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7.5 TheLogosofGod
A The Apostles' Testimony
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of John s Gospel stands as the perfect synthesis of all the
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mys ery o od in Christ there was no better way for the apostle to start his account t an to relate to the things of the beginning, and to "look unto" ( saia ) the eternal God who existed before man, for Christ could not u6 unci6rstood otherwise.
Here is John's startling testimony about the Son of God: "In the begin ning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." (KJV) "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and
God was^the Word." "EN dpxfi ilv 6 Aoyos, ^ai 6 A6yos iiv upd? xdv 0edv, Kai 0€6c iiv 6 AdYo<;.' According to the Greek, the above rendering is the lit eralwordsoftheBiblewriters(John1:1). Theformerrenderingofthescrip ture has been translated incorrectly, for the sake of supporting the second
God in the trinity. All translators change the literal order of the word logos to produce a separate person, God the Son.
The Bible writer's record states that the Word which was in the beginning with God, existed from everlasting and was God's own creative power, without distinct subsistence or person. The Logos which was with God was not another God, but the creative word of God emanating from the one God (God the Father), but God the Father Himself was (the) word and word
begetter or word immanater too. As we have seen earlier, God the Father is Spirit (John 4:24). When He is in action He breathes the Holy Spirit (the breath of God) to give life to His creation. However, the breath of God, the Holy Spirit is not a second God, but God Himself in action.
In the Old Testament, God's word ("dawbar" in Hebrew) was not a dis tinct person but was God speaking, acting, or disclosing Himself. "He sent