Matthew, Mark and Luke begin their gospels with the human condition of Jesus, while John begins with the divinity and the eternal origin of the WORD. He shows that everything was created through this Word and establishes a connection between God and the Word.
The universe must have a cause. The Big Bang, even if it had taken place, would only be an effect and would have a beginning - in contrast to the true cause, which has no beginning. The unchangeable law of cause and effect gives us certainty: there is no effect without a cause, and the cause itself must exist without another cause. God is the beginning of all things, and Christ is the WORD. Everything proceeds from him, is sustained by him and returns to him. Paul says: “From him, through him and to him are all things” (Romans 11:36).
The universe needs a non-physical cause. Animals and humans have needs such as love, freedom and security that go beyond chemical processes. These abstract basic needs cannot come from a physical source. They are purely spiritual information that cannot be proven. Humans have a hunger for information that comes before their physical needs. The meaning of life is also more important than life itself. We must therefore distinguish between two elements: Physical (matter) and Spiritual (non-matter). If the spirit controls matter, it must have existed before it. It follows that the Creator must be a spirit.
Thus the WORD comes before energy and matter. God is spirit and created everything through his Word. John describes this accurately: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and God was the Word.” And we all live from the Word, which we will recognize more clearly in the course of our study of “Themes in the Gospel of John”.