Page 8 - Lessons from the Gospel of John Chapter 1 verse 1-5

John is saying? How would you express verses 1-3 to someone asking
what they mean?

Cross-Reference Verse 1

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

John 17:5 And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory
I had with You before the world existed.

Revelation 19:13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and His
name is The Word of God.

2 The same was in the beginning with God. [same: (Word | Cause |Jesus)

John 1: 2 continues to introduce Jesus, while countering false views of

spirituality. Verse 1 described Jesus as the Logos, meaning "The Word,"
of God. Jesus is a living message, a definition of God the Father. John
also specifies that Jesus did not become God or rise to the level of God.

Jesus Christ was always God, from the very beginning. John 1:1 states
that the Word was God, not something separate from God. John 1:2
clarifies that this was true, right from the start. Jesus was not a created
being, nor a separate being. He was, and is, identical to God. This is a

claim Jesus will make of Himself later in the gospel. In John 8:38, for
instance, Jesus claims to speak what He has heard directly from the Father.
Shortly after, in John 8:58, Jesus not only claims to have existed before

Abraham, but He also refers to Himself using the name of God: I AM.
John will relate several of these "I AM" statements in his book.

Cross-Reference Verse 2

Micah 5:2 “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, too little to be among
the clans of Judah, from you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel.

His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.”