Day 5 - In Spirit and in Truth
So what is the truth? Let's begin right from the beginning of the Bible; the story of creation.
"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light." - Genesis 1:1-3
Most of us have probably read that passage over and over again. It may seem simple and pretty easy to grasp; but the amount of theology, or as some of you put it "Bible-ness", contained in that one passage is amazing. It establishes history before time began, it introduces the Holy Trinity and it displays the power of God.
I can only think of one other passage that starts with those same words "In the beginning..."
"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 came into being through Him, and apart of Him nothing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness and the darkness did not comprehend it." - John 1:1-4
Do you see a parallel? The Spirit of God, the Word of God and God Himself, are one and the same, They have been there from before the beginning of the world; but more than that and more importantly...
"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth." - John 1:14
The Word of God is Jesus Himself. It was through the spoken word of God ("let there be light") that the world came into being, it was through the word that we were given life. And it is true the Living Word, Jesus that we have been given eternal life.
Think about that... sounds complicated right?
(PS: in all honesty, the amount of space in this blog probably won't be enough to do justice to the amount of things that can be said about those 2 passages. In the VCF, the discussion on those 2 passages got heated to the point where we resorted to drawing venn diagrams!!)
