Origin of Life

1-13-2009
Origin of Life

I’m reading a devotional with a group of buddies of mine, and one of the study questions asked seemed so simple, yet revealed so much. The question was as follows: Read John 1:1-14. Based on this passage of scripture, what role did Jesus have in the origin of life? After I pondered the question for a couple of minutes, I then turned to John 1:1-14 and it reads:

The Word Became Flesh

1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.
3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
6There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. 8He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
10He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.
14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

The answer to the question is simple; we exist because we were made by God. God created everything. When we stop and think about all of the forces this world has seen from armies, navies, political parties, etc. nothing and no one has ever come close to the impact that Jesus Christ has had on this world. No one else defines the time gap our world speaks of when we say “B.C. and A.D.” The Word of God, the Bible, is the #1 selling book in the world, and it’s also the #1 stolen book in the world. People crave God’s word. I truly think every human being knows of God, just very few are willing to take the time to dig into who God truly is.

I pray each and every one of us will seek to understand both the origin of life and how that relates to everything in the world. We have been rescued from an eternity in Hell as a result of the resurrection of Jesus Christ!