The Word

 

 

What comes to your mind

When you hear “The Word”?

No doubt you’d say the Holy Bible

And I would concur.

 

Not the word on the street

Or someone’s word

But the oracles of Scripture:

The Holy Word.

 

There has been much debate

On the deity of Christ

But the mere fact that he is the Word

Should adequately suffice.

 

 

In the beginning was the Word

And the Word was with God,

Introduced at Genesis 1 and verse 3,

Even before the fall.

 

And God said,

“Let there be light.”

The first words attributed to God

What an insight!

 

Herein is a chronology

That’s particularly interesting

And it is revealed to mankind

From the very beginning.

 

“In the beginning God”

Established from verse 1,

This is critically important to us

Even as creation dawned.

 

Next, notice the progression:

“And the Spirit of God moved”

And you are so absolutely right!

After verse 1 comes verse 2.

 

Finally, “And God said”

Ushered in at verse number 3,

In the first three verses of the Word

We have the Trinity.

 

“And God said”

An introduction of the Word,

Right there in the beginning

And not to be deferred.

 

 

In the beginning was the Word

And the Word was with God

Introduced at Genesis 1 and verse 3,

Even before the fall.

 

And the Word was God

Co-eternal and co-existence,

But also, the Word was co-essential

Meaning of the same essence.

 

In the beginning was God

And the Word was with Him,

He was the light that lit up the world

When human eyes were dim.

 

 

The people who walked in darkness

Have seen a great light;

The light that lights up every man,

What wonderful insight!

 

This light was in the beginning

And is actually the Word

That opened the eyes of the blind,

I am sure you have heard.

 

The chronology I speak of

Is not of the hierarchal kind

For God, the Spirit and the Word

Were before time.

 

All three are first cause

As is shown in the Word

And to believe anything different

Is to be more than absurd.

 

Isn’t it extremely enlightening

That the Creator of the whole world

Was not only moved by His Spirit

But created by His Word?

 

Three actual personal beings

That are in fact only one

Present before the beginning of time

Or creation’s dawn.

 

 

God, the Spirit and the Word,

These three!

Not bounded by but transcending time

And one with eternity.

 

In the beginning was the Word

And the Word was with God

Introduced at Genesis 1 and verse 3,

Even before the fall.

 

Even as God and the Spirit are,

So also, is the Word,

Co-eternal, co-existence, co-essential,

Aren’t you glad you’ve heard?

 

 

This same word who dwelt among us

Now fills the believer’s heart,

Of course, I am referring to the believer

That had that born-again start.

 

“You must be born again,”

The Word said to Nicodemus

And it is not any different today;

It is still a must.

 

Faith comes by hearing

And hearing by the Word

And if you have not yet accepted this

Then your vision is blurred.

 

Take corrective steps

And let the Word apply the cure,

Then you would surely make your calling

And election sure.

 

Stewart Russell © June 10, 2024