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\u201c1. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life\u2014 2. the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with the Father and was manifested to us\u2014 3. that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. 4. And these things we write to you that your joy may be full.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The meaning of\u00a0 this term is made clear in John’s gospel:<\/p>\n John 1:1-5: 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.<\/em><\/p>\n 1. The Word was God \u2013 (Jesus) is one person of the Triune God. The Word as the perfect wisdom and creator became the perfect Saviour to restore mankind, to breathe true life into our hearts through his gift of forgiveness won for us on the cross. He is not only true and perfect life, but the giver of true life to mankind, to all who will receive Him.<\/p>\n John 11:25, \u201cI am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n That true life is not yet made perfect in us as we struggle with the hardships of this earthly life, but Jesus has led the way for us, through his resurrection from the death he took upon himself for us.<\/p>\n 1 Corinthians 15:20, \u201cChrist is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n We trust in his promise that true life will be made perfect in us when we are with Him forever.<\/p>\n 1 John 3:2, \u201cwe know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n 3. that which we have seen and heard we declare to you<\/em><\/p>\n I am sometimes amazed to think of what it would have been like for John and others to experience the incarnation of Jesus, and their gradual realisation of who Jesus is and his mission amongst us. Thanks be to God.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201c1. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, concerning the Word of life\u2014 2. the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and declare to you that eternal life which was with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bible-verses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29021"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29027,"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29021\/revisions\/29027"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/questionsandbelief.org\/sw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Meaning of \u201cThe Word of Life\u201d<\/h2>\n
The Word<\/h3>\n
2. He was in the beginning with God \u2013 is eternal
3. All things were made through Him \u2013 the Word is the creative goodness of God.
4. In Him was life \u2013 the Word was also the attribute or nature of God which is real and eternal life itself. It is this life which God breathed into Adam in Genesis 2:7, \u201cGod \u2026 breathed into his nostrils the breath of life\u201d. But this real and eternal life was lost through sin and the fall of mankind.
4. the life was the light of men \u2013 the Word is the good and perfect infinite wisdom and truth of God
5. the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it \u2013 In contrast, the limited understanding and reason, and fallen nature of mankind, tends to follow Satans\u2019s lies, and leads to evil or darkness. And even when the Word came to dwell among mankind, our fallen nature still could not understand.<\/p>\nThe Word of Life<\/h3>\n
Personal<\/h3>\n
Personal witness<\/h3>\n
But then I am reminded of how slow has been my understanding of his presence in this world today, to become aware that his miracles are still guiding and protecting us, and of the way he has changed my life \u2013 that is no less amazing.<\/p>\n