The logos

When we come to the Logos, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, who is he? In Arabic, actually it sounds much more clearer and nicer. I'm going to say it in Arabic and I'm going to try and say it in English. For those who speak Arabic, they'll understand, hopefully, what I'm saying.

In Arabic, Jesus Christ is He is the speaking intellect of God, and he is the speech of God's intellect. I'll say that again. He is the speaking intellect of God, and he is the speech of God's intellect.

So, in other words, he is the only way for God to speak. He is the only way for God to speak. Now, this word, which is the Logos, it is not like any other words that we use every single day.

Our words have no power in them. Meaning, I could stand here for as long as I could live on the face of this earth. Currently, outside, it is night time, it is dark.

I can stand here and I say, let there be light, let this darkness turn into light, let this night turn into day. I can say it for as long as I live. Nothing is going to happen.

Nothing is going to happen. Why? Because my word, at the end of the day, is only a word, has no power to do what it's saying. But you see, Jesus Christ, the Logos, no, he is the word that speaks and does as it speaks.

This is why, when we go to the book of Genesis, in chapter 1 of Genesis, we see that it says, God saw it was dark, and then God said, let there be light, and light came on board. So, God saw, and God said, let there be light. Who saw it was dark? God the Father.

Who said, let there be light? God the Son. Because who is saying the Logos? The Logos speaks. You with me? The Logos speaks.

Now, when the Logos spoke, the dark became light, because his word talks and does at the same time, has that power in it. So, when you say, Lord, in your name I am protected, you better believe in what you're saying, because he is the Logos. In him, all authority lies.

In him, all power lies. In him, all changes lie. Everything.

He's not just a word. He's the one who says, and things happen. Amen? Do not be afraid.

Trust in the Lord. Why are you worried? You have relational issues, you have health issues, financial issues, domestic issues. Trust in the Logos.

Trust in the Lord. Trust in the Lord. I won't have the time.

But, ah, jump. May the Lord forgive me. Please pay attention.

Amazing, how the Holy Spirit, the source of wisdom, inspired John, the Gospel writer, to write in this beautiful way. Beautiful way. Why did we read the 18 verses, but we're only talking about one verse? Well, we don't have the time, number one.

But number two, there is a reason. If anybody asks you, is there a Book of Psalms in the New Testament? You'll probably say no. Because the Book of Psalms is only found in the Old Testament.

And it is known by the King David Book of Psalms. And that is only in the Old Testament. But let me tell you that there is also a Book of Psalms in the New Testament.

And that is the Gospel according to Saint John, chapter 1, verses 1 to 18. These 18 verses are the Book of Psalms of the New Testament. It is an orchestra of praise and glory.

These 18 verses, we can divide them into four categories. The first category, the Logos in His Majesty. And that takes up verses 1 to 5. The Logos in His Majesty, verses 1 to 5. The second category, the Logos in His Revelation, verses 6 to 9. The Logos in His Revelation, verses 6 to 9. And then, third category, the Logos being rejected, verses 10 to 11.

The Logos rejected, verses 10 to 11. And then the fourth and the last category, the Logos accepted, verses 12 to 18. You see, the Logos, number one, needs to be glorified first.

We need to come and see the majesty of this Logos. And when we see that majesty of the Logos, then we come into the revelation of the Logos. When we come into the revelation, meaning getting to knowing the Logos, when we get to know the Logos, it is either way.

We either accept Him or reject Him. One of the two. And if we reject Him, there are consequences.

And if we accept Him, there are also outcomes for that. Very simple. But it doesn't look it when you read it.

Now, pay attention. Are you ready? Alright. Why, why John the Beloved is introducing Jesus Christ as the Word, the Logos? Why the Word? Now, the Logos, in the true Christian faith, we believe that God is Trion.

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. One God in nature, one God in essence. This is the true Christian faith.

God is one. O Israel, know this, that your God is one. But this one God cannot be just one, as in one.

He is one in three, and three in one. There is the Father, there is the Son, and there is the Holy Spirit. Now, why God cannot be just one? Well, when we look at His creation, God has also put the three in every creation He has made.

Let's look at the human being. The human being, when we read the Epistle of Saint Paul, 1 Thessalonians 5.23. I know I'm getting old, but my memory is still not lacking there. 1 Thessalonians 5.23, Saint Paul says, every human being is made out of body, soul, and spirit.

Three. But that doesn't make me three people. I'm only one.

But that one is not just one, he is one in three, and three in one. I exist, I have an intellect, brain, and I have a life. I breathe.

I exist, I have a brain, and I have a life. The question is, is my existence my brain? No. Is my brain my life? No.

Does that make me three people? No, I'm one. But this one is not just one, I am one in three, and three in one. Existence, intellect, and life.

The existence of God is the Father. The brain, or the intellect of God, is the Son, the Logos. And the life of God is the Holy Spirit.

God is holy, and He is spirit, and He is the source of life. So, He's not just one. The existence of God is not the brain of God.

The brain of God is not the life of God. But that doesn't make Him three Gods, it is one. Like the sun, the sun that rises every day.

It is round, it is light, and it is heat. You take the circle out, no longer the sun. You take the light out, no longer the sun.

You take the heat out, no longer the sun. When the three are in it together, then we can call it one sun. The sun is the brain.

The Word. Why John, the Gospel writer, introduces Jesus Christ as the Word, the Logos. I hope I can talk about two points here.

Let's start with the first one. The Word, in its nature, cannot be seen, it can only be heard. See, this is theology, eh? You're getting a taste of it.

You see, the Word, in its nature, cannot be seen, it can only be heard, at the start. Now, I'm talking to you words. Can you see them? No.

What do you do naturally with the Word? You hear it first. That is the nature of the Word. It cannot be seen, no matter how hard you try.

The only thing that can be ever done with the Word, at this initial start, is hearing the Word. Hmm, interesting. When does this Word get to be seen? When I grab a pen, and a piece of paper, and I apply the Word that was in my head, onto that paper.

I apply that Word that was in my head, onto that paper. When I write it on paper, that invisible Word becomes visible, tangible. Becomes what? Visible, tangible.

Who has ever seen God? No one. Who can ever see God? No one. If somebody comes, with all love and respect, and says, I worship God, I love God, and God only, sorry, I can't believe it, because I'll ask you, have you seen Him? No.

Can you see Him? No. Have you ever been able to get to Him? No. Can you ever reach God? No.

Well, how can you worship and love someone you don't know? You don't know. Sorry, but that is a lie. You're not telling the truth.

So God, as God, as the Divine, the Spirit, no one can ever see, including the angels in heaven, cannot see God. For one simple reason, angels are creations of God, they have a beginning, they don't have an end, but they have a beginning. Allah is the infinite, neither has a beginning nor an end.

When someone has no beginning nor an end, you can never see that someone. The only way I can see you, and you can see me, is where you can see my head and my toes. From head to toe you can see me, then you're able to see.

If you couldn't see the start, nor the end, you cannot see the person. So God, as God, is the only being that is infinite, and everything else is finite. The finite cannot see the infinite God.

So when you say, I worship God, and God only, sorry, you've never seen him, you don't know him. You can't love someone or worship someone you don't know. You need to get to know him.

A prophet, no matter how awesome that prophet is, is only delivering a message that won't even reach a drop in the ocean of God. When we look at the prophet Isaiah, he wrote his book around 750-800 BC, before Christ. He is writing in so intricate details about the coming of the Messiah, born of a virgin, and then he will be crucified.

They're going to drag him, they're going to whip him, they're going to nail him. He is writing in so much detail, as if he is walking with Jesus Christ at his time. The theologians and the scholars of our time and age, they refer to the prophet Isaiah as the fifth gospel writer, because of his in-detail information about Christ.

But at the end, Isaiah the prophet comes and says, he says, how hidden you are, O God of Israel. I have no idea who you are. But Isaiah, you wrote all these chapters, describing the coming of the Messiah and the crucifixion of the Messiah in absolute perfection and in detailed information.

And at the end you come and say, you don't know the God of Israel? He says, absolutely not, because what I brought with me was just a message given to me, but the one who gave it to me, who he is, what he is, how he thinks, how he operates, I have no idea, I've never seen him. All I got is a message from him, that's it, don't ask me who he is. So now, there's a problem.

God created us, not to throw us in the deep and try on our own to figure out what's happening. He created us to have a relationship with us. To have a relationship with us.

Now, I cannot be God, but the question is, can God be like me? If somebody comes and says that God cannot be a human being, then I've just taken that title of him being almighty. So if God cannot be a human being, therefore he cannot do anything and everything, since he cannot do anything and everything, he is no longer God, he can't be God anymore. Because those who believe in God, they all believe that God is capable of doing everything and anything.

Nobody can stop God from whatever he wishes to do. So, Christianity never claims that this man Jesus became God, but we claim, we say God became man. What's the problem? There is no problem.

Can God become a man? Yes. He is almighty. He can do anything and everything.

And since the human being is the crown of creation, well, why can't God become a human being? Didn't he call the human being my son or my child? It's an honor for dad to come and be with his son. So now, since we can't go up to God to know him, he came down to us to reveal himself to the human race. And then it's up to us to accept him or to reject him.

The word can only be heard. The only time it can be seen, when the word, I grab a pen and I apply it on a paper. When I write the word on paper, the word that was invisible became visible.

Now, God had this idea in his head. And since he is God, the only infinite being, where nobody can ever read his mind, so he had to send his mind to the human race for that mind to speak to all of us in order to begin knowing who this God is, what he is, and why we are here. Why did he create us? So God said, the word is invisible.

I'll make it visible. So God the father, grabbed a letter. And he wrote the word on that letter for the word to be visible.

That paper, which God wrote his word on, is the body of Jesus, the human. Sorry to interrupt. Looks like there is a car blocking the way.

It is a white Holden Commodore, L-E-V-N-D-I. It is blocking another car. It is a white Holden Commodore, plate number is L-E-V-N-D-I.

If you don't mind, please just move the car as soon as possible. White Holden Commodore, L-E-V-N-D-I. Thank you.

So God took that word and wrote it on this letter called the body of Jesus. So that human side of Christ was that letter, that paper. And then the word which is the invisible, which is the logos, was written on that paper, the body.

So the logos came into this body and was sent as a love letter from God the father to the entire human race. When Jesus Christ was born, that flesh, that perfect man, became the letter where the logos, the invisible word, became visible when it was written on that body. If you know what I'm saying.

Jesus came. In him is the logos. Who is the logos? God.

In the beginning was the logos and the logos was with God and the logos was God. So who was in the body of that perfect man? God himself. God himself.

So, why John the Beloved introduces the Lord as the logos? Because the word operates in three ways, just like we believe in God being Trinitarian, so as the word operates in three ways. Number one, the word reveals the speaker. Number two, the word establishes relationship.

And number three, the word commands, gives an order. The word reveals the speaker. The word establishes relationship.

The word gives an order, it commands. No more, no less. If I were to stand in front of you and say not even one single word, you will never know what's in my mind, what's in my heart.

You'll never know. The moment I speak, I am revealed to all of you. You begin to know what was in my mind, what was in my heart, the moment I spoke.

Because the word revealed what was hidden inside of me. God, nobody saw. God, nobody reached.

God had all this love in him that wanted to share with his own creation. And this is the reason why he created us and everything else. Love.

Because of love. L-O-V-E. This is why God created the universe, created everything that we see and we don't see.

It was love.