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The Gospel of John Outline
We are going to read 3 chapters a week together for June and July.
- The Person of Jesus
- The Purpose of Jesus
- The Teachings of Jesus
- The Miracles of Jesus
- The Mercy of Jesus
- The Sacrifice of Jesus
- The Resurrection Life of Jesus
Today: The Person of Jesus
Who was John?
- Son of Zebedee and brother of James - all fisherman around the sea of Galilee. An eyewitness disciple of Jesus and probably the closest disciple to Jesus.
- He wrote this book between 80-90 AD just before he wrote his book; Revelations.
Why did John write?
- To demonstrate that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God.
- To reveal that the Christian faith is open to Jews as well as gentiles and that Jesus is the only way we are made right with God.
- To equip believers for mission.
John 1: 1-14
In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through him,
and nothing was created except through him.
The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone.
The light shines in the darkness,
and the darkness can never extinguish it.
God sent a man, John the Baptist, to tell about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony. John himself was not the light; he was simply a witness to tell about the light. The one who is the true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
He came into the very world he created, but the world didn’t recognize him. He came to his own people, and even they rejected him. But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.
So the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
1. Jesus, God’s only son, is the
and
image of God the Father and He has always existed (was not created).
John 1:1-3, 14
In the beginning the Word already existed.
The Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through him,
and nothing was created except through him.
And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son.
Colossians 1:15-17, 19-20
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God.
He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation,
for through him God created everything
in the heavenly realms and on earth.
He made the things we can see
and the things we can’t see—
such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world.
Everything was created through him and for him.
He existed before anything else,
and he holds all creation together.
For God in all his fullness
was pleased to live in Christ,
and through him God reconciled
everything to himself.
He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.
2. Jesus is distinctly
God & man.
John 1: 14
So the Word became human and made his home among us.
Hebrews 4:14-16
So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
Romans 2:4
… God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
John 14:6
Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
3. Jesus is God’s provision for
restoration.
The person of Jesus is the only way in which we are forgiven of our sins, the only way in which truth is revealed, and the only way in which we experience true and eternal life. The way, the truth, the life…
John 3:16
For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
John 10:11-15
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock. The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep. “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me, just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep”.
4. Jesus is our good
.
- He Protects…
- He feeds…
- He leads…
- He heals…
- He lays his life down against the enemy…
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