John 1:1-18

[Jim Watt]

*2011-07-08 - Health & Longevity - Jim Watt*

*The final proof-reading of the Gospels nears completion prior to the
printing of Volume I of the Outlined Interlinear Greek NT - The Gospels.*

*Preceding this portion of John 1:1-18, I sensed the Spirit nudging me to
make available again the following information. I turned 88 on July 5th of
this year, and am in fairly good physical and mental health. There are
conditions to be met for anyone desiring a similar state. John Wesley died
at 87 in 1791, weighing 120 pounds at 5' 6''. He rode 50,000 miles on
horseback, and wrote a number of books at this time. He preached often 3
times a day, starting at 5:30 in the morning.*

*My mother used to quote to us boys: “Early to bed - early to rise - Makes
as a man healthy, wealthy and wise!” Dr. Amen tells how by keeping brain and
body healthy - one can be thinner, smarter and happy. I believe this, and
have proved it. I still weigh the same as when I was discharged from the
Navy following World War II, and could get into my old uniform if it were
available. Our nation unfortunately has much sickness because of citizens
being much overweight and many obese. Diabetes is only one of the serious
diseases attached to this problem with both young and old. Dr. Norman
Vincent Peale - author of “The Power of Positive Thinking”, died at 95 in
excellent health while writing his last book. George Muller died at 93 also
in excellent health right up to the day of his death. “Scientific Walking”
as practiced by Dr. Peale and myself, and “Scientific Rebounding” on a
mini-trampoline - are 2 of the exercises I regularly practice. You can find
how to do these on our Website <www.2rbetter.org>. Click on “Archives” and
scroll down to 2008-07-07 “For Better Health with Long Years.” *

*Perhaps even more important than this physical aspect to health is “Bible
Meditation” as practiced by George Muller and George Whitefield. Not “New
Age” or Eastern Meditation! Under “Archives” scroll down to 2011-06-09 - “6.
Maturity - Bible Meditation”. Adopting and walking this way could definitely
revolutionize one's life!*

*To live to be old - in good health - and productive to the end of one's
life - is not only a worthy goal - but entirely possible! Jim Watt*


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 * (From JOHN #1 - 1:1-18) *

*JOHN'S SUMMARY: THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, SON OF THE LIVING GOD*


 *I. 1:1-2:11 JESUS COMMENCES HIS MIRACULOUS MINISTRY*

*A. 1:1-18 PURPOSE OF JESUS: TO REVEAL GOD TO MAN*

*1. 1:1 In the beginning the Word was, and the Word was with :God, and the
Word was God.*

En arCH*E* [746] *e*n ho LOgos [3056], kai ho LOgos *e*n pros ton TheON, kai
TheOS *e*n ho LOgos.


 *2. 1:2-13 PURPOSE OF WORD: LIGHT AND LIFE FOR MEN*

*a. 1:2 **The same was in **the** beginning with :God. *HOUtos *e*n en arCH*
E* pros ton TheON.


 *b. 1:3 All things became through him; and without him nothing became that
had become.*

PANta di' auTOU eGEne-to [1096]; kai ch*o*RIS auTOU eGEne-to ouDE hen ho
GEgo-nen.


 *c. 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of :men.*

en auT*O* z*o*-*E* [2222] *e*n; kai h*e* z*o*-*E* *e*n to ph*o*s [5457] t*o*n
anTHR*O*p*o*n.


 *d. 1:5 And the light shines in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended
it not.*

kai to ph*o*s en t*e* skoTIa [4653] PHAInei [5316]; kai h*e* skoTIa auTO ou
kaTEla-ben [2638].


 *e. 1:6 There came to be a man, sent from God, his name was John.*

eGEne-to ANthr*o*-pos, a-pe-stalMEnos [649] paRA TheOU, Ono-ma auT*O* I*o*An
*e*s.


 *f. 1:7 PURPOSE OF JOHN: A WITNESS UNTO BELIEF*

HOUtos *E*Lthen eis mar-tuRIan [3141],

*The same came for a witness,*

HIna mar-tuR*E*s*e* peRI tou ph*o*TOS, HIna PANtes piSTEUs*o*-sin [4100] di'
auTOU.

*that he might witness of the light, that all might believe through him.*


 *g. 1:8 HE was not the light, but came that he might witness of the light.*

ouk *e*n eKEInos to ph*o*s, all' HIna mar-tuR*E*s*e* peRI tou ph*o*TOS.


 *h. 1:9 The true :light was which coming into the world lights every man.*

*E*n to ph*o*s to a-l*e*-thiNON ho ph*o*TIzei [5461] PANta ANthr*o*-pon
erCHOme-non eis ton KOSmon.


 *i. 1:10 He was in the world, and the world became through him, and the
world knew him not.*

en t*o* KOSm*o* *e*n, kai ho KOSmos di' auTOU eGEne-to, kai ho KOSmos auTON
ouk EGn*o*.


 *j. 1:11 He came unto his :own possessions, and his :own received him not.*

eis ta Idi-a *E*Lthen, kai hoi Idi-oi auTON ou paREla-ben [3880].


 *k. 1:12-13 A NEW BIRTH - RESULT OF ACCEPTING THE WORD*

HOsoi de Ela-bon auTON, Ed*o*-ken auTOIS e-xouSIan [1849] TEKna TheOU
geNESthai,

*But as many as received him, to them gave he authority to become children
of God,*

tois piSTEUou-sin eis to Ono-ma auTOU:

*even** to them that believe unto his :name:*

hoi ouk ex haiMAt*o*n [129], ouDE ek theL*E*ma-tos sarKOS*,*

*13 who were begotten, not of bloods, nor of the will of flesh,*

OUde ek theL*E*ma-tos [2307] anDROS, all' ek TheOU e-genN*E*th*e*-san [1080]
.

*nor of man's will, but of God.*


 *3. 1:14-18 PURPOSE OF JESUS: REVEAL GOD IN FLESH*

*a. 1:14 INCARNATION AND CHARACTER OF CHRIST*

Kai ho LOgos sarx eGEne-to, kai eSK*E*n*o*-sen [4637] en h*e*MIN,

*And the Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us,*

kai e-the-aSAme-tha [2300] t*e*n DOxan auTOU, DOxan h*o*s mo-no-geNOUS
[3439] paRA paTROS,

*and we beheld his :glory, glory as of an only begotten with a father,*

PL*E*r*e*s CHAri-tos [5485] kai a-l*e*THEIas [225].

*full of grace and truth.*


 *b. 1:15 WHAT JOHN WITNESSED OF JESUS*

(I*o*An*e*s mar-tuREI peRI auTOU, kai KEkra-gen, LEg*o*n, -

*(John witnessed of him, and cried, saying, -*

HOUtos *e*n ho eiP*O*N - Ho oPIs*o* mou erCHOme-nos EMprosTHEN mou GEgo-nen:


*This was he who said - Who comes after me is become before me:*

HOti PR*O*-TOS mou *e*n.)* *

*for he was first in regard of me.)*


 *c. 1:16 Because of his :fullness we all received, and grace upon grace.*

HOti ek tou pl*e*R*O*ma-tos [4128] auTOU h*e*MEIS PANtes eLAbo-men, kai
CHArin anTI CHAri-tos.


 *d. 1:17 CONTRAST OF MOSES AND JESUS*

HOti ho NOmos [3551] diA M*o*-uSE*o*s eDOth*e*;

*Because the law was given through Moses;*

h*e* CHAris kai h*e* aL*E*thei-a diA I*e*SOU ChrisTOU eGEne-to.

*the grace and the truth came to be through Jesus Christ.*


 *e. 1:18 THE MANIFESTATION THAT CHRIST HAS GIVEN OF THE FATHER*

TheON ouDEIS he*O*ra-ken [3708] P*O*po-te; mo-no-geN*E*S, TheOS,

*God no one has ever seen; an only begotten, himself God,*

ho *o*n eis ton KOLpon [3859] tou paTROS, eKEInos e-x*e*G*E*sa-to [1834].

*who is unto the bosom of the Father, HE has declared him.*


 *NOTE**: *John 1:1-18 is called the “Prologue” to the whole Gospel of John,
and in theological circles, the “Prolegomena”. It is unique in the entire
Bible, and gives the relationship of Jesus to the Father and to us, in a
manner that is indeed unique.


 Jehovah's Witnesses have made a big deal out of 1:1, where it states that
Jesus the “Word” was “God”, but without being preceded by the definite
article “the”. They say that he was but “a God”, while the Father was “the
God.” I challenged one young Jehovah's Witness leader in charge of a group -
“If I could show you a passage, even from your own Interlinear Greek NT, the
“Emphatic Diaglott”, where Jesus is called “the” God, would you acknowledge
that your doctrine of making Jesus less the the Father is false? “Yes”, he
said, “but you can't do that.” “Turn to John 20:28,” I said, “and read to
me.” Here Thomas, when he saw the resurrected Christ with the nail-prints in
His hands and feet, and the mark of the sword-thrust in His side, fell at
His feet and said to Him, My “the” Lord, and my “*the*” God.


 This young man was immediately chagrined and at a loss before a home group
of some 20 that he was seeking to disciple. One of our church members had
been invited to attend this group, but told the leader she didn't think her
pastor would approve of the teaching. “Invite him to come,” he challenged,
“and tell him he can challenge me in any area where he has a problem.
Following my challenge he said, “I have had a dozen or so pastors challenge
me in the past, but you are the first one that has put me into a losing
situation.”


 I did not do this to embarrass this young leader, but to save our church
member from falling into heresy and error. This took place in 1955 in
Chicago through the Kostner Avenue Baptist Church, of which I was pastor.


 1:1-2 throws light against the Gnostic error that took place, even starting
in the first century of the church.


 It is interesting to note in 1:4, that the “life” of Jesus is the “light”
of men - and His Life is the Life of the Holy Spirit, also called Eternal
Life!


 1:12-13 has been memorized by many, and is part of the 108 verses in the
“Topical Memory System” put out by the Navigators years ago.


 I love 1:14, telling how Jesus took on our human form to tabernacle among
us, like Moses' Tabernacle in the Wilderness. For those with eyes to see,
they could see the glory of the Father shining through the body of Jesus in
His three year ministry amongst us. It was following the Holy Spirit
descending on Him as a Dove that this manifestation with the Signs and
Wonders commenced. Jesus did not perform a miracle prior to that time, in
spite of some of the statements in apocryphal books.


 The contrast between the ministry of Moses and Jesus cannot be more clearly
stated than in 1:17. And 1:18 makes it clear that all we know or can know of
the Father, is only through Jesus Christ. God has chosen *Him* to manifest
the fullness of the invisible God. Oswald Chambers in his writings, makes
this point abundantly clear.


 People who love to memorize portions of Scripture, not just verses - are
rewarded greatly through the memorization of this passage. Then as they *
meditate* upon it, *great* reward becomes theirs. Lance Latham of Chicago
raised up the “AWANA” Clubs for boys and later also for girls. It stands for
“Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed”. He had the members memorize chapters and
even *books* of the New Testament. The Book of Romans was one he strongly
encouraged for complete memorization. Over 50% of the boys in one Club ended
up as pastors or missionaries because of this strong challenge! - J.A.Watt



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