The Logos
I believe the most important word in the Gospels is Logos.The best way to understand it is to see how the Gospel writers used it in context. I am deliberately not looking at John 1:1 for now because I want to see if all the other verses are in accord, then John 1:1 must be an exception.
Joh 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my Logos, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life
Joh 14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my Logos: and the word Logos which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
Luk 8:21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the Logos of God, and do it.
Luk 9:26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my Logos, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
Joh 15:20 Remember the Logos that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my Logos, they will keep yours also.
Joh 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my Logos abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
Joh 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my Logos: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Joh 12:47 And if any man hear my Logos, and believe it not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Joh 12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my Logos , hath one that judgeth him: the Logos that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Joh 8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my Logos, he shall never see death.
Joh 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my Logos.
Joh 8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my Logos hath no place in you.
Joh 8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my Logos, then are ye my disciples indeed;
Joh 5:47 But if ye believe not his (Moses’) writings, how shall ye believe my Logos ?
Luk 21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my Logos shall not pass away.
Luk 6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my Logos (words), and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: a wise person who built a house upon a rock foundation
Mat 13:18 "Listen, then, and learn what the parable of the sower means. Those who hear the logos of the Kingdom but do not understand it are like the seeds that fell along the path. The Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in them. The seeds that fell on rocky ground stand for those who receive the logos gladly as soon as they hear it. But it does not sink deep into them, and they don't last long. So when trouble or persecution comes because of the logos, they give up at once. The seeds that fell among thorn bushes stand for those who hear the logos; but the worries about this life and the love for riches choke the message, and they don't bear fruit. And the seeds sown in the good soil stand for those who hear the logos and understand it: they bear fruit, some as much as one hundred, others sixty, and others thirty." (Mt. 13:18-23)
So far I see these things
- · Jesus said the logos was Yahweh’s words.
- · The logos is words that are spoken and heard.
- · Some reject the words, they refuse to hear or make a place in their hearts for them.
- · The would-be-followers accept them and begin doing what they said to do.
- · However many who start well, cease doing them and fall by the wayside.
- · Nevertheless, those who accept the words and continue doing them have eternal life now.
- · Jesus differentiated between the Logos and himself. He said some will reject him and also the logos and that he would not judge them on the Judgment day but the logos would judge them.
What think ye?