The Gospel of John is God’s premiere evangelization book. It is written by the disciple that Jesus loved using seven key signs that show that Jesus is God. He uses seven witnesses and the seven I am statements that Jesus gave us while He was here on earth. John does not give us any genealogy, no birth narrative, no manger scene, he just cuts to the heart of the matter when he introduces the book with the statement that in the beginning was the Word, the Word was with God and the Word was God. And if that is not enough in verse two he repeats the fact that He was there in the beginning with God. Folks, this book is written that we know that Jesus performed these signs and that we might believe as it states in Chapter 20:30-31. I don’t know about you, but I am excited about getting into this book and seeing all that God has in store for us as we learn about who Jesus really is and why He came to this earth for 33 years.
The Gospel of John
It was written by the disciple that Jesus loved. He was the most intimate with the Lord Jesus.
John 13:23 One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him.
· He also wrote 1st John, 2nd John, 3rd John and the Book of the Revelation.
· John was one of the “inner three” disciples of our Lord. Only Peter, James and John were allowed to accompany Jesus into the house of the synagogue official, whose daughter had already died before Jesus arrived (Mark 5:35-43; Luke 8:49-56). Here, apparently, John first witnessed our Lord’s power over death.
· John’s life is an illustration of the grace of God.. John had no status in life as a fisherman nor was he an educated man, even by the standards of that day (see Acts 4:13). He certainly did not possess any qualities or education that impressed the scribes and Pharisees. He was a volatile fellow, a “son of thunder.”
· It focuses on Who Jesus is and Where he came from
· Shows the central fact that Jesus is the whole reason of Christianity. More music has been written, more pictures painted and more drama written about him.
· It is a Spiritual Gospel because:
1. It Supplies unique material not included in the Matthew, Mark, or Luke. Over 90% of the material in John’s Gospel is unique to John, not to be found in the other three Gospels.
John’s Gospel does not include …
· Jesus’ genealogy
· an account of our Lord’s birth
· any events in our Lord’s childhood
· It has two purposes:
· The word believe is in this gospel 100 times
· John 20:30 And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.
The simple word, belief, or to believe. There’s no greater writer than John in understanding the nature and the essence of belief. It’s equated to following God. Belief is an action, followed by some type of command. Belief is hearing, belief is worship, belief is obedience and belief is commitment in John’s language. So John is trying to explain t
