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One of my biggest problems is that I found out early in life that in order for me to be effective, I need structure.
I need to understand how things look, what the situation is and how I fit into that.
It’s a problem because I’m not a very good organizer.
Story of flight training.
When it comes to preaching and teaching, I have the same need for structure.
One of the ways in which I do that is to teach in series or to do book studies.
My vision for our Bible study in the coming months/years
My overall vision: That we gain a new understanding for who Jesus is, what He wants His followers to do, and what he wants His church to be.
In short, I want us to be a church on mission.
In order to do that we have to know our Leader, who He is and what is important to Him.
In order to do that, here’s the plan
Study the Gospel of John
Study the Acts of the Apostles.
John’s Gospel
Authorship
There is some discussion and diagreement through the years on who wrote this book.
John’s name does not appear anywhere throughout this book
How do we know that this book was written by John.
While there is no way to know 100%, there is evidence.
INTERNAL EVIDENCE
He knew and quoted the OT various times.
(Eg, chapt 12 he quotes from the book of Isaiah.
The next chapter he quotes from Psalms)
He knew and understood Jewish customs such as feasts and ceremonies
He knew Palestine very well, such as distances between villages and the layout of the temple.
And in chapter 5 when telling about Jesus healing the lame man at the Pool of Bethesda, he knew that there were 5 covered colonades around this pool.
He knew the difference between Jews and Samaritans.
(the woman at the well)
Most importantly, he was an eye witness to the works of Jesus and includes himself with others who were close-up witnesses of Jesus--”we have seen His glory, the glory of the only begotten of the Father”
EXTERNAL EVIDENCE
It was widely accepted by the early church fathers that John was the author and some of them knew John personally
I am going to operate on the assumption that John is the author.
Why The Gospel of John?
Because John’s gospel is different than the other 3.
Not necessarily better but different
Matthew, Mark, and Luke, are known as the “synoptic gospels”.
That means that they basically follow the same pattern and record a lot of the same things
But when John decided to write his account of the life of Jesus, it was almost as if he said, “there is something missing from these other accounts.
I don’t need to re-invent the wheel.
Rather I want focus on something different”.
It’s almost like he says “I don’t want you to just know about Jesus.
But I want you to know Him.
There are a lot of things that the other gospels include that John doesn’t:
What he doesn’t include
any geneologies
account of the Lord’s birth
any casting out of demons
any healing of lepers
any parables
the sending out of the 12 or the 70
any account of the Great Commission
Any account of the ascencion
What he does include (just some things)
Jesus as Creator—
Jesus as “the only begotten of the Father” and
Jesus as the Lamb of God—
His first miracle—water into wine
The conversation with Nicodemus
Raising Lazerus from the dead
The upper room discourse
Washing disciples’ feet—
The high priestly prayer.—
Point—For John, the deity of Christ is without question.
In the synoptic gospels we see the deity of Jesus gradually dawning on the disciples.
As Jesus performed miracles and taught, it was as if the scales gradually fell off their eyes.
Their realization builds and builds until the great confession of Peter “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God”.
With John, the deity of Christ is without question right off the bat.
He states it in chapter 1
“In the beginning was the WORD and the WORD was with God and the WORD was God
But not only does John affirm the deity of Jesus right off the bat, he also throughout his book seems to be captured by what the deity of Christ meant for the the people whom he lived among and what it means for us today.
He doesn’t present Jesus as a King come to rule His world; rather there is something personal, compassionate, and
Point—We read the 7 great “I AM” statements of Christ:
1. “I am the bread of life” (6:35)
2. “I am the light of the world” (8:12)
3. “I am the door for the sheep” (10:7; cf.
v. 9)
4. “I am the good shepherd” (10:11, 14)
5. “I am the resurrection and the life” (11:25)
6. “I am the way, and the truth, and the life” (14:6)
7. “I am the true vine” (15:1; cf.
v. 5)
When Jesus said these, the Jews did not miss the significance of what He was saying
Moses in the wilderness asked God what His name was and who should I say sent me?
God said, “I AM who I AM.
Tell him that I AM has sent you”.
So when Jesus began to speak of Himself in this way, I don’t think it went over their heads.
They were aware of what he was at least implying.
And when you get to chapter 8, He says “Before Abraham was, I AM!” With this statement, there was no doubt what He was saying and the Jews picked up stones to stone Him for blasphemy
So for John, The deity of Christ is preeminent but he presents Jesus in a very personal way…as one who meets the deepest needs of mankind.
life, light, door, good shepherd, resurrection and life, the way the truth and the life, true vine
So for this reason, if you know someone who is a new Believer, or a young Believer or is interested in being a Believer, the Gospel of John is a great book to point this person to
We read this especially in his book of 1 John
John the man
Now, let’s spend a little time and learn to know John himself.
Who was he?
He was a fisherman
A brother to James.
In the book of Matthew, we read that Jesus was walking along by the Sea of Galilee
He first saw Andrew and Peter casting their nets into the lake
He called them and at once they left their nets and followed him.
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