Jesus, From the Beginning

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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. 

This is reminiscent of Genesis 1:1 that starts in the same manner "in the beginning..." Moses established God as the Creator of all things. John now explains that Jesus was the Agent of Creation, carrying out the will of the Godhead. This establishes Jesus' work in creation, further supporting the doctrine of the Trinity, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit – three persons con-substantial, coequal, and co-eternal.

The doctrine of the Trinity...is not a philosophical concoction by some over-zealous and over-intelligent early theologians, but one of the central planks of orthodoxy which can [be] shown, explicitly or implicitly, from a multitude of biblical texts.—Kevin Deyoung (https://www.monergism.com/doctrine-trinity-no-christianity-without-it)

He [Jesus] was there in the beginning, before all else, and he made all that was made. Simple. Complete. He answers the tiny child’s first question about all that is around him, and the agonizing questions of the adult. The Creator. The first and the last. The beginning and the end. The Alpha and the Omega. (From Myth to Myth, Edith Schaeffer, September 9, 1997)

Jesus is intricately acquainted with us and with all our struggles because He was there from the beginning. There is nothing too difficult for Him! He is the active Word in all creation. All things are subject to Him.

PRAYER: Lord you were from the beginning. Nothing was made without you. Help my confidence and let my faith not be shaken. I will take courage in the unshakable and stand in the light of your truth. Amen!