JESUS CHRIST, IS HE GOD? Part 1

The Word
Read John 1:1-34 

1. Does this passage tell us when “the Word” originated?

2. What does the expression “the Word was with God” mean?

3. How is it possible for the Word to be “with God” and to “be God” at the same time?

4. Was the Word involved in the creation of the heavens and the earth? (See vv. 3,10.)

5. The Word (also called “the Light”) came into the world. Was it recognized for what it was?

6. The Word came unto “His own.” Who were “His own”?

7. When the Word came into the world, was it as a spiritual manifestation or as flesh and blood?

8. When in the world, what was the relationship of the Word to the Father?

9. According to John, how many men have, at any time, seen God?

10. Who then revealed God to man?

11. What was the role of John the Baptist relative to the coming of Christ?

12. Who exactly was the “Word made flesh”?

13. How did John describe the primary work of Jesus?

14. Did John, in his declaration of Christ, acknowledge that Jesus would be a sacrificial lamb—that He would die?

15. What was John’s official “bearing of record” relative to Jesus?

Note: “Word” in the Greek is logos which means “word” or “spokesman.” In the Old Testament, no man ever saw the Father. What they saw was His messenger, who spoke in His name. The “Jehovah” that Abraham talked with was the “Word” of God, the one who became Jesus Christ in the flesh.