John 1 Verses 1-3 

John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.”  Among the things this verse teaches us is that Christ was before the beginning and thus is eternal.  Moreover, it teaches us that Christ is God.  Moreover, as God he was also the Creator of all things.  This is consistent with what we read in the following verses: 

1.  Eph. 3:9 “And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:”  

2.  Col. 1:14 “In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:” 

3.  Rev. 4:11 “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” 

That Christ is the creator of all things not only speaks to us of the power of God, but it also speaks to us of the wisdom of God.  I was marveling the other day that I have a flash drive a little over an inch in length that holds 256 Gigabytes of data.  Then I began to think about the great wisdom and knowledge of God who has designed that in two microscopic cells that come together and form the first cell of the human body is found all the information and directions necessary for the birth and development of the human body which contains over a trillion cells.  The human body is literally millions of times more complicated than the computers and laptops that man has developed.  Yet God placed all the information and directions in those two microscopic cells that would form a functioning and living body.  Moreover, the same principle is true for all life on earth.  Our God has nothing to learn and he has all wisdom.  What a Great God we have. 

Another lesson this passage teaches us is that Christ is God.  This is denied by many groups of people.  However, they have to deny what the scriptures say above in order to support their belief system.   

John 1 Verses 4-5 

John 1:4 “In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” 

In this passage, the Lord defined for us the meaning of light.  Light is correlated with life.  The life of Jesus Christ is eternal life.  In him is eternal life and that eternal life I the light of men.  Moreover, he qualifies for us that the light is not for all men, but for those who have eternal life as the scriptures says, “And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.”  Darkness is the absence of light.  So the darkness in this passage is referring to man in his natural state before he is born of the Spirit and given eternal life.  According to 1 Cor. 2:14, “The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”  Man before he is born of the Spirit of God is totally depraved.  This is proved for us in Rom. 3:9-19: Rom. 3:9 “What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; 10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood: 16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: 17 And the way of peace have they not known: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes. 19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.” 

The above passage manifests the following truths about all men before they are born of the Spirit: 

1.  None righteous before God.

2.  None can understand the things of God. 

3.  None can seek after God. 

4.  All men together became unprofitable.  This happened when Adam transgressed the law of God in the Garden of Eden. 

5.  None can do good. 

6.  The speech of man manifests his depraved nature in that it proceeds from his graveyard nature.  It also manifests his deceit, his poisonous speech, and his cursing and bitterness towards God and everything godly. 

7.  None know the way of peace. 

8.  None fear God.  

9.  All are guilty before God. 

In conclusion, man in his natural state before he is born of the Spirit of God is total darkness and cannot comprehend the “Light.”