“1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.
9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from The Father, full of grace and truth.
15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) 16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with The Father, has made him known.”
When we look into John 1:1-18 we can see that the author of this gospel wanted to make clear that God The Father and Jesus The Son, although are two different creations, they are also one creation. Mind boggling! Let’s just look at the first sentence. In the beginning was the word, yet the word was with God and at the same time was God. How can the word be three things? Does God being three things sound familiar? Father, Son and Holy Spirit. If we look deeper into the word, we learn in verse 14 that the word became flesh, with that flesh being Jesus Christ. Jesus wasn’t made when he was put together in Mary’s womb, Jesus was around from day one of creation with God. Wait, what, mind blown! Jesus was around on day one of creation with God, when God made the world, Jesus was hanging out in heaven! He was alive back then! If we exchange the word ‘word’ with Jesus then we get to see how the trinity is starting to emerge from John’s gospel.
1 In the beginning was Jesus, and Jesus was with God, and Jesus was God. 2 He (Jesus) was with God in the beginning.
Does this change your mindset on the trinity? When we understand that when the word is Jesus it changes the sentence and how we can look at the trinity emerging. John uses this as proof of the trinity. John uses this as a way to say that there has always been a Jesus and a God since day one. Since day one Jesus was the co-creator of the universe.
If you would like a bit more proof that Jesus and God are one in the same, then John writes it during verse 18.
18 No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God.
Well, what is being said? No one has ever seen a physical God, yet the The Son of God, who is also God, has been seen. Jesus became a real life fella “14 The Word became flesh” Jesus became man. Jesus walked among fellow men and women. Jesus ate with other people. Jesus walked with other humans. Jesus was a human. Fully man, fully God. The trinity continues to emerge when Jesus Christ came physically to earth, whilst God The Father remained in heaven.
Peter is just at the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the trinity, and the Bible is full of verses about the trinity and whilst sticking with John in John 15: 26 he mentions about the Holy spirit. The trinity is truly something to get buzzing about. In the main passage I have been talking about John only just gets excited, but when we read further on and we get to see the we get to hang out with Jesus through the Holy Spirit, and because we get to hang out with the Holy Spirit we get to be more like Jesus.
“When the Helper comes, whom I [Jesus] will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me . . .”
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