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So that you may believe…
that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God,
and that believing you may have life in
His name.
John 20:31
How has John gone about telling us this?
Why does he leave it to the end to tell us?
What someone does, tells us about them.
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The structure of John’s Gospel
Chapter 1: we will come to that in a minute
Chapters 2-11 Jesus’ Ministry
7 signs
7+ “I AM” statements
Chapters Holy Week, which really reveals who Jesus is
Chapters The Resurrection
John 20:30-31, just in case we have not understood it for ourselves
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The seven sign(post)s in John
Changing water into wine
John 2:1-11
Healing the Royal Official’s son in Capernaum
John 4:46-54
Healing the paralytic in Bethsaida
John 5:1-18
Feeding the 5000
John 6:5-14
Jesus' walks on water
John 6:16-24
Healing the man born blind
John 9:1-7
Raising of Lazarus
John 11:1-45
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Seven "I AM" Statements of Jesus
I AM the bread of life
John 6:35, 48
I AM the light of the world
John 8:12 & 9:5
I AM the door
John 10:7
I AM the good shepherd
John 10:11-14
I AM the resurrection and the life
John 11:25
I AM the way, the truth and the life
John 14:6
I AM the true vine
John 15:1, 5
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Matching them up
I AM the bread of life
Feeding the 5000
I AM the light of the world
Healing the man born blind
I AM the door
I AM the good shepherd
I AM the resurrection and the life
Raising of Lazarus
I AM the way, the truth and the life
Jesus' walks on water
I AM the true vine
Changing water into wine
I cannot match up the two healings
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Chapter 1
This is the introduction to the whole Gospel
The Gospel is about who Jesus is
1:1-5, a New Creation Story
Jesus is the Word, the message about God (Heb 1)
He is the agent of creation (Gen 1)
He is Life (11:25, 14:6) and Light (8:12 & 9:5)
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More of Chapter 1
1:6-13, John the Baptist (not John the author)
he came as a witness to who Jesus is
Jesus is the one who adds to God’s people
Jesus brings to birth (John 3)
1:14-18, More about the Word
the only begotten (Son of God), ‘My Father’ 25 times in John
He is the Eternal One (8:58)
He explains/reveals the Father to us (14:7, 9)
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1:19-34 John the Baptists Ministry
Four Quotes from John the Baptist
“Make straight the way of the Lord” (14:6)
“The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the World” (3:16, & the death & resurrection)
“the One who baptises in the Holy Spirit” (14:16, Comforter, Helper, Paraclete)
“The Son of God” (Messianic title)
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What a wonderful Saviour!
Jesus character and role has an amazing breadth and depth.
Chapter 1 draws us in to want to know more about Him.
He invites us
1:39, “Come and you will see.”
More next time in “Meet the Disciples”
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Meet the Disciples
Come and see…
Last time was the introduction
John’s Gospel is all about who Jesus is (20:30)
Chapter 1 introduces Jesus to us in many ways
Word, Creator, Light, Life, Only Begotten, Son of God, Eternal One, Revealer, Explainer, the Way, the Lamb of God, Baptiser in the Holy Spirit…
John then goes on to expound these descriptions using 7 signs and 7 “I AM”s
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Meeting the two disciples of John
Andrew and Philip(?)
They seek Jesus
They come to Jesus
They see (perceive) Jesus
They stay (abide) with Jesus
They follow Jesus
They lead people to Jesus (bear witness)
Are we? (Am I?)
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Calling Peter
Andrew goes to find Simon
You shall be called
it is a calling rather than a naming
he was not much of a rock, yet
Jesus gives Peter a glimpse of a bigger vision
What has Jesus called you (me) to become?
Are we there yet?
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Nathanael and Philip
Nathanael: gift of God
is identified with Bartholomew
son of the furrows (a ploughman/farmer?)
Tradition has it that he and Jude went to Armenia
We learn later (21:2) that Nathanael is from Cana.
Cana is just up the road from Nazareth.
Can anything good come out of Nazareth?
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Jesus and Nathanael
An Israelite in whom there is no deceit
Israel (Prevails with God) was Jacob (the deceiver)
What was Nathanael doing there?
What was Nathanael doing under a fig tree?
Fig tree as a symbol of the political life of Israel
Fig tree as something to hide behind
Nathanael’s vision is limited “King of Israel”
John 3:16 God loved the whole world
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Angels ascending and descending
Another allusion to Jacob (Bethel - Gen 28)
The place where heaven and earth are connected
Jesus is the One who connects heaven and earth
hints; the shepherds, Gethsemane, empty tomb
Chapter 2: the wedding at Cana
the first sign of God connecting with the earth
as we stay close to Jesus we are where heaven and earth connect
perhaps even that we “prevail with God”
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