“1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— 2 the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us” (1 John 1:1 – 2 ESV).
In the last lesson we saw that the beginning is reference to the time of creation. We also saw that God’s Son was there and was involved with creation. We also made reference to the Son of God taking on flesh and becoming the person we know as Jesus Christ. In this lesson we will look at “that which was from the beginning” that the disciples lived with, the person of Jesus. Over a three year period they had conversation with him, watch how he lived his life, and frequently touched him in their daily life with him. They understood him to be the eternal “word of life” that was manifested in the flesh before them. Living with him they came to understand his eternal nature and learned that he was the only source of eternal life.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16 ESV). Because of the Father’s great love for all of us, he asked his Son to enter into his creation as a man to teach us about eternal life and provide a way for us to obtain it as a free gift. This we will consider in future lessons.
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