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.