That would be the Father as He created all with His spoken word. His word doesn't return void.
And the Word was with God, and the Word was God: With this brilliant statement, John 1:1 sets forth one of the most basic foundations of our faith – the Trinity. We can follow John’s logic:
· There is a Being known as
the Word.· This Being is God, because He is eternal (
In the beginning)· This Being is God, because He is plainly called God (
the Word was God).· At the same time, this Being does not encompass all that God is. God the Father is a distinct Person from
the Word (
the Word was with God).
i. So, the Father and the Son (the Son is known here as
the Word) are equally God, yet distinct in their Person. The Father is not the Son, and the Son is not the Father. Yet they are equally God, with God the Holy Spirit making one God in three Persons.
ii.
The Word was with God: “This preposition implies intercourse and therefore separate personality. As Chrysostom says: ‘Not in God but with God, as person with person, eternally.'” (Dods)
iii.
And the Word was God: “This is the true form of the sentence; not ‘
God was the Word.’ This is absolutely required by the usage of the Greek language.” (Alford)
iv. “Luther says ‘the Word was God’ is against Arius: ‘the Word was with God’ against Sabellius.” (Dods)
v.
And the Word was God: “Everything that can be said about God the Father can be said about God the Son. In Jesus dwells all the wisdom, glory, power, love, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth of the Father. In Him, God the Father is known.” (Boice)
Moses, Abraham, judges, angels, kings, altars, are called God too.
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