If He came as the "Living Word" what does this mean to you?
What "word" was there at the time of His arrival?
2007-11-12 16:17:34 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The old testament was the only "word" at that time. Makes one wonder how it is that most of modern Christianity has found a way to negate the teachings of the old testament.
2007-11-12 16:23:57 · answer #1 · answered by Mr. E 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you're actually not probably refuting the Trinity right here, in basic terms a demonstrating that taking an analogy too a ways will destroy it. only like a number of different analogy. And Trinitarians do no longer say that the father and the Son are the comparable man or woman, yet that the two are God. you're papering over the large style of prooftexts for the deity of Jesus, such through fact the Gospel of John's prologue, Thomas' confession of Jesus as his Lord and his God, and so on.
2016-10-02 06:08:23 · answer #2 · answered by renate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's another name, so to speak this verse means that Nothing could be created without Him. by calling Jesus the Worrd, John is emphasizing JUST how improtant Jesus is. When you say someone is The Man you are saying someone totoally rocks, you love them, they are the cat's meow. Well, tha't s what John was saying about Jesus. he was giving props to the Son of God. God created the world THROUGH Jesus. John is saying that without Jesus nothing could be made. The word is a simpler way to say all this because it's like, Jesus is the word. he's it the buck stops here. he's the final authority. If mother theresa is the expert in generosity, then jesus is the expert in world making. (Yes, I know how crazy that sounds but I needed an example everyone can relate to.) If you want to know about shampoo ask a hair dresser if you want to know about toothpaste ask a dentist but if you want to know about the world as Jesus! He created it and that is what this name means.
2007-11-12 16:27:58 · answer #3 · answered by KZ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The original word used for 'Word' was 'logos', which does not mean a being or a person.
'logos' is not actually the Word itself -- logos is the thought that comes before the word, it is the idea before action. A logos does not exist, it is what existence comes from.
The interpretation of 'logos' to refer to Jesus is inconsistent with his message and with the meaning of the word.
2007-11-12 16:28:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is the Logos. He became flesh and dwelt among us.
John 1: 14. His name is Jesus Christ Y'shua!
2007-11-12 16:21:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.
In him is life and his life is the light of all men.
2007-11-12 16:25:11 · answer #6 · answered by johnboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 'word of god' was a mystical concept. It did not refer to actuall written words, but would translate today more meaningfully as 'will of god'.
2007-11-12 16:21:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm with squid and KZ
I Cr 13;8a
2007-11-12 18:44:54 · answer #8 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose that might have meant, that he was God's 'word', since he was spreading his message.
2007-11-12 16:21:03 · answer #9 · answered by John K 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
complex question...no good answer me thinks...
2007-11-12 16:22:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋