The first book of the bible that I read

after becoming a Christian

was the gospel according to John.

 

When I mentioned this to a friend,

he replied

that he wouldn’t recommend this

to a new Christian

because of the way it begins:

 

“In the beginning was the word,

and the word was with God,

and the word was God.”

 

I realized

that I had simply skipped over this verse

not knowing what it meant.

 

I don’t understand

 

THE WORD

 

Then I heard a story

about a Greek philosopher

named Heraclitus of Ephesus

who lived around 500 B.C.

 

He said

“you can’t step into the same river twice”

because

by the time you take the second step,

you have changed

and the waters have changed.

 

He saw a world in constant flux,

but

even though the waters are always changing

and you are always changing

you are still you

and the river is still a river

He saw an underlying organizing principle

behind it all

that he called

“LOGOS”

 

Logos is the “word” used three times

in John’s first verse

in the original Greek manuscripts.

 

Does the verse have more meaning

if it is written by replacing the word “logos”

with its definitions?

 

“In the beginning was the manifested thought,

and the motive/reason was with God,

and the organizing principle was God.”

 

I think I am starting to understand the verse now.

 

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Reading furthur,

 

John 1:14

The Word became flesh,

and lived among us.

We saw his glory,

such glory as of the one and only

Son of the Father,

full of grace and truth.

 

The meaning is even more profound

 

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