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Read: John 1:1-14
Listen: John 1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. John 1:1-2

 As John begins his biography of Jesus, he uses two phrases that he repeats in the letter of 1 John: “in the beginning” and “the Word.” By using “in the beginning,” John teaches that Jesus existed as the Son before the creation of the world. By introducing Jesus as “the Word” with the Greek word “Logos,” John taps into ancient Greek thinking as a way of describing how the universe came into being. Because Jesus is the “Logos,” John says the universe comes from and was created by Jesus, the divine Word. But even more amazing is that this eternal Word “became flesh and made his dwelling among us” (John 1:14). This means we can be confident about our faith because God reached down.

The Christian faith is the only faith where God enters into his world to rescue us. Every other faith system in the world is reaching up. They all have a set of requirements for us to prove our worthiness to be saved, to reach enlightenment or to earn heaven in the afterlife. Our faith is the only faith where God reaches down to pull us up. Every other faith system is based on our life; the Christian faith is based on his life. In any other faith, we can never be certain. The Christian faith is the only faith where we can be confident of where we stand with God.

TODAY: Memorize the key text of 1 John 5:13, “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” By committing it to memory, you will be able to recall it anytime you begin to have doubts about your faith or your salvation.