Tuesday's devotional

Read John 1:1-3
· Why do you think that John’s first words were “In the beginning” rather than with
a simple narrative of Jesus’ birth?
· What does John 1:1-3 add to your perception of Genesis 1:1?
· The word translated “Word” means “an intelligent utterance, either a single word
or a message.” What insights can you gain from seeing Jesus as “the Word?”
· It appears in verse 3 that John says the same thing twice. Why do you think that
he did that?

Ben's thoughts:
I think John began this narrative this way to show that Jesus beginning had no beginning. Matthew and Luke gave narratives of the way Jesus birth on earth took place but it was important to look further at the person of Jesus and realize that He was (and is) God. There would be no doubt to a Jewish person that John elevated Jesus to the point of God the Father(functionally subordinate). This also shows that Jesus had a hand in (or the majority part of) creation. His way of saying the same thing twice adds clarity to the message that Jesus was involved in the creation of everything.