THE GOSPEL AND INFORMATION
Nothing meaningful comes from noise.
In every field that studies information—whether genetics, computer science, or communication—one principle stands firm: information does not create itself.
Randomness produces static; structure requires a source. A signal always points beyond itself to a sender. Code implies mind. Meaning presupposes intention.
The universe is not silent noise. It speaks.
From the precise instructions written into DNA to the mathematical order governing the stars, reality is saturated with information. The world is not merely there; it is intelligible. We can read it, study it, and understand it because it is written—layer upon layer—with coherence and purpose.
Scripture begins where information theory ends: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1). Before matter, before energy, before time—there was meaning. Not a force, not an impulse, but a Word.
The Greek term Logos speaks of reason, order, communication. Reality has grammar because God speaks.
Sin, then, is not merely moral failure; it is distortion. The signal becomes corrupted. Truth is exchanged for lies. The image is blurred. “Although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God…and their foolish hearts were darkened” (Romans 1:21). Information remains, but clarity is lost; meaning fractures into confusion.
The law exposes the corruption, but it cannot restore the signal. Commands without life only amplify the noise. What humanity needs is not more data, but a living Word—truth embodied, not merely spoken.
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us” (John 1:14). The message did not arrive as a scroll from heaven, but as a man walking among fishermen and sinners. God did not shout across the distance; He stepped into the transmission. Truth put on skin. Meaning breathed our air.
Jesus does not merely teach information about God; He is the information. “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). In Him, the signal is pure—no distortion, no corruption, no loss. To see Him is to see the Father (John 14:9). To hear Him is to hear God speak.
At the cross, it appears that the Word is silenced. The message seems cut off. Yet what looks like failure is the ultimate communication: “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). The clearest sentence God has ever spoken is written in blood.
The resurrection is the confirmation that the message was received. Death could not corrupt it. The signal could not be erased. The Word still speaks.
Salvation, then, is not downloading new information—it is being re-written. “You are our epistle written in our hearts…known and read by all men” (2 Corinthians 3:2). Grace does not merely inform the mind; it transforms the heart. The Spirit restores clarity where sin produced noise.
One day, the communication will be complete. “They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads” (Revelation 22:4). No distortion. No misunderstanding. No silence.
Until then, the Word continues to speak—calling, correcting, healing, saving.
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Lord Jesus, Living Word, speak into the noise within me. Rewrite what sin has distorted. Let my life become a clear witness to Your truth, until the day I hear You face to face. Amen.
BDD
