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THESE WERE WRITTEN...
John 20:31
But these are written
that you may believe
that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God, and that
by believing you may
have life in his name.
THE BIBLE
66 books
40 authors
3,000+yrs
VARIETY
Yet UNITY
GOSPEL OF JOHN
John's gospel
written by John the apostle
around AD 90+
John was 80 + yrs old.
GOSPEL OF JOHN
John the Apostle
Part of the “inner circle”
'the disciple Jesus' loved‘
eyewitness to the events that
happened –
I saw all this myself and have
given an accurate report so
that you also can believe.
(TLB) John 19:35
GOSPEL OF JOHN
John the Apostle :
Wrote three books in the NT
Gospel of John
John’s Epistles
Book Revelation
Three Possible Focus when
writing :
1. What He did ?
2. What He said ?
3. Who He was ?
MATTHE
W
MARK
LUKE
JOHN
GOSPELS EMPHASIS Mark started with the public 3 years
ministry with John the Baptist:
Jesus as the Son of Man
Matthew begins with his birth and
his ancestry – back to Abraham :
Jesus as King of the Jews
Luke goes further back than his
birth, Abraham all the way back to
Adam : Jesus as the Saviour of the
world
John wanted to declare Jesus as the
Son of God started with the
beginning of time.
JESUS MINISTRY: To the Nation of Israel
Northern Ministry
Southern Ministry
Synoptic Gospels – Generally : 30mths northern Galilean ministry and 6 mths in the south.
John’s Focus on Jesus ministry in the south rather than His northern Galilean teaching.
?? Contradiction
Jesus did go south for the important feasts
THE GOSPELS
Matt Mark Luke John
Audience Jews Romans Greeks The
World
Christ King Servant Perfect
Man
Mighty
God
Focus Sermons Miracle
s
Parables “Signs”
Style Teacher Preache
r Historia
n
Theologia
n
Place Capernaum in Galilee
Jerusale
m in
Judea
JOHN’S GOSPEL
21 Chapters
Divided into
Chp 1:1-18 : INTRO
Chps 1:19 -12:50 : SIGNS
Chps 13 – 20:31 : GLORY
Chp 21: EPILOGUE
JOHN’S
GOSPEL
Conception or Birth
Baptism
Temptations
Transfiguration
Last Supper
Garden of Gethsemane
Ascension
: the Omissions
JOHN’S GOSPEL : THE OMISSIONS
Q: What is the main theme of the
Gospels ?
Kingdom of God / Heaven
only mentioned twice
Nicodemus
Pilate
‘Synoptics’ – 82 times
Casting out of demons
JOHN’S GOSPEL :
“EMPHASIS”
Of the 7 miracles 5 are new
Not miracles but SIGNS that
point to something
Peter & foot washing
Encounters with “individual”
Q: What are the famous
statements in John’s Gospel ?
“I AM” statements
EMPHASIS ON THE HOLY SPIRIT
Chp 1 : Baptised with
Chp 3: Born Again
Chp 4: Living Water
Chp 7: Springs of Water
Chp 14-16 :
Paraclete, Encourager,
Spirit of Truth,
Comforter ...
Chp 20: Sign
STYLE
Long discourses
Eg : High Priestly Prayer
No short parables
More on what we believe
than how we behave
JOHN AND THE NUMBER
SEVEN
Number Seven (7)
Completeness
Wholeness
SEVEN WITNESSES
1. John the Baptist (1:29)
2. Andrew (1:41)
3. Nathanael (1:49)
4. Peter (6:68-
69)
5. Martha (11:27)
6. Thomas (20:28)
7. John (20:31)
JOHN’S PURPOSE:
John 20:30-31
30 Jesus did many other
miraculous signs in the presence
of his disciples, which are not
recorded in this book.
31 But these are written that you
may believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God, and that
by believing you may have life in
his name.
SEVEN WORKS (SIGNS)
1. Water into Wine (2:1-11)
2. Healing the Nobleman’s son (4:46-53)
3. Healing the Bethesda Cripple (5:1-15)
4. * Feeding of the 5000 (6:1-14)
5. * Walking on Water (6:16-21)
6. Healing the man blind from birth (9:1-
11)
7. Raising of Lazarus (11:1-44)
SEVEN WORDS
1. I AM the Bread of Life (6:35, 48)
2. I AM the Light of the World (8:12)
3. I AM the Good Shepherd (10:11)
4. I AM the Door (10:7,9)
5. I AM the Resurrection & the Life
(11:25)
6. I AM the Way, the Truth & the Life
(14:6)
7. I AM the True Vine (15:1)
THE WORD, THE LIGHT & THE RIGHT
John 1:1-18
THE WORD John 1:1-4
1 In the beginning was THE
WORD,
and THE WORD was with God,
and THE WORD was God.
2 HE was with God in the
beginning.
3 Through HIM all things were
made; without HIM nothing
was made that has been made.
THE LIGHT John 1:4-9
In him was life, and that life was the
light of men. 5 The light shines in the
darkness, but the darkness has not
understood it.
6 There came a man who was sent
from God; his name was John. 7 He
came as a witness to testify
concerning that light, so that through
him all men might believe. 8 He
himself was not the light; he came
only as a witness to the light. 9 The
true light that gives light to every man
was coming into the world.
THE RIGHT John 1:10-13
10 He was in the world, and though the
world was made through him, the
world did not recognize him.
11 He came to that which was his own,
but his own did not receive him.
12 Yet to all who received him, to those
who believed in his name, he gave
the right to become children of
God—
13 children born not of natural descent,
nor of human decision or a husband's
will, but born of God.
THE WORD, LIGHT &
RIGHT John 1:14-15
14 The Word became flesh and made his
dwelling among us. We have seen his
glory, the glory of the One and Only,
who came from the Father, full of grace
and truth.
15 John testifies concerning him. He
cries out, saying, "This was he of whom
I said, 'He who comes after me has
surpassed me because he was before
me.'"
THE GOSPEL John 1:16-18
16 From the fullness of his grace we
have all received one blessing after
another.
17 For the law was given through
Moses; grace and truth came through
Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God, but God
the One and Only, who is at the
Father's side, has made him known.
CHALLENGE
John 20:31
But these are written
that you may believe
that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God,
and that by believing
you may have life in his
name.