 (F)In Him was life, and the life was (G)the Light of men. 5 (H)The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not [b]comprehend it. (John 1:1-5 NASB)
These five verses exactly parallel the first five verses of the Bible, which say,
1 (A)In the beginning (B)God (C)created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was [a](D)formless and void, and (E)darkness was over the [b]surface of the deep, and (F)the Spirit of God(G)was [c]moving over the [d]surface of the waters. 3 Then (H)God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was (I)good; and God (J)separated the light from the darkness. 5 (K)God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And (L)there was evening and there was morning, one day. (Genesis 1:1-5, NASB)
Notice the order in each account. First, God (whom John calls the Word) created “all things.” Genesis calls “all things” the heavens and the earth and then goes on to describe the things in heaven and on earth. And, as we previously saw, the Spirit of God brooded upon “the waters” prior to creating this present cosmos including our earth.
Later in the Book of John Jesus made a three-fold revelation of himself, saying, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) Right now we will only consider his statement, “I AM the LIFE.” Earlier John wrote,4 (F)In Him was life, and the life was (G)the Light of men. (John 1:4) Do we also see this life in the very beginning, in Genesis 1? Of course. In verse 2 we read, “(F)the Spirit of God(G)was [c]moving over the [d]surface of the waters.”
John thus reveals Christ as the animating Spirit in all mankind. Paul said, “In him (Jesus Christ) all things hold together,” which means that Christ’s power not only makes things alive, it actually causes them to exist and retain their individuality. Paul makes this very clear, saying,
15 is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
16For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
17And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. (Colossians 1:15-17)*
Jesus said, “I AM the LIFE!” How full of meaning that is! How little we understand it, for we have not yet entered into the life he has fully prepared for us. Until then let us walk on with him, attempting to apprehend all that HE IS!
* I want to warn you there now exists a great attempt by Satan and his ambassadors to slander Paul these days. Many have gone abroad saying that Paul did not the preach the truth as delivered to the apostles who actually walked with Jesus. I can tell you that based upon a lifetime of studying the Scriptures that this is devil-inspired deception. Paul’s words are every bit as much the Scripture as the writings of the other apostles and prophets. Just consider Peter’s own words concerning Paul and his revelation of Jesus.
14 (A)Therefore, (B)beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be (C)found by Him in peace, (D)spotless and blameless, 15 and regard the (E)patience of our Lord assalvation; just as also (F)our beloved brother Paul, (G)according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, 16 as also in all hisletters, speaking in them of (H)these things, (I)in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and (J)unstable distort, as they do also (K)the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. 17 You therefore, (L)beloved, knowing this beforehand, (M)be on your guard so that you are not carried away by (N)the error of (O)unprincipled men and (P)fall from your own steadfastness, 18 but grow in the grace and (Q)knowledge of our (R)Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. (S)To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
