the advent of the Spirit of truth - Who, not `speaking from Himself',

would `take of the things that are Mine, and show them unto you'.

We find in the New Testament a very close parallel between the

living Logos, and the written Logos. A lengthy list could be compiled,

but the following will be sufficient to illustrate our meaning:

THE TRUTH (14:6).

THE TRUTH (17:17).

THE LIFE (11:25).

THE LIFE (6:63).

THE JUDGE (5:26,27).

THE JUDGE (12:48).

SANCTIFIER (17:19)

SANCTIFIED (17:17)

These few parallels taken from John's Gospel could be

supplemented from practically every book in the New Testament.

Two words that attach to the Greek word Logos which must not be

missed, are indicated by the translations `account' and `reason':

`I desire fruit that may abound to your account' (logos) (Phil.

`Be ready always to give an answer (apologia) to every man that

asketh you a reason (logos) of the hope that is in you with

meekness and fear' (1 Pet. 3:15).

Christ the Logos, speaks to man, that man may know the thoughts

of God, Who in His essence is beyond human comprehension. In

Christ the Logos, we have God's reason for all that He has planned and

made, the logical account of the creation and the purpose of the ages.

This we shall see more fully when we come to verse 18, and its echo in

Colossians 2:2,3.

Webster and Wilkinson's Greek Testament note at this point is

worth recording:

`The  indecision,  instability  and  presumption  of  German

Rationalists, in their criticism on this term, are, whether

intentionally or not, admirably satirized by Goethe, when he makes

Faust translate it first "the Word", then "the thought", then "the

power", and lastly by the Spirit's help, "the deed"`.