The Prologue
What Gospel contains the Prologue that explains who God is and what He came to do?
The Gospel of John
What are the three words that relate to the literal meanings of the word Logos?
Word, speech, logic
What other book in the Bible starts with "In the beginning..."
Genesis
In John, what is repeated many time?
The Word
According to the Prologue, who is the "Word" referring to?
Jesus
In John, it said that it set foundations for Logic where truth was not found. So what is Jesus?
The truth.
What does John identify as?
Word as Jesus
In John, what does the Word become?
What one key component of the Prologue that describes the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit?
The Trinity
When John writes: “In the beginning was the word...” he claimed what?
Logos existed before creation, logos was with God, logos was God
What does the idea that both Genesis and John start with "In the beginning..." do for us?
Establishes a new starting point for understanding God's work.
According to the Gospel of John, who is the Word that also declared, “I am the light of the world”?
Jesus Christ
The Prologue teaches that this happened when “the Word became flesh.” What is it?
God becoming human (the Incarnation)
John 1:14 says that the Logos became flesh. Who is this referring to?
Jesus
“Made through him” reflects this scripture pattern in which God the Father creates through the Son. What is this pattern?
Pattern of the Father creating through the Son
Why did The Word come down to Earth?
To give grace and truth to the world.
According to the major theme of John’s Prologue, what is promised to all who believe in the Word?
Salvation (being saved)
What is the religious meaning of John?
The scripture and God revealing something about himself through his speaking
Which passage identifies Jesus as the Word, reveals the Trinity, and teaches that He existed from the very beginning?
The Prologue of John
Which statement describes the Word’s purpose in coming down to the world to bring grace and truth?
So that the Law is fulfilled through the Word