John 1:1-5

V-1,

There are two kinds of Word. One is the written Word which is the Bible. This written Word is God breathed. John was not the author of St. John, God was; John was the penman, moved upon by the Holy Spirit of God. The entire Bible was authored by God. Each book had a penman moved upon by the Holy Spirit of God. I believe the written Word (the Bible) is the face of Jesus that we are looking in. Jesus is the Word. In St. John 1:14 we learn that this Word was Jesus, "And the Word was mad e flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." In the first Book of the Bible, Genesis 1:3, we see the spoken Word, "And God said...". God said is the spoken Word. This spoken Word creates, as we see in Genesis and in St. John 1:3, "All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made." You see, the Word spoken or written is powerful. It contains the power of life and death . The Word of God gave everything the power to exist. This Word is the one we know as Jesus. What was before the beginning? Nothing. This Word who became Jesus was there at the foundation of the world. Word "In the beginning was the Word... " is Logos. It means divine expression. It even includes divine thought. It can also mean divine work. He (the Word) was divine intelligence. "...the Word was with God..." God here is taken from a word which means supreme Divinity or supreme God. This Logos (Word) was not only with God but was God, as well. Proverbs chapter 8 verse 23 speaks of this Divine Intelligence as Wisdom. This Eternal Existence is difficult for man to comprehend, but it is true. God is the place that every thing else starts from.

V-2,

We could say then, that from the Word (Jesus) all things start. You can see very well from this why Satan's latest trick is to get God's people disinterested in the spoken and written Word. The church is doing everything except studying the uncompromised Word. There is a great effort on the part of the enemy of God to bring new Bibles on the market which distort the Word of God. One of the most common ways to distort is to make Jesus (the Word) something less than God.

V-3,

We see here that the Word (Jesus) was Creator God. He made it all. Let us look back in Genesis again. At the beginning of each thing created there was the expression "God said, Let there be.." then it goes on to mention everything: the skies, the world, the sun, the moon, etc. You see from this, the Word (who we call Jesus) was at the beginning Creator God.

V-4,

In verse 4 above, life means the power to exist. In Genesis 2:7 we read how God gave life to man, "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Man was but a clay doll until the breath of life was breathed. Then he became alive. The Word (Jesus) made him alive. The word translated life here means make manifest or illuminate. This light gives everything the power to be. If a person receive s this Light, it gives them the power to receive eternal life.

V-5,

The word shineth means to continually shine. The first thing God applied to the earth was Light which gave all other things the power to be. Nothing can live without light. Plants won't grow and people will die without light. Darkness symbolizes Satan or evil. When the Light (Jesus) shines, it does away with darkness (Satan). The darkness mentioned in verse 5 is speaking of spiritual darkness. Darkness has to receive the Light to do away with the darkness. In Genesis, just before God applied the Light, there was darkness upon the face of the deep. Let God light His Light in your heart and do away with darkness and give you eternal life.

Source: Lesson by Louise Haney - lovethelord.com

1. Which is the most spiritual book in the Bible? Why do we say this?

2. How does the Book of John differ from Matthew, Mark, and Luke?

3. What is the whole Book of John stressing?

4. Who penned the Book of John?

5. Who was the only apostle specifically mentioned at the crucifixion?

6. What does the name John translate to?

7. Who was his brother?

8. Name two other names he was known by?

9. What other books of the Bible did he pen?

10. In the Book of Revelation, what do they tell us happened to him because of his loyalty to Jesus?

11. What was John doing on the Lord's day?

12. How many times is the Father mentioned in John?

13. How long was Jesus' earthly ministry?

14. Name two people Jesus had conversations with that are recorded in John and not the other three gospels?

15. How many miracles are recorded in the other books?

16. How many of these are not recorded in the other books?

17. What are some of the opposites of Jesus and Satan mentioned in this book?

18. Name five things John shows us Jesus as besides God and the Word?

19. Who is the only penman in the Bible which calls Jesus the Lamb of God?

20. Why do you think John showed more of the divinity of Jesus than any other writer?

21. What is the main message that comes forth throughout John?

22. What is symbolized by the four headed beast?

23. Which of the heads does John symbolize?

24. Quote St. John 1:1.

25. What are the two kinds of Word?

26. Who was the author of St. John?

27. What moved upon the penman to write it?

28. What is the written Word?

29. What is the spoken Word?

30. Who is the Word?

31. The Word is powerful, it contains the power of _____________ or __________________________.

32. What is the Word in verse 1?

33. What does Logos mean?

34. Who is the place from where all things begin?

35. What is Satan's latest trick in the church?

36. Who was Creator God?

37. "In him was __________________________; and the __________ was the ________________________ of men".

38. What does life mean?

39. What does shineth mean?

40. Who is the Light?

41. Verse 5 is speaking of what kind of darkness?