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Sess ion 2: The Word Made F l esh, Glory and S igns , and the New Bi r th 31

3. The Logos is deity (divine, possessing and sharing the divine glory). The Greek word translated here without the article is theos (God), John. 1.1.

4. The Logos is the agent of God in the creation of all things , John 1.2-3 – He was in the beginning with God. [3] All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

a. Creation is ascribed to the Lord God, Gen. 1.1.

b. Jesus is the agent through whom God created the heavens and the earth.

(1) Col. 1.16-17 – For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. [17] And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. (2) Heb. 1.2 – but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

5. The Logos is the Fount of life and light for all humankind, John 1.4-5.

a. The logos is life ( life as a noun occurs 36 times in John, and 11 of these citations it is connected with eternal ).

b. God’s self-existing life was in the Logos , and this life was the illumination for all humankind.