John doesn’t start his gospel account with a genealogy, a background, or even the story of the birth of Christ. John’s gospel starts with this: “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God...” John wants us to know from the start that Jesus is God and he uses John 1:1-13 to give us 19 more doctrinal statements about the person and work of Jesus Christ in order that we might believe and have life through His name!