A deeper look at the word of God, who took on flesh and dwelt among us!

A verse by verse study of John 1:1-14

John 1:1

John 1:1 NKJV
[1] In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

https://bible.com/bible/114/jhn.1.1.NKJV

John 1:1 ESV
A. In the beginning was the Word,

Genesis 1:1 ESV
[1] In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

Colossians 1:17 ESV
[17] And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

1 John 1:1 ESV
[1]  That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—


B. and the Word was with God,

John 1:14 ESV
[14] And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Revelation 19:13 ESV
[13] He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God.

John 17:5 ESV
[5] And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

1 John 1:2 ESV
[2] the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us—


C. and the Word was God.

1 John 5:20 ESV
[20] And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

https://bible.com/bible/59/1jn.5.20.ESV


Philippians 2:6 NKJV
[6] who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God,

https://bible.com/bible/114/php.2.6.NKJV

The gospel of John is one of four Gospel accounts of Jesus life, ministry, death and resurrection. John’s gospel is unique and distinct from the other three; Matthew, Mark, and Luke, in that these three are referred to as the “synoptic gospels. All three record both similar and the same events. Some have similar details (probably happened more than once) while others are the same events.

John’s Gospel account is different. John’s perspective is different and shares things that do not appear in the synoptic gospels.

John chapter One is one chapter that sets Jesus in a different light. It’s the same Jesus, but the apostle John’s experience and eyewitness accounts lend to the belief that John saw things that the other apostles and disciples did not.

John is often self depicted as the “disciple whom Jesus loved.”

He was one of the company of three; Peter, James and John, who often accompanied Jesus during the deepest, most intimate moments in His life and ministry. They were blessed and privileged to be Jesus’s closest companions.

John’s encounter with “the word of God who became flesh and dwelt among us” is recorded as the Gospel bearing his name, as an eyewitness to his unique revelation of the Son of God.

John’s Gospel account opens with a statement that can only come from the deepest level of personal revelation and encounter with the Living God!

In the beginning was the Word

And the Word was with God

And the Word was God

A bold declaration from one who had been with the Word of God, walked with Him, talked and interacted with Him, and saw things that no other human being had ever seen.

This is how John starts off His Gospel account in John 1:1

John also wrote, in 1 John 1

I John 1:1-2 NKJV
[1] That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life— [2] the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us—

https://bible.com/bible/114/1jn.1.1-2.NKJV