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The Preeminent Word

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). With these opening words, the apostle John draws us into the majesty of Christ. Jesus is not just a teacher or prophet; He is the Logos—the eternal Word through whom God created, sustains, and redeems all things. This truth is not abstract theology; it is the foundation of our salvation and the anchor of our hope.

Before anything was made, the Word was. He was with God and was God. This means Jesus is not a created being but co-eternal with the Father, the radiance of God’s glory and the exact imprint of His nature (Heb. 1:3). All things were made through Him, and in Him all things hold together (Col. 1:16–17). The same voice that called light out of darkness in Genesis 1 is the voice that called Lazarus from the tomb—and the voice that calls sinners from death to life.

God has always revealed Himself through His Word. In creation, His Word brought order and life. In redemptive history, He spoke through prophets, covenants, and promises. But in the fullness of time, God didn’t only send a message—He sent His Son. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). Jesus is the perfect and final revelation of God. To know Him is to know the Father (John 14:9).

This is vital because fallen humanity doesn’t just need advice or information—we need revelation and transformation. We are born blind, dead in sin, suppressing the truth in unrighteousness. We needed more than external instruction—we needed the incarnate Word who obeyed perfectly, suffered willingly, died substitutionally, and rose victoriously. He is the message and the means of salvation.
Jesus as the Word means that God is not silent. In a world full of noise and confusion, where truth feels subjective and shifting, we are not left to speculate about who God is or what He wants. God has spoken, finally and fully, in His Son (Heb. 1:2). His Word does not change, and His promises will not fail.

This truth gives unshakable comfort to believers. Jesus is not just the revelation of God’s will—He is the guarantee of it. His life reveals the holiness of God; His death reveals the justice of God; His resurrection reveals the triumph of God’s mercy and power. He is our Prophet who reveals truth, our Priest who reconciles us, and our King who reigns forever.

Because Jesus is the Living Word, we do not build our lives on opinions, feelings, or trends—but on truth, revealed and incarnate. His Word gives life. His Word holds us fast. And His Word will never return empty—it will accomplish all God has purposed, bringing many sons to glory (Isa. 55:11; Heb. 2:10).

Let us hear Him, trust Him, and cling to Him—for in Christ, the Word, we meet the God who saves.

The Preeminent Light

The Preeminent Light:

Where there is light, there is life.
From the first words spoken into the void to the eternal radiance of the new creation, Scripture tells one unified story—Jesus Christ is the Light. Not merely metaphorically, not symbolically, but preeminently. He is the uncreated Light by whom and for whom all things exist.

Genesis: The First Word of Creation

The Bible opens with a dramatic moment:

“And God said, ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light. And God saw that the light was good.” (Genesis 1:3–4a)

This was not the light of the sun, moon, or stars—they weren’t created until the fourth day. This light was something deeper: a manifestation of God’s order, presence, and power breaking into the formless void. Where God’s light shines, chaos retreats. Darkness loses its dominion. Life begins.

This sets the stage for everything else. Light is the condition for life, vision, growth, and understanding—and that light, we later learn, has a name.

John: The Word Who Was Light

The apostle John, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, intentionally echoes Genesis 1 to reveal who that Light truly is:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God… In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:1, 4–5)

And again:

“The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.” (John 1:9)

John isn’t merely being poetic. He is making a radical claim: Jesus Christ is the eternal Word who was both with God and was God—and He is the Light that gives life to humanity. The same divine voice that said, “Let there be light” at the dawn of creation took on flesh and entered our dark world to bring spiritual life and saving revelation.

Jesus is not merely a bearer of light. He is the Light.
He doesn’t just illuminate truth—He is the truth (John 14:6).
He doesn’t just show the way—He is the way.
He doesn’t just give life—He is life itself.

Colossians: The Supremacy of the Light

Paul takes the vision further and higher in Colossians 1:

“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created… all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together… that in everything he might be preeminent.” (Colossians 1:15–17, 18b)

Jesus is the visible image of the invisible God.
He is not a created being—He is the One by whom creation came into existence.
He is not just first in time—He is first in rank, first in glory, first in all things.

This is what it means for Jesus to be preeminent:

• He is the source of creation (Genesis 1).
• He is the revealer of God and redeemer of man (John 1).
• He is the center of all things and the One in whom all creation holds together (Colossians 1).

From the first flash of light that shattered the darkness in Genesis, to the glorious light that radiates from the throne in Revelation, Jesus is the Light. He is not just part of the story—He is the point of the story.

Let There Be Christ

So when God said, “Let there be light,” He wasn’t only launching the physical universe. He was prefiguring the coming of His Son, who would enter the world to dispel spiritual darkness and give eternal life.

That moment in Genesis finds its ultimate fulfillment in the gospel. The light that broke through the cosmic night on day one is the same light that broke through the tomb on the third day. Jesus Christ—crucified, risen, reigning—is the Light of the world.

And in Him,THE Light, there is no darkness at all (1 John 1:5).

So we can boldly say:

“Let there be Light” was ultimately God saying: Let there be Christ.

And where Christ shines, there is life. There is truth. There is hope.
And in the end, there is glory.

“And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives it light, and its lamp is the Lamb.” (Revelation 21:23)