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The Gospel of John is a Unique Gospel Account
It Isn’t Like the Synoptic Gospels
More Than 90% of its Material is Unique
Meaning: 90% of the Information We Read in John…
We Wouldn’t Have if We Didn’t Have the Book of John
John Doesn’t Focus On the Miracles, Parables, or Teachings of Jesus
All of These Things are Greatly Emphasized in the Other Accounts
John’s Primary Focus is to Show Us that Jesus is the Son of God
And He Does that in Some Really Neat Ways
Author & Audience
When You Look at the Internal Evidence of the Book…
You Can Narrow it Down to the Apostle John Being the Author
Plus, Early Church Fathers All Agreed that John was the Author of the Account
Clement of Alexandria (150-215 AD) Said:
“Last of all, John, perceiving that the external facts had been made plain [in the other canonical Gospels]… composed a spiritual Gospel.”
According to Clement, John Looked at the Other Gospels…
How They Established Many Facts About the Birth, Life, Ministry, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus…
And He Decided to Write a Different Sort of Gospel Account
One that is Much More Spiritual in Nature
That Explains a Lot of Things We See in John’s Gospel
John Refers to Himself as “The Disciple Whom Jesus Loved” in this Account
He was One of Jesus’ 3 Closest Friends
He Will Outlive All of the Other Apostles
Before John’s Death, He Lived in Ephesus (the Roman Capital of Asia Minor)
So Scholars Believe His Account was Written for the Greco-Roman People in Ephesus
He Explained Many Jewish Customs, Palestinian Geography, and Translated Aramaic Terms into Greek
But According to John’s Own Words, This Account was Primarily for Unbelievers
The Gospel of John is an Evangelistic Gospel Account
We’ll Look at Where John Said this When We Get to the Purpose of the Book
Audience of the 4 Gospel Accounts
Matthew - Jews
Mark - Roman Christians
Luke - Gentile Christians
John - Unbelievers
Themes
John has So Many Themes in His Account
We’ll Just Focus On What I Consider to Be Some of the Major Ones
Jesus is the Son of God
This Can Mean Several Things
Primarily:
Jesus is God
Jesus is God’s Messianic King
This May Be the Primary Theme of the Book
That’s Definitely What John Wants Us to Know From the Very Beginning
John 1:1–3 (NASB95)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
Jesus, Known as the Word/Message was With God and Was/Is God
He Created All Things in the Beginning
One of the Most Unique Ways that John Shows Us This…
Is Through the “I Am” Statements of Jesus
“I Am” Refers to the Personal Name of God that is Explained in Exodus 3
When Moses is Talking to God in the Burning Bush…
He Asks for God’s Name
And God Says, “I AM WHO I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”
In John’s Gospel, Whenever Jesus Says, “I Am”…
He is Making a Subtle (Or Not-So-Subtle) Claim About Himself
“I Am God”
John Shows Us 2 Sets of 7 “I Am” Statements
Another Theme in John is the Number 7
7 Being the Symbolic Number of Completeness
This May Be John’s Way of Telling Us that Jesus is “Completely the Great I Am”
The First Set of 7 “I Am” Statements Are:
“I Am the Bread of Life” (6:35)
“I Am the Light of the World” (8:12)
“I Am the Door of the Sheep” (10:7)
“I Am the Good Shepherd” (10:11)
“I Am the Resurrection” (11:25)
“I Am the Way, Truth, & Life” (14:6)
“I Am the True Vine” (15:1)
Each of These “I Am” Statements are Linked with a Metaphor
All of These Metaphors Point to Jesus’ Deity
But the 2nd Set of 7 “I Am” Statements are Even More Explicit:
John 4:25–26 (NASB95)
The woman said to Him, “I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us.” Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am He.”
“I Am Who Speak to You.”
John 6:18–20 (NASB95)
The sea began to be stirred up because a strong wind was blowing.
Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near to the boat; and they were frightened.
But He said to them, “It is I; do not be afraid.”
“I Am; Do Not Be Afraid.”
John 8:23–24 (NASB95)
And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.
Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
“Unless You Believe that I Am, You Will Die in Your Sins.”
John 8:28 (NASB95)
So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.
“Then You Will Know that I Am…”
Then, One of the Most Famous and Straightforward of His “I Am” Statements
John 8:57–58 (NASB95)
So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am.”
The Jews Knew Exactly What He Meant By that Statement…
Because They Immediately Tried to Stone Him
John 13:19 (NASB95)
“From now on I am telling you before it comes to pass, so that when it does occur, you may believe that I am He.
“You May Believe that I Am.”
Then There’s the Final “I Am” Statement
What Happens After this 7th “I Am” Statement is Remarkable
John 18:3–6 (NASB95)
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