Equipped 2024 - Into the Word: ”John’s Favorite Words and Themes” by Bud Woodall

2024-05-10

April 19, 2024 - Friday 11:00AM MPR 1 Speaker Speaker: Bud Woodall John 20:30-31- The Purpose of This Book 30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. By the time of the writing of his gospel John was an old man. He could remember being called to follow Jesus, the feeding of the ...

April 19, 2024 - Friday 11:00AM MPR 1 Speaker

Speaker: Bud Woodall

John 20:30-31-

The Purpose of This Book

30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

By the time of the writing of his gospel John was an old man. He could remember being called to follow Jesus, the feeding of the 5,000, Lazarus coming out of the cave, and cries of the crowd as Jesus was crucified. John could recall seeing Jesus ascending into the clouds. There were at this time already the gospels by Mathew, Mark, and Luke. But John saw that something was being missed by the readers of the other accounts.

John wants you to know Jesus, such that you may believe and have everlasting life. John's gospel uses some words more repetitively than any other gospel because of this upward focus.

John looks at Jesus's identity and the work of Jesus.