Part II: The Heart of the Story
Pastor Jason
December 11, 2024
20 Peter turned around and saw behind them the disciple Jesus loved—the one who had leaned over to Jesus during supper and asked, “Lord, who will betray you?” John 21:20 (NLT)
21 Peter asked Jesus, “What about him, Lord?”
22 Jesus replied, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you? As for you, follow me.”
23 So the rumor spread among the community of believers that this disciple wouldn’t die. But that isn’t what Jesus said at all. He only said, “If I want him to remain alive until I return, what is that to you?” John 21:21-23 (NLT)
39 God declares, “There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life.”
Deuteronomy 32:39 (NIV)
John the Beloved, died around AD
John was likely written later than the Synoptics, around AD
How is John different from the Synoptic gospels?
1 - Teaching Style and
2 - Geography and
3 - Miracles with
John focuses on seven “
- Turning Water into Wine at Cana (John 2:1–11)
- Healing the Official’s Son (John 4:46–54)
- Healing the Paralytic at Bethesda (John 5:1–15)
- Feeding the 5,000 (John 6:1–14)
- Walking on Water (John 6:16–24)
- Healing the Man Born Blind (John 9:1–7)
- Raising Lazarus from the Dead (John 11:1–45)
4 - Literary
5 - Conversations Instead of
6 - The Messianic Secret vs.
“I and the Father are one” John 10:30 (NIV)
“…Before Abraham was, I am” John 8:58 (NIV)
“…I AM that I AM…” Exodus 3:14 (NIV)
John records seven powerful “I Am” statements:
- I am the bread of life (John 6:35)
- I am the light of the world (John 8:12)
- I am the
- I am the good shepherd (John 10:11)
- 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)
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” John 1:1 (NKJV)
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