In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. – John 1:1 (NIV)
Do you ever feel like you don’t fit in? I know many times I’ve felt that way in my life. I never quite fit in at school, and I never quite fit in at church. As a result, I always felt a bit of an outsider. More than anything, I wanted to feel like I belonged.
When I read the book of John, I feel encouraged. I know that regardless of what I experience from humans here on earth, that with Jesus, I find love and belonging. That is much of the message of the book of John.
John is a unique book. When we read it, we see a very interesting picture of Jesus. John is showing us that Jesus was the son of God and the son of man. By reading John, we can get a really good idea of what makes the Christian faith special.
One of the first things we see is that Jesus is eternal, and was not created. Jesus existed from the beginning. And in the beginning there was fellowship between the trinity. We see that God the father, God the son, and God the Holy Spirit were all active in the beginning.
Out of their relationship, the world was made. The world that we know came into existence through Jesus.
Many other religions in the world today have an account of creation. However, where Christianity differs from them is that Jesus as the creator is a relational god. He had relationship with the members of the trinity at the beginning . It was from that relationship the world was created. In that relationship, we find our value, as we were created from a God who loves us. And from that love, we see the rest of the account in John unfold.
What excitement and meaning that should bring into our relationship with Jesus. We get to know the creator who is loving, knowable, and who created from a heart of love.
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