A Verse On Sunday

The Gospel according to John, Chapter 1, verse 2:

'The same was in the beginning with God.'

Jesus was with God in the beginning, whenever that was, an idea our mortal minds find difficult to grasp. But what is clear is that Jesus is not a creature of God. He was not made by God, like you and me. Jesus is God. He is of the essence of God. What God is, so is he.
Throughout the years there have been many sects that have tried to claim that Jesus is a creature like you and me, but the idea is farcical. He is a man, yes, but not a creature. How can a creature, obsessed with self and survival, in a world of compromise and sin, be the perfect Son of God? His sacrificial love, his perfect suffering, his boundless love, was pleasing to his Father. How can a sinful human do anything so great that he could pay for the sins of the world, that he could set us free from the chains of sin?
Jesus Christ, the Word was in the beginning with God.