John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Wordcraft is a made up word. How long does it have to be placed in use in order to become part of society and then added to a dictionary? The answer to that is based in society itself. Society determines for itself acceptable understandings. Society loves to be cleaver. Multiphasic uses are common.

But what is the Word? Some will tell you that it is the Holy Bible. We do not have complete and perfect understanding of the original manuscripts or else we would not have so many versions in English. Let me take you to the Greek and show you the first use context of the Word in John 1:1 from the outline of biblical usages, logos, 1 of speech: A; a word, uttered by a living voice, embodies a conception or idea.

John 1:1 translated; In the beginning was the utterance, and the utterance was with God, and the utterance was God.

Wordcrafting the verse shows a new sense, one of hearing, not merely reading and understanding. The reading and understanding of the Holy Bible is first and foremost a social introduction by means of human experience and introduction. It introduces you to the speaker but it does not allow you to hear the speaker. For that you need an utterance and an ear to hear.

Hebrews 1:2-3 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power

God speaks to us by His Son but we cannot hear the Son unless He is alive in us. The utterances of the living voice, logos.

John 15:3-4 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you.

John 5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.

Sometimes we have to see things stated in the negative to understand the positive. Our use of the word love has many meanings. I love chocolate. I love fast cars. I love the mountains. I love to fish. I love you.

In the Greek we have three words that translate love. Philo for friendly, the enjoyment of company. Eros for passion, the erotic energy of the body stimuli. Agape for love-feast, the all-encompassing sharing of self often translate in English as charity. It is foreshadowed in the parable of the Prodigal Son when the Father tells the elder son, “All that I have is thine.”

I trying to grasp the “love of God” issue I found each Greek word woefully short of God’s love. Then as I meditated upon love the expression “falling in love” took shape. The love of God is not an emotion as described by the three Greek translations, it is a force much like gravity. It draws, grounds, and holds objects of attraction. It acts upon as well as acts through its residence. It cannot attract if it does not reside. It shares its property evenly and effectively. It does not favor substance. It pulls on the feather with equal attraction as it does the bowling ball.

God’s love attracts the sinner with the same force and affect that it does the saint. The only difference between the two being residence.

Ephesians 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

The gravity affect.