The Prologue in Poetry

In this opening sermon of our new series in the Gospel of John, Pastor Thomas guides us from the very first words of Genesis to the poetic prologue of John’s Gospel, showing us how the story of creation finds its fulfillment in Christ.

Fresh off our time in Genesis 1–11, we now turn to John 1:1–18—not as a new story, but as the next chapter in the same divine drama. The themes of Word, Light, Incarnation, Adoption, and Glory take center stage as we meet Jesus, the eternal Son of God, the promised Head-Crusher, and the Light that darkness cannot overcome.

This isn’t just a theological introduction—it’s a poetic unveiling of who Jesus is:

• The Word who was with God and was God, through whom all things were made.

• The Light who shines into the darkness, echoing God’s first words of creation and breaking the curse of sin.

• The Incarnate God, who took on flesh to dwell among us—God made visible and approachable.

• The Giver of the Right, who makes rebels into children of God.

• The Glory we were made to reflect, now revealed in the face of Christ, full of grace upon grace.

From Eden to exile, from Babel to Bethlehem, God has come near.

This sermon traces the poetic brilliance of John’s prologue and its deep ties to Genesis, reminding us that the Bible tells one unified story—one that finds its crescendo in Jesus.