The Logos and John 1, Word up!

So, have you ever heard of The Logos? -No, I am not referring to Legos (Although they are an entertaining to play with). I'm talking about The Logos, a Philosophical concept that has some amazing Biblical meaning. But first things first, a history lesson...
The Logos started with a philosopher named Heraclitus who believed that the universe was in a constant state of flux, everything was changing all the time. The biggest problem with everything changing constantly is, how would you know anything? and how could you be sure that the word wouldn't change itself out of existence? As a solution to this issue, Heraclitus introduced the concept of the Logos. The Logos was the unchanging source of wisdom, reason and knowledge that held the universe together; this Logos may have had godlike powers but in Heraclitus' mind it wasn't a god....in fact it had no personality whatsoever, it was simply a "higher thing". Another group of philosophers took the concept further to mean that this impersonal force had the power to alter the course of people's lives, creating the notion of "Fate".
So where does the Bible come into this story? Did you know that has the word "Logos" in it? It does! You are more familiar with Logos than you may think because one of the English words for the Greek word  "Logos" is "Word", understanding what Logos means can give some amazing understanding of the First chapter of John. My pastor started teaching from the book of John this semester at the exact same time that I was taking a philosophy class at school, the words impacted me in such a profound way as I thought about what I had learned in my class that I would like to take you through this passage phrase by phrase to show you what I found. As you read with me imagine that a group of Greek people were reading this gospel, people who understand the Logos and believe that this impersonal concept is holding the universe together....
John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word,
- At the very beginning the Logos existed (The Greeks would certainly believed this) 
and the Word was with God,
- The Logos existed with God, Greeks who believed in the Logos were told that this Logos existed with the Hebrew God.
and the Word was God.
- Imagine a Greek Philosopher reading this phrase, The Logos, the source of wisdom, the controller of every person's destiny, the impersonal force that held creation together was God himself! 
John 1:2
He was with God in the beginning.
- This would be a very important verse if it were shared with these hypothetical Greeks because it identifies the Logos as a "He", the Logos isn't an impersonal force anymore! The one that is holding the universe together and providing wisdom is an actual being - not just a higher thing"! I can imagine some Greeks jumping for Joy when they read this. But wait, there's more...
John 1 continues for a few verses talking about how the Logos helped to created everything and how the Logos was a light for the world; I am hoping to talk more about those verses soon because they relate to another exciting brush with Philosophy. But to continue with the Logos I would like to jump to verse 14:
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
- This is the best part! We know who the Logos is: He's Jesus! He is the source of all knowledge and as it says in Colossians, he holds everything together: "He is before all things, and in him all things hold together." (Col 1:17) He isn't an impersonal force! He is a loving Savior who deliberately gave up everything, took human form, died for our sakes, and than rose again all to bring us into a personal relationship with him! Relationship, this was what the Greeks were missing with their Logos, they just had to accept whatever this force dealt to them in their lives. They could never had a genuine relationship, when times got tough they could never take solece in the Logos presence because the Logos didn't care. But Jesus does care! He wanted a relationship with Greeks, with Jews - with everybody! And that was the reason that John wrote this Gospel in the first place: "But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name." (John 20:31)
John was just a fisherman and yet in just three verses, he had conveyed an absolutely perfect message for reaching Greeks with the message and significance of what Christ did for us. How did John do this? There really is only one answer that I can see: God used John and gave him the perfect words to reach a lost people and he can do this with us too! :)