[Dr. Rick Cornish, Nov 5, 2023]
JOHN 1:1-5
INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
TEXTUAL EXPOSITION
THE ETERNALITY AND DEITY OF THE WORD (1-2)
(vv 1-2) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. (Gen 1:1; John 10:30)
THE CREATION THROUGH THE WORD (3)
(v 3) All things were created through him, and apart from him nothing was created that has been created. (Heb 1:2;4:12; Ps 33:6; Col 1:16,17)
THE LIFE AND LIGHT OF THE WORD (4-5)
(v 4) In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. (John 11:25a;5:26; Ps 36:9a,9b: Eph 5:8-9; John 14:6;8:12;11:25; Rom 1:20)
(v 5) The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. (John 8:12;12:46; Rom 1:21; Mat 16:18)
THEOLOGICAL EXPANSION
(THE DOCTRINES IN THIS PASSAGE, & WHO THEY REFUTE)
1. The timelessness and aseity of God.
2. The Deity of Christ.
3. The Trinity.
4. Creation ex nihilo.
5. General and Special Revelation.
6. Illumination.
7. The Fall and the Curse.
8. The Cosmic Conflict.
APOLOGETIC INTERACTION
(JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES AND JOHN 1:1, and COLOSSIANS 1:15)
John 1:1:
Colossians 1:15:
APPLICATION PRINCIPLES
1. (2 Cor 11:31; 2 Chr 2:12; Eph 1:3)
2. (2 Tim 4:3; Titus 1:9; 2:1)
3. (2 Tim 3:14; 1 Tim 6:20)