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Jesus, the Son of God
I recently received a new hymnal that had a very unique design.
There is nothing fancy to the hymnal.
There are only 355 hymns and 91 Scripture references.
To the eye, just a blah hymnal.
But rich in God’s Word.
But the amazing feature of the hymnal is the order.
It begins with 93 hymns and Scripture Readings of God the Father.
Then there are 222 hymns and Scripture Readings of Jesus the Son.
And what is unique is that this section on Jesus the Son does not begin with Hymns about his birth — but 22 hymns and Scripture Readings about His Adoration and then 97 hymns and Scripture readings about His Preeminence!
And this is what John does.
He begins not with the birth of Jesus, but the Preeminence of Jesus.
“In the beginning...”
In the beginning of what?
In the beginning of everything.
This is like the beginning of Genesis.
For the Lord Jesus to be in the beginning, He had to be God, the Creator.
Jesus, Is the Son of God.
Unquestionably, the Gospel of John stands as a proclamation of the divinity of Jesus Christ.
And he reveals the nature of Jesus in his first sentence.
The message of John can be summarized in his statement of purpose in .
John gives a precise statement regarding his purpose in writing this Gospel account.
The primary purpose is two-fold: apologetic and evangelistic.
The first, apologetic, is to explain and defend the truth of who Jesus Christ is.
The second, evangelistic, is to convert nonbelievers.
John wrote to convince his readers that Jesus’ true identity is the God-Man — truly divine, truly human — AND to call them to believe in Him for salvation.
So, let’s look at the Gospel of John by considering first God the Savior and then Saving Faith.
I. God the Savior
Notably in the Gospel of John, Jesus asserts Himself as God in 7 explicit statements designating Himself as “I Am” — ἐγώ εἰμι in the Greek.
What is significant in the statement “I am?”
ἐγώ εἰμι
Exodus 3:13-14
God reveals His identity as “I am who I am.”
In one breath, Jesus claimed to be the ever-existing, self-existent God.
Jesus proclaimed that He is for all eternity, before Creation, before time, before history, before society, cultures, and relationships, before all — For Eternity — He is the eternal God.
He is the Son of God, never having any beginning.
23 times in all we find our Lord’s meaningful “I Am” in text of John’s Gospel.
He joins His “I Am” with 7 tremendous metaphors that express His saving relationship toward the world.
Let’s look at each of these briefly.
I AM the Bread of Life
Jesus makes this statement in response to the crowd seeking Jesus for what they could get — verse 26 — “I assure you: You are looking for Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you at the loaves and were filled.”
Many people want a God who provides earthly things.
This is why the Prosperity Gospel is so popular.
God is a spiritual Lottery Ticket to them: money, popularity, fame, success.
Give to God and He will bless that a hundred fold!
Jesus told them, “Don’t work for the food that perishes but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal of approval on Him.”
They said we want proof.
What are you going to do to prove yourself as God.
Verse 31
Jesus response:
John 6:32
John 6:35
What’s the point?
Bread represents the sustenance for life.
We cannot live without food.
By saying “I AM the Bread of Life,” Jesus was saying I am the sustenance for life.
In response to the first temptation fo the Devil, Jesus responded:
Matthew 4:
And John declares in the very first verse: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
And Jesus calls them to eat of Him, this bread of life.
Eating metaphorically refers to believing savingly in Jesus as life bread.
I am the Light of the World
John 8:
Just as claiming to be God by declaring that He is the Bread of Life, Jesus again claims to be God by claiming to be the Light of the World.
Jesus spoke these words in the very Court of the Women where four huge candelabra were lit, pushing light up into the night sky, reminding them of the pillar of fire by which God guided Israel in the wilderness.
But unlike these temporary and stationary candelabra, Jesus is a light that never goes out and a light to be followed.
Jesus promised, the one who follows Him will not walk in the darkness of sin, the world, and Satan, but will have the Light that produces spiritual life.
Refusing to follow Him, Jesus warns in verse 21 results in dying in their sin.
I AM the Door of the sheep.
John 8:
John
The 3rd of the 7 “I AM” statements, Jesus declares Himself to be the Door of the Sheep.
Often the Shepherd slept in the opening of the sheepfold to guard the sheep.
No one could enter or leave except through Him.
In this metaphor Jesus is the door through which the sheep enter the safety of God’s fold and go out to the rich pasture of His blessing.
It is through Him that lost sinners can approach the Father and appropriate salvation He provides.
Jesus alone is the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through Him.
I AM the Good Shepherd
Here Jesus identifies Himself as the good shepherd.
This is the 4th “I AM” statement.
The Greek text literally reads, “the shepherd, the good one” setting Christ the Good Shepherd apart from all other shepherds.
He is the perfect, authentic Shepherd, in a class by Himself, preeminent above all others.
Being the Good Shepherd entailed a willingness to lay one’s life on the line to protect the sheep.
Robbers and wild animals, like wolves, lions, and bears, were a constant threat of danger to the sheep.
But this Shepherd laid down His life for their safety.
That’s the imagery.
That is Jesus is the Substitutionary Sacrifice for the life of the Elect to take on the wrath of God for their sin.
He became sin who knew no sin.
He provided propitiation for the sins of all who believed.
I AM the Resurrection and the Life
John 11:
One of the most unsettling aspects of death is that man has no control over it.
As says:
This is the sobering reality of this life that it could end at any moment underscoring its brevity.
But the wonderful truth is that death does not have to be the end of all man’s hopes.
The believer can face death with joyous anticipation instead of anxious fear.
How is that possible?
This is only possible in Jesus who is the Resurrection and the Life as vividly demonstrated in His raising of Lazarus from the dead.
This is the 5th of 7 “I AM” sayings.
Martha, Lazarus’ sister, through her tears holds hope for the end of the age.
But time is no obstacle for Jesus.
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