Why was God called the Word?
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Why was God called the Word?
Through the words of Jesus, the Earth and man were made. So, he is the Word.” By presenting Jesus Christ as the Word through which all things were created, John is saying that God chose Jesus as his messenger/messiah to tell us about himself. Jesus is God and the revealer of God the Father.
What does in the beginning was the Word means?
So ‘In the beginning was the Word’ means ‘In the beginning was Logos’ which means ‘at the beginning of everything, there was the entity we know as God, who embodied, and created, the rational principle on which everything is founded’.
What does Word of God mean in the Bible?
Scripture speaks of “the Word of God,” meaning “the things God has said.” But Scripture also uses the phrase “the Word of God” as a name. Specifically, as a name for Jesus Christ. He was in the beginning with God.
What is the living word of God?
The Bible is called the living Word of God” for several reasons: It is applicable to all people at all times. It is not just a dead piece of writing; it is backed up, edited, brought into remembrance, and verified by God’s Holy Spirit. It is a spiritual book and must be spiritually discerned.
What exactly is ‘the word of God’?
The phrase, “the Word of God” or “the Word of the Lord” has a number of different meanings in Scripture. It can mean either something that God has decreed, something that God has said when addressing humans, words that God spoke through the prophets, Jesus Christ, or finally, God’s written Word. This can be illustrated as follows:
What does the Bible say about gods word?
Jesus also proclaimed that the Bible is true: Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth (John 17:17). Finally, the concept of God’s Word being true points back to the idea that the Bible is, well, God’s Word. In other words, because the Bible comes from God, we can have confidence that it communicates truth.
What is the correct definition of the word ‘God’?
1 (in Christianity and other monotheistic religions) the creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority; the supreme being. ‘What if the God at issue is the Trinitarian God of Christian worship and theology?’
Why does the Bible call Jesus “the word”?
John’s purpose is to establish the fact that Jesus is God and man in one person. By presenting Jesus Christ as the Word through which all things were created, John is saying that God chose Jesus as his messenger/messiah to tell us about himself. Jesus is God and the revealer of God the Father.