1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1 (New King James Version)
2006-10-15 08:56:20 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2006-10-15 08:59:43 · answer #1 · answered by Southern Apostolic 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
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The divinity and incarnation of Christ. John bears witness of him. He begins to call his disciples.
Gospel According to Saint John
Chapter 1 :1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God.
2006-10-15 15:28:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is this really a point worth killing over. In the end that is exactly what this disagreement has done for hundreds of years. What is important is God be reconciled to you, the path to that end is through Jesus, and if you become reconciled with or to God then you should start behaving more and more like Jesus did. Did occur to you who like to disagree that a more important rule is that we be in one accord and that we love each other. Now we look into a mirror darkly (so we do not understand all the connections in the Spirit world) and then will come the perfect. Start living in one accord and loving one another and stop fighting cuz it ruins our witness. Do you realize people have killed each other for century's over this question which has no affect on behavior, trust, obedience, reconciliation.
What this does is create a crack in the Church. Merchants see that crack. They fan the flames and in the end create and profit from war. This disagreement that has been discussed for basically ever, has caused peoples children to be maimed, families to be separated children to be alone to make bad decisions, and even in peace it causes people to look at lovers of God and think I do not want what they have they can not even get along with each other.
"NOW WE SEE IN A MIRROR DARKLY"---AND WE PRETEND WE SEE CLEARLY AND KILL EACH OTHER OVER A BLURRED IMAGE WE CLAIM IS CLEAR.
JESUS WEPT
2006-10-15 09:14:20 · answer #3 · answered by icheeknows 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God's Word refers to Jesus as 'the Word of God' in a few places.
2006-10-15 09:02:37 · answer #4 · answered by The Question Man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Word referred to here is Jesus Christ. He is the Word that became flesh. It just shows that Christ was there since forever and that He is God, God didn't create Him. It also explains the Trinity and Christ's deity, that He is truly God and the same as the Father.
2006-10-15 09:20:29 · answer #5 · answered by theogoth 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure what the question is but the Word is Jesus and it is saying that Jesus was with God in the beginning and Jesus is God. I believe this was before creation.
2006-10-15 09:00:17 · answer #6 · answered by Brianne 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that's Right! and if you look at verse 14 you'll see the following: 14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us.
Christ is God, and was with God, even in the begining!! Isn't this exciting?!!!
2006-10-15 09:01:06 · answer #7 · answered by setfreejn836 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
bigtime gnosticism
the book of John is SO gnostic and far out compared to Mark, Mathew and Luke
we go from a son of man- to 'son of God' to a Word being god
talk about evolution!
2006-10-15 09:00:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
And the word was written in riddles, rhymes and tales of mother goose.
2006-10-16 00:19:29 · answer #9 · answered by peppermint_paddy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is the first affirmation in the bible of the Trinity.
2006-10-15 09:00:16 · answer #10 · answered by lilmisstickletoo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I got your point from the start but was unable to answer because my kids needed fed.
2006-10-15 09:21:26 · answer #11 · answered by . 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋