The way, the truth, and the life – Jesus Christ, page-149

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    That, that, that, that they handled etc, is certainly not a person.
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    It certainly can't be the Scriptures they handled. They were only nearing completion at the time John wrote his letters.

    (John 1:1, 2) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was a god. 2 This one was in the beginning with God.

    (1 John 1:1-3) That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have observed and our hands have felt, concerning the word of life, 2 (yes, the life was made manifest, and we have seen and are bearing witness and reporting to you the everlasting life that was with the Father and was made manifest to us), 3 that which we have seen and heard we are reporting also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

    The Scriptures tell us Jesus Christ had a beginning. Everything else followed.

    (Colossians 1:13-16) He rescued us from the authority of the darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of his beloved Son, 14 by means of whom we have our release by ransom, the forgiveness of our sins. 15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; 16 because by means of him all other things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible, whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All other things have been created through him and for him.
 
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