John15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

Here is a vital word, a logos, instructing Christians that the Holy Spirit is responsible for bringing us the message of what Jesus Christ said. I have found this to be exceedingly true and I keep this in the forefront of my mind as I read my bible or listen to sermons. The Spirit of Truth is the voice of truth.

Having said that, allow me to point out something that I have overlooked myself in the progression of Christian growth. The Gospel of John was the last gospel written and Christianity was well on its way towards its second century before it was penned. Let us look to the words of Luke to validate this idea.

Luke 1:1-2 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;

At the time of Luke’s gospel many writings had already been circulated within the Christian community, some of which came from those who had witnessed the life, death and resurrection as a first hand accounting. So the gospels were not the first logos given.

Scholars acknowledge that any chronological order given is difficult to validate considering that our present day Gregorian Calendar was revised in 1582 by Papal decree. The assertion being that it did not correctly indicate the birth of Christ because Julius Caesar replaced lunar calendars with solar calendars in the year 46 B.C. thus placing yet another shift in our historical time lines. Note that the Julian calendar started as 1 C.E. and was off by modern standards by two days every four years.

Given this, how did the first century church receive Logos, the Word of God?

By rhema, word of mouth.