“IN HIM WAS LIFE!”

 John 1:1-5                    (ESV)

The WORD Became FLESH 

“[1] In the beginning was THE WORD, and THE WORD was with GOD, and the WORD was GOD. [2] HE was in the beginning with GOD. [3] ALL THINGS were made through HIM, and without HIM was not any thing made that was made. [4] “IN HIM WAS LIFE”, and THE LIFE was THE LIGHT of men. [5] THE LIGHT shines in the darkness, and the darkness HAS NOT overcome it.”

I just watched a video of a grey-bearded man testifying about his son dying while the mother and father and his other sons watched, unable to assist him in any way!  My mind was almost immediately taken to my younger sister in 1996 dying from stomach cancer and I was unable to assist her in any way!  Words are incapable of describing the PAIN and IMPOTENCE that a family member experiences when a part of them slips into eternity AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO TO KEEP THEM HERE!!!

The Apostle John wrote many entries in the BIBLE.  The fourth book of the New Testament is named by The 1599 Geneva Bible “The Holy Gospel of JESUS CHRIST, according to John”.  Verse six says “There was a man sent from GOD, whose name was John.”  John was an eyewitness of the ministry of JESUS, the CHRIST!  John KNEW that JESUS was THE WORD.  He also KNEW that “IN HIM WAS LIFE”!  The words KNEW are capitalized because ONLY GOD could OPEN the EYES to SEE THE CHRIST living in the midst of a brutally corrupt regime that had control of “this world”!!

Why would GOD orchestrate DIVINE INTERVENTION for mankind and STILL permit HIS CHILDREN to fall prey to the enemy’s vices?  My little sister’s body was devoured by gastric carcinoma in less than six months. But when she exited “this world” she immediately was in the presence of GOD and forever more praises and adores HIM like I can only imagine!  

I may never understand with my feeble mind how GOD can get GLORY from humanity suffering in “this world”??  But JESUS suffered GREATLY for my salvation, even though John wrote “IN HIM WAS LIFE”!!  HE experienced brutality even though “IN HIM WAS LIFE” because HE wanted me to have ETERNAL LIFE due to HIS sacrifice!!!  Since JESUS OVERCAME death, shouldn’t we ALL be able to SEE (Acts 26:12-18) that “IN HIM WAS LIFE”???