Word & World
Tuesday, July 5th, 2005In the beginning was the one who is called the word
The word was with god and was truly god
From the very beginning the word was with god
And with this word , god created all things
Nothing was made without the word
Everything that was created received its life from him
And his life gave light to everyone
The light keeps shining in the dark
And darkness has never put it out
God sent a man named john
Who came to tell about the light
And to lead all people to have faith
John wasn’t that light
He came only to tell about the light
The true light that shines on everyone
Was coming into the world
The word was in the world
But no one knew him
Though god had made the world with his word
He came into his own world
But his own nation did not welcome him
Yet some people accepted him and put their faith in him
So he gave them the right to be the children of god
There were not god’s children by nature
Or because of any human desires
God himself was the one who made them his children
The word became a human being and lived here with us
We saw his true glory
The glory of the only son of the father
From him all the kindness and all the truth of god have come down to us
John spoke about him and shouted : “ this is the one I told you would come ! he is greater than I am , because he was alive before I was born .”
Because of all that the son is , we have been given one blessing after another . the law was given by moses , but jesus Christ brought us undeserved kindness and truth . no one has ever seen god . the only son , who is truly god and is closest to the father , has shown us what god is like .