Jesus (The Word)

Why is using God's Word daily so important to a Christian?

God's Word is to reveal the whole counsel of God to man, both what we are to believe concerning God and what obedience God requires of us. It is the revelation of God in its abiding covenantal form. In it we find God and His will and glory; our relationship to Him laid out and established in terms of creation, fall, redemption, faith and life. It centers on our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, from beginning to end.

It's purpose is to communicate the message of Salvation to all who believe, to re-establish their relationship to God, to accomplish His purpose. It reveals God to man, reveal man's heart and need, establish the covenant of redemption in Jesus Christ, and nurture the soul as the Holy Spirit makes it the Word of life.

Jesus was the Word - JOHN 1:1-3  

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

2He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without

Him nothing was made that was made.

Whatever this "Word" (John 1:1) is, what claims are being made above?

A. The Word is someone who can be referred to as a "Him" (John 1:3).

B. He was "with God" (John 1:1). 

C. He "was God" (John 1:1). 

D. He existed from "the beginning" (John 1:1 & 2).

E. Everything was "made through Him" (John 1:3).

To start, are these 5 claims at least internally consistent with the rest of the Bible?

Since John 1:1 talks about "in the beginning", let's go to the beginning of the Bible and look for the answer in the opening chapter of Genesis: "1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. 4And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day. 6Then God said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.” 7 Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so. 8 And God called the firmament Heaven. So the evening and the morning were the second day. 9 Then God said, “Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear”; and it was so. 10And God called the dry land Earth, and the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God saw that it was good. 11 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth”; and it was so. 12 And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13So the evening and the morning were the third day. 14 Then God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years; 15 and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. 16 Then God made two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He made the stars also. 17 God set them in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth, 18 and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19 So the evening and the morning were the fourth day.20 Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.” 21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.” 23 So the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 24 Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind”; and it was so. 25 And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 26 Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." (Genesis 1:1-26)

What are the second and third words of Genesis 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 14, 20, 24 and 26?

"God said," so according to the Bible, God created everything not with a magic wand or a snap of His fingers but through "Word" (John 1:1), hence "E" above.

When does this passage say all of this took place?

"In the beginning" (Genesis 1:1),  hence "D" above.

What is the fifth word in Genesis 1:26?

"Us", which means that whoever God is referring to is: (1) also God; (2) with God; and (3) someone who can be referred to by a personal pronoun, hence "A","B", "C" above. So A,B,C,D,E above are internally consistent in the Bible.