Thursday, June 4, 2015

Gospel of John: It's Contents

JOHN
Opening Doxology
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him;
and without him was not any thing made that was made.
In him was life;
and the life was the light of men.
And the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 1:1-5

Most quoted Bible verse: JOHN 3:16
1) For God so loved the world,
2) that he gave his only begotten Son,
3) that whosoever believeth in him
4) should not perish,
5) but have everlasting life.

The dramatic climax of the book
a) The Last Supper
b) The Crucifixion
c) The Resurrection
d) The Doubt of Thomas
--climatic verse--
And Thomas answered and said unto him,
My Lord and my God.
John 20:28
The 7 great "I AM" statements
  1.  I am the bread of life. John 6:35
  2.  I am the light of the world. John 8:12
  3. I am the door. John 10:9
  4. I am the good shepherd. John 10:11
  5. I am the resurrection and the life. John 11:25
  6. I am the way, the truth, and the life. John 14:6
  7. I am the true vine John 15:1



Then those men,
when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said,
This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.
John 6:14
The 7 Miracles in John
1- Water into "wine"
2- Healing the nobleman's child
3- Healing by the pool of Bethesda
4- Feeding of the 5,000
5- Walking on the water
6- Healing the blind man
7- Raising Lazarus from the dead


Closing Doxology
And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples,
which are not written in this book:
But these are written,
that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God;
and that believing ye might have life through his name.
John 20:30,31
"Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman .... You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with some patronizing  nonsense about Him being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to  C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity, 52