John 1:1 — "The Word Was God"

The Salvation Army affirms the traditional reading of John 1:1, understanding the Logos as fully divine and personally identified with God. Christ's deity is essential to Salvationist theology, particularly in its understanding of Christ's redemptive power and the Holy Spirit's transforming presence. The Army's theology, rooted in Methodist-Holiness tradition, affirms Christ's full divinity without philosophical qualification.

This affirmation serves the Army's missional focus: Christ's divine power is the source of salvation and sanctification available to all who believe. The Logos passage establishes both Christ's eternal nature and his becoming flesh for human redemption, emphasizing the possibility of transformation through divine grace.