3. Theology
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THEOLOGY
If I were to put my finger on the most important verse in Scripture, I would unhesitatingly put my finger on this one: “And the Word became flesh.” The whole passage reads this way:
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father. . . . And from his fullness have we all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known. (John 1:14-18)
This verse—“the Word became flesh”—is the great divide. In all other religions, it is Word became word—a philosophy, a moralism, a system, a technique; but for all time and all people everywhere, “the Word became flesh”—the Idea became Fact.
The Word Became Flesh
(Introduction, p. 9)