“The Incarnate Word!”

“The InCarnate Word!”(Jn.1:1-4).
From New Testament times, translation has been an important means of making the gospel relevant in various cultural contexts. Translation clarifies that Christ belongs to all cultures and contexts.
The incarnation was the translation of the incarnate invisible Christ into a visible human Jesus.
From there on, all translations are retranslations of the original translation of the incarnation.
Today, some people consider that philosophy is opposed to theology, but in the past, theology was the Queen of Sciences and Philosophy, her handmaiden. We are using the two in their simplest original meanings.Theology from its Greek roots is “God talk,” and philosophy from its Greek root is “Love of wisdom” or, “Wisdom lover.”
This is to say God talk cannot be separated from the love of wisdom.
In the midst of Greek philosophy, John used philosophical thought to present the incarnate Christ. Some Greek philosophers considered that the “Logos,” “Word” is the beginning of all things.
John used this same philosophy to present Christ as the beginning of all things. “In the beginning was the Logos, and the Logos was with God, and the Logos was God.”
Of course, this Greek way of reasoning did not begin with the Greek philosophers.
The story of creation in Genesis opens with the presence of the Logos as co-creator with God. When God created the heavens and the earth, everything was what they called in Hebrew, “Tohuwavohu” – that is absolute chaos. “And God said….” So the Word out of God’s mouth brought into existence everything that is in the world.
What this means is that believers cannot allow themselves to be led astray by the scoffers who say the Second Coming of Christ is a scam! Like Peter says, listening to them is to want to fall from your secure position.
The kingdom journey as patterned by God is lineal. It’s a straight journey from the starting point to its finish line.
“Christ was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made, without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.”
Are you blessed to be in that light? Then walk in it and prepare yourself for his second coming.
Prayer of the day and week: Lord Jesus Christ, keep us in your light as we await your coming. Amen!
Welcome back to a new working day and week! Have a blessed day and week! Peace be with you!
Rev Babila Fochang.