What's the Word?

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning."
John 1: 1 & 2

"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched - this we proclaim concerning the Word of Life."
1 John 1:1

Recently, the question arose, "What does it mean to say Jesus is the Word?" There are 38 prophecies in the Old Testament concerning Jesus - everything from the time and place of his birth to his death by crucifixtion and through to his ascension into heaven - and they were all fulfilled in the New Testament. God gave his word, literally, and he kept it.

When a person gives his word, it means he promises to do something and is (hopefully) backing it up with his integrity. "I give you my word."

God gave his word, that he would provide salvation; that Word became flesh on Christmas day and dwelled among us. Jesus did not begin life on that first day in Bethlehem, "he was with God in the beginning." I can detect the excitement in the apostle John's voice as he emphatically describes hearing Jesus, seeing his with his own eyes, touching this Word that became flesh!

The word "incarnation" means: the taking on of human form and nature by Jesus conceived of as the Son of God. The creator of human form and nature became flesh so he could live among us. Why? So that, by believing in him, we might have life and become the children of God.

I'm so glad God gave us his Word, and he kept it.