The Word Became Flesh

Scripture: John 1:1-18

Song: Living For Jesus

Jesus is the Word He is the communication, or revelation, of God to man. He is not just one of God’s words. He is all the words of God considered together in the expression the “word of God.” All that God has ever spoken is embodied in the person of Jesus Christ.

As the Word, Jesus is the explanation of God We know people by their conversation. Their vocabulary, their syntax, their habits of speech and topics of conversation reveal their personality and their character. In just such a way Jesus explains God. When man observes Jesus—His words and His conduct—he sees God. Jesus is the perfect expression of His character. He came near that man might not just read about God and His love and His mercy but see Him close up. God’s justice and holiness were explained by the Mosaic Law. His grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ so that the fulness of His character is seen.

As the Word, Jesus not only explains God, He explains man In the flesh, He is the picture of what the revelation of God is intended to produce in the human frame. No man can say, “I don’t see it.” No one can argue, “God is not clear on this point.” God did not just give orders. He gave us a picture, a living Word, so that we might fully know what He has in mind for us.

“The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory.” Behold Him today. To see Him is to see God and to see yourself as you ought to be.

Jason Moore