Jesus is the human embodiment
of God’s creative and informing nature.
Jesus as God the creator, of all that was and is,
AND our informing light.

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It is recommended that readers should first gain a quick overview of Christianity by accessing the lead article of this section of the website, “Christianity explained simply”, before reading this one.

The theologically complex opening verses to the Gospel of John makes use of the term, “the Word” as an alternative name for Jesus. The actual title, “The Word” (i.e. as used by John) is based on the Greek term “Logos”. Importantly, it refers to the ‘creative power’ of God. As such it is making a DIRECT connection between God and his Son, Jesus.

As well as explaining that Jesus pre-existed everything – i.e. Jesus IS actually God, and as such, everything was created through him – it also explains Jesus’ role in ‘informing’ us as the “light of humankind”.

Just as God spoke through the Old Testament prophets to enlighten us, God also existed in our world as a human being, i.e. as the person, Jesus. God did that to personally provide vital ‘statements’ to us. Essentially, through Jesus’ life, God made it clear that he:

  • loves each of us and endured an agonising death to ‘redeem our sins‘;
  • wants each of us to enter into a loving and unending relationship with him;
  • wants each of us to treat his other children (our fellow human beings) in the same, caring way that he would.

Of course, we Christians believe that God in the ‘person of Jesus’, within the Holy Trinity, literally lives on within us and our world. As a result Jesus is also referred to as “the living Word.

And trust me, there is heaps of info and guidance on this website to assist those readers who would like to understand Christian faith for themselves, and also come to actually “Believe in God“; know that God is real! Yes, as the qualified, senior auditor that I was before retirement, I can assure you that you CAN prove to yourself that those statements above are true.