JOHN SIGNS AND SERMONS

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JOHNSIGNS AND SERMONS

• A DIFFERENT GOSPEL

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PURPOSE OF JOHN

• John 2031
• These are recorded so that you may believe
  (continue to believe) that Jesus is the Christ,
  the Son of God, and that believing you may have
  life through his name.
• hina pisteuete or hina pisteusete

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Nature of Jesus

• Christian DilemmaHow Do You Explain One Who Is
  Both Divine and Human?

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NATURE OF JESUS

• Docetic Jesus Only Seemed to Be Human
• Incarnation Jesus Was God in a Human Body
• Agency Jesus Was Sent By God in a Human Form
• Adoption Jesus, a Good Man, Was Adopted As
  Gods Messiah

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JOHNINCARNATION

• Prologue to JohnIncarnation

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PROLOGUE TO JOHN

• The Word Was God John 11-2
• The Word and Creation John 13-5
• The Word in the World John 110-14
• The Word Reveals God John 116-18
• Compare with Heb. 11-3

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HYMNS SIMILAR TO PROLOGUE

• Hebrews 11-3
• Philippians 26-11
• Colossians 115-20

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CLASS OUTLINE

• Sep 13Introduction to John
• Sep 20Introduction to John (Cont.)
• Sep 27PurposeBuilding Faith (2031)
• Oct 4Jesus as Word
• Oct 25Jesus as Living Bread
• Nov 1Jesus as Light of the World
• Nov 8Jesus as Living Water
• Nov 15Jesus as Resurrection and Life
• Nov 22Jesus and Jewish Festivals
• Nov 29Jesus Glorification

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JESUS AS WORD

• In the beginning was the Word
• And the Word was with God
• And the Word was God
• He was in the beginning with God
• John 11-2

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JESUS AS WORD

• Contemporary uses of Word
• Biblical Concept of Word Heb 412
• Word of God Comes to the Prophets Joel 11,
  Amos 12 38
• Power of Gods Word
  Jer 209, Isa 5510-11
• John Personifies Word

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JOHN 1 AND GEN 1

• And through Him all things came to be
• Without Him no created thing came into being
• What came to be through him was life
• In him was life, and that life was the light of
  mankind
• The light shines in the darkness
• And the darkness has never mastered it.
• John 13-5

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JOHN 1 AND GEN 1

• Creative Power of the WordGod Said
• Creation of Light
• Separation of Light and Darkness
• Darkness Did Not Prevail

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REJECTION OF WORD

• He was in the World
• But the world, though it owed its being to him
• Did not recognize him.
• He came to his own
• And his own people would not accept him.
• John 110-11

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INCARNATION

• So the Word became flesh
• He made his home among us,
• And we saw his glory,
• Such Glory as befits the Fathers only son,
• Full of grace and truth.
• John 114

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WORD AND WISDOM

• O.T. and Wisdom
• Job
• Proverbs
• Ecclesiastes
• LXX Wisdom Literature
• Wisdom of Solomon
• Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
• Baruch

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WORD AND WISDOM

• First of Gods CreationProv. 822-31
• Wisdom at CreationWisdom 722
• Wisdom Is PersonifiedProv. 81-4
• Wisdom Brings LifeProv. 834-36, Bar 41
• Wisdom Reflects GodWisdom725-26
• Wisdom Sent to IsraelSirach 243,7-12

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CLASS OUTLINE

• Sep 13Introduction to John
• Sep 20Introduction to John (Cont.)
• Sep 27PurposeBuilding Faith (2031)
• Oct 4Jesus as Word
• Oct 25Jesus as Living Bread
• Nov 1Jesus as Light of the World
• Nov 8Jesus as Living Water
• Nov 15Jesus as Resurrection and Life
• Nov 22Jesus and Jewish Festivals
• Nov 29Jesus Glorification