Jesus our "LOGOS".

Sermon from Jan. 4, 2026. Condensed to fit blog format by:

Darrell Kublick

January 4 Sermon — Oceanside Christian Fellowship (Pastor Mark)

Text: John 1:1–18

John opens his Gospel in a way that would’ve hit the Greek world like a thunderclap:

“In the beginning was the Word (Logos), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1)

“All things were made by Him…” (John 1:3)

Pastor Mark explained that the Greeks had a word they loved: LOGOS.

It meant the reason behind everything… the divine logic… the meaning of life.

A Greek philosopher Heraclitus used the term Logos around 600 B.C. to describe the “divine reason” or plan behind the universe.

And for the Greeks, the goal was: find the Logos, align with it, and you’ll find meaning.

The problem: people still chase “logos” the same way today

Pastor Mark pointed out the Greeks were famous for their lifestyle—what we’d call a Hellenistic lifestyle: drink, party, fornicate-chase pleasure until you drop

And he made the point: there is nothing new under the sun.

He tied it to modern versions of the same chase—movements and cultures built on the same idea, the same hunger, the same emptiness… just dressed up differently.

He said plainly: it never satisfies.

It always leads to deeper destruction, because the chase never ends—new highs, new experiences, new escapes… and still the void remains.

Because underneath it all is something true about every human being:

We are all seeking meaning.

That’s why people are “innately religious” in the sense that we’re always reaching for something—some principle, fad, philosophy, identity, or system that explains “why I’m here.”

Then John does something radical

Pastor Mark emphasized this: John doesn’t introduce a philosophy.

He introduces a Person.

John says the Logos is Jesus Christ.

And when John describes Jesus, he describes Him as Light:

“In Him was life; and the life was the light of men.” (John 1:4)

“And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.” (John 1:5)

“Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son.” (Colossians 1:13)

John the Baptist wasn’t the Light—he was a witness:

“The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light…” (John 1:7)

The tragedy…and the miracle

Pastor Mark walked through the pattern in John 1:

“He was in the world… and the world knew Him not.” (John 1:10)

“He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.” (John 1:11)

Then the turning point:

“But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God…” (John 1:12)

“…born… of God.” (John 1:13)

“The Word was made flesh”

This is where Pastor Mark slowed down and drove it home:

“And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us… full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14)

“And of His fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.” (John 1:16)

“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” (John 1:17)

“The only begotten Son… He hath declared Him.” (John 1:18)

He highlighted the divine pattern:

The Law came through Moses as a schoolmaster—showing us we cannot save ourselves no matter how hard we try. Then grace and truth come through Jesus Christ—grace is receiving what you could never earn.

And John is showing us something deeper:

The Father is standing—waiting, looking, longing—for relationship with you through His Son.

The sermon’s central point about “Logos”

Pastor Mark brought it back to Logos:

The Greeks thought Logos was a proposition or a principle you had to know through education—something for the elites. That’s why you end up with endless philosophies, religions, secret societies—endless systems.

But if the Logos is Jesus Christ, Creator of the universe…

Then the “meaning” isn’t locked behind education.

It’s not reserved for the elite.

Because the real meaning becomes this:

Love. Relationship. Knowing Him.

And only when we know Him and love Him are we truly aligned with our logos—our reason for existing.

Light doesn’t just inform you—Light transforms you

Pastor Mark tied in these scriptures about what Light does:

“To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light… that they may receive forgiveness…” (Acts 26:18)

“[The Lord] will bring to light the hidden things of darkness…” (1 Corinthians 4:5)

“God… commanded the light to shine out of darkness… in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2 Corinthians 4:6)

“Called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” (1 Peter 2:9)

Then he closed with this emphasis:

Jesus speaks to us through His Word, revealing Himself by His Holy Spirit—

and the Bible becomes Rhema… personal divine revelation of Himself to you.

And as we keep seeking Him, that revelation blossoms—

we are changed from glory to glory and faith to faith by every new revelation of Himself.

Not just to know about Him… but to actually know Him.