It is easy to miss but the author of this gospel, the apostle John, has given a number of different titles to Jesus. Recall that the gospel began with the description that Jesus is the Word (1:1). Jesus is called the true light (1:9) and the Only Son (1:14). He is called God in verse [...]

In our last study we read that John is the witness who is performing his God-given function. He is depreciating of himself while pointing to Jesus as the Son of God. When Jesus came toward him, he began declaring, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!” Jesus is greater [...]

The first eighteen verses of John’s gospel has described Jesus as the eternal Word. The eternal Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us and we have seen his glory. And from his fullness we have all received grace upon grace. The author will now move forward in the story and tell us about [...]

John has let us know the Word, who is the eternal God in whom is light and life, became flesh and made his dwelling among us. God came back to his people. The glory of the Lord had returned to the earth. In Jesus, God and humanity meet and Jesus reveals the immense glory of [...]

There are many times when a student comes across a reading of scripture in which he feels completely inadequate to explain. This text is one of those places. They are words that are so glorious, so profound, and so life-changing, I feel completely inadequate to take this text up. In this study we are going [...]

Previously we saw Jesus described as the eternal Word, the very message of God. In Jesus is life and that life is the light for all people. John came as a witness to the light and we noted the shocking nature of needing someone to witness to the light. The only people who need a [...]

In our first lesson from John’s gospel we noticed John’s prologue as he introduces Jesus. Jesus is the Word. He is the eternal God who reveals the message and character of God. Jesus is the creator of all things and nothing was created without him. Further, in Jesus is life. If we are not in [...]

We continue our study of the prologue to John’s gospel. In our last lesson we notice the foundational teaching that Jesus is God. John proves Jesus is God by showing that Jesus created all things and that in him is the light and the life. We also noticed that this a gospel that is filled [...]

The Gospel of John is a gospel unlike the other three. This gospel is not a narrative, even though there are narrative stories contained within it. The other three gospels were already in existence and had already been circulated at the time of the writing of this gospel. There is no need for John to [...]