September 7, 2008: Our Practices, Part One: Living Out the Story – Michael Hidalgo

John begins his gospel by ripping off the creation account in Genesis. Or is he? He seems to be playing off ideas about logos that was held both in the Jewish and the Greek mind. Both cultures shared ideas with regard to what the word was and is – they just viewed it from different perspectives. John points toward Jesus being the Word … Jesus even stands up and says that he is the Bread From Heaven! All of this may seem well and good, but we still have to ask the question “Why study it?” 

The beauty of this book is that the ending is still future. We have not gotten there, which means we are living the story of the Bible now. When it speaks of the church being the Body of Christ – this includes us. If we are to live out the story with its plot, direction, and characters, then we must understand it well.