Law and were worshipping the Book, the Law, the Torah,
rather than God.
The stage was set for the showdown confrontation
between Judaic and Pharisaic book-religion and the
personal, living Word of God expressed incarnate in Jesus
Christ. John's gospel narrative, known as "the spiritual
gospel," was intended to be the antidote which would
prevent early Christianity from falling victim to the deadly
trait of textualism. The apostle John begins his writing, "In
the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God"
(John 1:1,2). "The Word became flesh, and dwelt among
us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten
from the Father, full of grace and truth" (John 1:14). Who
is the Word who is eternal, inerrant, Divine expression?
Jesus Christ! The “Who”, the personal Word, Jesus Christ,
confronted the “what”, the written record of words that
Jewish religionists regarded as eternal, inerrant, divine
expression.
Jesus explained to the Jews, "You do not have His word
abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent.
You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them
you have eternal life; and it is these that bear witness of
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