Elephants Swim

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 nothing was made that was made.

If you say that you are a Christian, that you believe in God, there are some things you must “get right” as foundations of what you say that you believe. You must believe the Gospel, you must believe that Jesus Christ came and died for your sins, rose from the dead to defeat the power of sin, and now has returned to Heaven, until he comes again to judge the world. You must also believe in Creation, not evolution or any blend of it, but that God created all the world in seven days, just as the book of Genesis tells us. The gospel of John goes much deeper, confirms the creation, but tells us how God formed the world through his son, and equal, Jesus Christ. You must believe in the Trinity, God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. These are core beliefs, that through faith, although you can’t understand, you must believe with all your heart.

In these first verses, every time you see “the Word” John is speaking about Jesus. Jesus was in the beginning, Jesus was with God, Jesus was God. Everything that was made through Jesus, and without Jesus nothing was created. Jesus is with God at the beginning of time, the creation of life as we know it, and actually existed before time. I know what you are thinking….WHAT??? How big is your God? If you say you believe God, and you believe in Creation, and you believe in the gospel of Jesus, then you must believe he created you, and your mind. God limited the power of your mind, so you truly can’t “grasp” the understanding of some of the attributes of God, or what you read in the Bible, but that is where faith is built. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Faith is not grasping ahold of something you didn’t understand, faith is believing in the Truth, even when you don’t understand. The Bible is the Truth upon which your life is based, judged, and sought to live by. Faith is at your core, in your heart, not your mind. Did you know that faith is a gift from God, just as understanding any truths of the Bible when you study it? Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

There are countless sermons that have been preached from these opening verses of John. There are men that have studied and expounded of them for years, dedicating their lives to understanding the depth of these scriptures. John’s gospel of Jesus Christ has been said of, “It is shallow enough for a toddler to wade, yet deep enough for an elephant to swim.” As we study it together, as you read it yourself, why don’t you pray for God to enlighten your mind, and to help you understand it too? He may open your mind to a depth of faith to let an elephant swim.