How Is Jesus the Logos (the Word)?

Written By
R.C. Sproul

In Greek philosophy, the logos remains an impersonal force, a lifeless and abstract philosophical concept that is a necessary postulate for the cause of order and purpose in the universe. In Hebrew thought, the Logos is personal. He indeed has the power of unity, coherence, and purpose, but the distinctive point is that the biblical Logos is a He, not an it.

All attempts to translate the word Logos have suffered from some degree of inadequacy. No English word is able to capture the fullness of John's Logos when he declared that the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. Attempts have been made by philosophers to translate Logos as logic, act, or deed—all of which are inadequate definitions.

God's Logos does include action. The Logos is the eternal Word in action. But it is no irrational action or sheer expression of feeling. It is the divine Actor, acting in creation and redemption in a coherent way, who is announced in John's Gospel.

That the Word became flesh and dwelt among us is the startling conclusion of John's prologue. The cosmic Christ enters our humanity. It is the supreme moment of visitation of the eternal with the temporal, the infinite with the finite, the unconditioned with the conditioned.
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The other day a young man asked me this question, "Since you know about the Bible, who is Our?" I'm like what? What are you talking about? he was referring to Genesis, where God said let us make man in Our image. He didn't understand anything at all about the Trinity. When I tried to explain it to him, he argued that Jesus didn't come into the picture until the New Testament. So I showed him in John where the word became flesh and dwelt among us. Then I showed him the 4th man in the fire, in Daniel. I took him to Isaiah and several other places I could find examples of Jesus in the Old Testament. I'm not sure how much he believed, but if I had the article written by R C Sprouls, that I included in this blog, maybe that information would've made sense to him. That is why I felt I should share it with you, hopefully it not only blessed you but also gave you another piece of information to use as a tool while witnessing to a non-believer.

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