Presley: John is just a wonderful book of the Bible.
Even reading a little at a time is very rewarding.
Blessings.
The uniqueness of John's Gospel
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Presley: John is just a wonderful book of the Bible.
Even reading a little at a time is very rewarding.
Blessings.
PS: Stormie: John's experiences and revelations were just about the most sublime that anyone ever received. This is also why neglecting the Word makes no sense.
Blessings.
Don't forget also John's three Epistles, and Revelation. Stylistically there are clear similarities with aspects of John's Gospel.
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SarahMoore
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I too noticed. And just by a personal observation, I dont think Jesus would have sent his mother to live with just anyone. John truly was someone special to Jesus and I think his Gospels reflect that.
SarahMoore:
He seems to have been 'the disciple whom Jesus loved' (John 13.23). Interestingly, John's Gospel and John's First Epistle develop in a big way the theme of Divine love shown in the Person and Work of the Lord Jesus at the Cross.
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SarahMoore
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Ah I now somewhat understand my shirt. It says work hard pray hard property of God. And John 3:16. John is known as the Beloved for a reason.
John 3.16 is a great verse; the Gospel is so well summarized in it.
In Ephesians 1.6, the Lord Jesus Himself is spoken of as 'the beloved'.
John particularly emphasizes the deity of Christ. When you watch the Gospel of John movie, the deity just screams in your face. In all 4 gospels, Christ is God, but it just is emphasized more in John.
John is the Gospel of the I AM's. I AM is a name of God as Exodus tells us.
I AM the bread of life.
I AM the way the truth, and the life.
I AM the good shepherd.
I AM the door.
I AM the bread of life.
I AM the light of the world.
I AM the resurrection and the life.
Before Abraham was born, I AM.
Except you believe that I AM, you shall die in your sins.
The arresters fall back and down when the Lord Jesus utters, I AM.
In Greek it is ego eimi. Since eimi by itself means I am, adding ego in front of it makes the I emphatic, like I and none other AM.
The ego eimi may be obscured by translations that add "he" after the am (I am he) where there is no word "he" in Greek.
John also has more material proportionately on Judea, as opposed to Galilee than the other 3 (the Synoptics.
The Gospel of John is the gospel of signs (miracles):
He turns water to wine, feeds 5000 (not counting women and children), makes the blind see, even raises the dead (including Himself from the dead). There are something like 8 great signs.
Purpose statement:
John 20:30-31
Many other signs therefore did Jesus in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book: but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in his name.
John is the Gospel of the I AM's. I AM is a name of God as Exodus tells us.
I AM the bread of life.
I AM the way the truth, and the life.
I AM the good shepherd.
I AM the door.
I AM the bread of life.
I AM the light of the world.
I AM the resurrection and the life.
Before Abraham was born, I AM.
Except you believe that I AM, you shall die in your sins.
The arresters fall back and down when the Lord Jesus utters, I AM.
In Greek it is ego eimi. Since eimi by itself means I am, adding ego in front of it makes the I emphatic, like I and none other AM.
The ego eimi may be obscured by translations that add "he" after the am (I am he) where there is no word "he" in Greek.
John also has more material proportionately on Judea, as opposed to Galilee than the other 3 (the Synoptics.
The Gospel of John is the gospel of signs (miracles):
He turns water to wine, feeds 5000 (not counting women and children), makes the blind see, even raises the dead (including Himself from the dead). There are something like 8 great signs.
Purpose statement:
John 20:30-31
Many other signs therefore did Jesus in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book: but these are written, that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in his name.
Also, John 3.16 is a wonderful summary of the Gospel.
Maybe this is why it's also a popular logo, as SarahMoore says.
