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  JANUARY 1. IN THE BEGINNING
  by J.R. Miller
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"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word
was God." John 1:1

"In the beginning." Life is full of beginnings. We are now at the
beginning of a year. But here is a beginning which carries our thoughts
back beyond all years, all dates of history, all imaginable periods of
time, beyond the beginnings of creation!

"In the beginning was the Word." Then Christ was. What a sublime stretch
of being these words give to Him who is our Savior! We cannot grasp the
thought — but we can find security and comfort in it when we think of
Christ, and when we rest in Him as our hope and salvation. We trust in
human friends — and the comfort is very sweet; yet we can never forget
that they are but creatures of a day, and that we cannot be sure of
having them even for tomorrow! But we trust in Christ, and know that
from eternity to eternity — He is the same, and therefore our
confidence is forever strong and sure.

Our trust is still more stable and firm when we read on, and find who
this Person is, in whom we are confiding. "The Word was God." There is
nothing doubtful in this language. No kind of exegesis can blot from
this brief clause — the truth of Christ\

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