Jesus: The Eternal Word and Source of Life
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"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Now, right from the very start, the first few words, John wants to make it absolutely, abundantly, unmistakably clear that Jesus is God. Jesus is God. The Word, he says, he names in the Word, capital W, that's a name of somebody. The Word was God." [00:26:14] (36 seconds)
"And the Word, John says, the Word was there. The Word was with God. And more than that, John says, The Word was God. And that word was is actually really important. It literally means was. He just was. The Word didn't become. The Word wasn't made. There was never a time where the Word wasn't. But the Word was always with God. The Word was always God." [00:27:37] (43 seconds)
"God said, let there be light. And there was light. God said, let there be separation of the waters. God said, let there be sky and ground. And God said, let there be plants. And God said, let there be lights in the sky. And God said, let there be animals in the waters and on the land and in the sky. And God said, let us make humankind in our image." [00:29:23] (30 seconds)
"Where there are words spoken, there is always breath. You can put your hand up to your mouth and speak right now and you would feel the breath on your hand. So when God speaks the word at the beginning, that everything is created and brought into existence through, where is God's breath?" [00:31:52] (30 seconds)
"One of the very first Hebrew words that they teach you when you're studying theology is the word ruach. And the word ruach can be translated to mean a few different words in English. And in this verse, we translated it as spirit of God. But in many other places in the Old Testament, it was equally translated as wind or air or even breath." [00:32:50] (27 seconds)
"Or what about the prophet Ezekiel? The prophet Ezekiel is shown this incredible vision of this huge valley full of skeletons and dry bones and God says to him, prophesy to these bones and say to them, dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. This is what the sovereign Lord says to these bones. I will make ruach enter you and you will come to life." [00:34:49] (25 seconds)
"In him was life. And we can now see that John doesn't just mean that the word was alive, although that is absolutely true. And he doesn't just mean that the word gave life, although that is also absolutely true, but that the word was life itself. The breath of God, the spirit of God, at one with the word. Life in its very original, unblemished, perfect, beautiful, purest form." [00:35:28] (44 seconds)
"Eternal life. This word eternal. Sometimes as Christians we can kind of get this idea that eternal means one day when I die. Eternal life. After I die. The life that the afterlife that I will experience in heaven one day. But to Jesus and to Nicodemus and to the people around and the people reading this for the first time in the early centuries, eternal life meant more than just that. Eternal life started today." [00:38:03] (36 seconds)
"Jesus, John records in chapter 17, Jesus is praying to the Father and he says, this is eternal life. This is eternal life that they might know you, the only God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. The kind of life that Jesus, the word, gives us is an eternal knowing of God." [00:38:58] (26 seconds)
"John records in chapter 10 of his gospel that Jesus said these words, I have come that they may have life and have it to the full. Other translations say abundant life or a rich and satisfying life. And once again, Jesus isn't just talking about a one day when I die and go to heaven kind of life will be satisfying one day. He's saying that the satisfying life can start for us today, right now." [00:39:56] (35 seconds)
"The light shines in the darkness and the darkness can never extinguish it. The result of the true, pure life straight from the source is light. John records in chapter 8 of his book, Jesus saying that I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. Or in other translations say the light that leads to life." [00:44:10] (34 seconds)
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"And the Word, John says, the Word was there. The Word was with God. And more than that, John says, The Word was God. And that word was is actually really important. It literally means was. He just was. The Word didn't become. The Word wasn't made. There was never a time where the Word wasn't. But the Word was always with God. The Word was always God." [00:27:37] (43 seconds)
"God said, let there be light. And there was light. God said, let there be separation of the waters. God said, let there be sky and ground. And God said, let there be plants. And God said, let there be lights in the sky. And God said, let there be animals in the waters and on the land and in the sky. And God said, let us make humankind in our image." [00:29:23] (30 seconds)
"Where there are words spoken, there is always breath. You can put your hand up to your mouth and speak right now and you would feel the breath on your hand. So when God speaks the word at the beginning, that everything is created and brought into existence through, where is God's breath?" [00:31:52] (30 seconds)
"One of the very first Hebrew words that they teach you when you're studying theology is the word ruach. And the word ruach can be translated to mean a few different words in English. And in this verse, we translated it as spirit of God. But in many other places in the Old Testament, it was equally translated as wind or air or even breath." [00:32:50] (27 seconds)
"Or what about the prophet Ezekiel? The prophet Ezekiel is shown this incredible vision of this huge valley full of skeletons and dry bones and God says to him, prophesy to these bones and say to them, dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. This is what the sovereign Lord says to these bones. I will make ruach enter you and you will come to life." [00:34:49] (25 seconds)
"In him was life. And we can now see that John doesn't just mean that the word was alive, although that is absolutely true. And he doesn't just mean that the word gave life, although that is also absolutely true, but that the word was life itself. The breath of God, the spirit of God, at one with the word. Life in its very original, unblemished, perfect, beautiful, purest form." [00:35:28] (44 seconds)
"Eternal life. This word eternal. Sometimes as Christians we can kind of get this idea that eternal means one day when I die. Eternal life. After I die. The life that the afterlife that I will experience in heaven one day. But to Jesus and to Nicodemus and to the people around and the people reading this for the first time in the early centuries, eternal life meant more than just that. Eternal life started today." [00:38:03] (36 seconds)
"Jesus, John records in chapter 17, Jesus is praying to the Father and he says, this is eternal life. This is eternal life that they might know you, the only God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. The kind of life that Jesus, the word, gives us is an eternal knowing of God." [00:38:58] (26 seconds)
"John records in chapter 10 of his gospel that Jesus said these words, I have come that they may have life and have it to the full. Other translations say abundant life or a rich and satisfying life. And once again, Jesus isn't just talking about a one day when I die and go to heaven kind of life will be satisfying one day. He's saying that the satisfying life can start for us today, right now." [00:39:56] (35 seconds)
"The light shines in the darkness and the darkness can never extinguish it. The result of the true, pure life straight from the source is light. John records in chapter 8 of his book, Jesus saying that I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. Or in other translations say the light that leads to life." [00:44:10] (34 seconds)
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