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John 1:1-5 | God’s Gift of Life and Light

March 23, 2025 • Harvest OPC

The first line of John’s gospel is one of the very best opening lines of all the books in the Bible. It reads like the opening chords of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. It’s dramatic, bold and memorable. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” It echoes the opening line of Genesis, the very first line in the Bible:
“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.”

John’s opening line tells us right at the start that this gospel is not about trivial things. It is about glorious things, divine and eternal things. It’s about God and Life and Light in a world gripped by darkness and death. Right at the start, we realize that this gospel is about the most weighty and profound and essential things. It’s about the eternal Word of God and the life of men.