THE WORD
BECAME FLESH
The Holy Spirit has inspired the
apostle John to write:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God." (Jn 1:1)
"And the Word became flesh and dwelt among
us, and we have beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father, full of grace and truth." (Jn. 1:14)
The "Word" is "Logos" [ Greek 
] , a conception or idea. God had in the very beginning of time
conceived the idea of man's redemption through His becoming man. The idea materialized when "the Word
became flesh and dwelt among us". The Lord Jesus Christ is God coming in the
form of man. This is the greatest
mystery of all time.
“And without controversy great is the mystery of
godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by
angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in
glory.” (1 Tim. 3:16)
Here again the apostle Paul
concurred with the apostle John that Jesus is God who "was manifested in the flesh". The test
of true discipleship is the acceptance that "Jesus Christ has come in the flesh" (1
Jn. 4:2-3). The apostles had warned the
Christians in their days about those who preached "another Jesus whom we have not preached.”
(2 Cor. 11:4). One thing we
need to remember is that the apostles knew the Lord Jesus Christ more
intimately than anyone else in another century (1 Jn. 1:1-2). They were eye-witnesses to all the works of
the Lord Jesus, who not only claimed to be God but was prepared to make a stand
for His claims (Jn. 5:17-29, 10:33).
After His resurrection the Lord
Jesus appeared to His disciples. (Jn. 20:19-20)
The apostle Thomas was not present at the first appearance, so he had
doubts about the risen Christ. When the
Lord Jesus appeared to them again, "then He said to Thomas, Reach your finger here, and
look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it in My side. Do not be
unbelieving, but believing.' And Thomas answered and said to Him, 'My Lord and
my God!' Jesus said to him, 'Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have
believed. Blessed are those who have not
seen and yet have believed"' (Jn.
