The Word. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made” (John 1:1-3; NKJV). The true and living God wants to communicate with us! Words express our inner thoughts. Words reveal what cannot be seen. The Word reveals the nature, character, and will of the invisible God!
The Light. “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it” (John 1:4-5; NKJV). Light shines, makes manifest, illuminates. Jesus came to enlighten us. To shed some light on who God is and on who He would have us to be. What we need in all this darkness is illumination. What we need, He is: “I am the light of the world…” (John 8:12; NKJV).
Flesh and Blood. “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth” (John 1:14; NKJV). He became flesh because we are flesh. He “dwelt” among us as one of us. He came to where we are because He wants us. God desires our companionship. The personal God longs to have a personal relationship with each of us…forever: “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God” (Revelation 21:3; NKJV).
See Him. Christianity, in its purest form, is nothing more than seeing Jesus. Imitate Him. Christian service, in its purest form, is nothing more than imitating Him who we see. To see His glory and to imitate Him, that is the sum of Christianity. “But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:18; NKJV).
Jason Cicero
