The Word Became Flesh

 

 

As words go

Here is simplicity

But as to the enormity

Here is immeasurable profundity.

 

The Word became flesh:

What does it mean?

I will share the little bit

That I have gleaned.

 

Not much I assure you;

Just a little grasp

For as to a full understanding

That’s an impossible task.

 

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God,

Already as you can see

This is tall.

 

God and the beginning

Are not synonymous

But re all that came into being

There is purpose.

 

 

Without God

There is nothing

But with God

There is everything.

 

In the beginning

Was the Word,

Not another beginning-

Don’t be absurd.

 

Just one beginning

As in Genesis 1:1;

The same being reflected

By the apostle John.

 

The Word was God

So stated John 1:1

Suggesting to the reader

These two were One.

 

As to the words

There is understanding

But as to the profundity

It is baffling.

 

Moses: witness #1

John: witness # 2:

Both holding vantage points

That gave a clear view.

 

Moses

And the Old Covenant;

John

In the New Covenant.

 

In the Old

Christ was concealed,

In the New

Christ was revealed.

 

From the beginning

The Word was with God

But understand this, my friend,

This is not all.

 

Here it is:

The absolute rest!

The Word dwelt among us

In the form of flesh.

 

Herein is purpose

As mentioned before,

As the eternal God in the flesh,

The Word is the Door.

 

I am the door

Says the living Word,

It is situated at John 10 verse 9

In God’s Holy Word.

 

 

The Word became flesh

And dwelt among us

As the incarnate Son of the Father

And his name was Jesus.

 

His name is Jesus

Saviour of the world

Meaning: to every single soul

That believe on his Word.

 

God in Christ Jesus

Reconciling the world,

Revealed in His incarnate Son

Spoken of in His Word.

 

Denied by the Gnostics:

Nothing good in the flesh!

For them, Jesus the Christ

Was not real, more or less.

 

Antichrists they were

Regarding their lack of belief,

The fact that Jesus was in the flesh

Brought them no relief.

 

 

The Word becoming flesh

Was to their detriment

Thus, on account of their belief,

They could not repent.

 

Salvation and thus,

The redemption of man,

Is secured on one’s saving faith

In God’s redemptive plan.

 

He shall be called Emmanuel

Meaning God with us,

That one who came in the flesh

Is our Saviour Jesus.

 

It is a minimal grasp

Re what I have tried

But by faith in what I understand

Jesus I won’t deny.

 

Acts 20:28

 

God purchased the church

With his own blood,

The Son is essentially God and thus,

Only he could.

 

Through his blood

We are saved from sin,

He, therefore, is the only door

By which we enter in.

 

2Corinthians 5:19

 

To wit,

That God was in Christ,

Reconciling the world unto himself,

Not imputing their trespasses unto them;

And hath committed unto us

The word of reconciliation.

 

 

 

John 1:14

 

And the Word was made flesh,

And dwelt among us,

(And we beheld his glory,

The glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)

Full of grace and truth.  

 

Stewart Russell © November 15, 2024