Who is the Word/Logos? [John 1:1]

Posted on August 14, 2010 in Blog, Congregational Resources, Listening, Recommended, Sunday Seminary

If you were in Sunday Seminary last week then you remembered the presentation went haywire once we started discussing John 1:1 regarding the Trinity and showing from Scripture that Jesus is fully God. It was then I [Jason Delgado] recommended that you listen to Pastor Emilio Ramos’ exposition on John 1:1.

I clipped that sermon down into 4 parts that talk about the points presented in John 1:1 that I was dealing with in regards to our topic… the identity and description of the Word [Greek: Logos] who is with God and is God.

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Listen to the 3 minute clip below dealing with the first phrase in John 1:1:

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Listen to the 4 minute clip below dealing with the second phrase:

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Finally, Pastor Emilio Ramos gives a 1 minute definition on the Trinity:

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And here is the quote we read regarding this in Sunday Seminary:

In summary, then, what do we find in John 1:1? In a matter of only 17 short Greek words, John communicates the following truths:

• The Word is eternal – He has always existed and did not come into existence at a point in time.
• The Word is personal – He is not a force, but a person, and that eternally. He has always been in communion with the Father.
• The Word is deity – The Word is God as to His nature [essence/being].

- James White, The Forgotten Trinity, 1998

For further study you can listen to Pastor Emilio Ramos‘ entire sermon “The Logos: Introduced, Described, & Defined” from his series in the Gospel of John below: