John 1
(4) reveals that "Word" = Christ because the Word is the "Light of men"
(1) Christ was God but separate from God
(1) Christ took part in creation...afterall God spoke (Christ = Word) and things came into being
(14) Christ was 100% Man..."And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us"
(17) comparison between "Law through Moses" & "grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ)...Law was temporary atonement but Christ was permanent forgiveness

John's Witness to the Priests & Levites
(23) "I am A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,' as Isaiah the prophet said" = Isaiah 40:3...Christians' purpose is to enable others to see the glory of God

John's Witness at Christ's Baptism
Baptism = Identify with Christ's death, burial, and resurrection
(31) John, a man, can only baptize in water...yes purification...but cannot purify the inner man
(33) Jesus, our Savior, baptizes in the Holy Spirit...yes purification...and it DOES PURIFY THE INNER MAN and offers a hope for mankind

First Apostles model evangelism & just share Gospel with each other

John 2
Christ Changes Water to Wine (CB to this)

Christ Cleanses the Temple
Jesus threw out people not desiring to worship God
Jesus had a RIGHTEOUS ANGER
What qualities of this anger did he have?
Controlled - No personal injury or else Roman city soldiers would've come
Thought out - Made a whip of coords & took to time to deem his actions necessary
Inconvenience sinners - all to bring the point to better God
Can inconvenience others...but it must be THOUGHT OUT!

(21) Christ is perma-atonement not temporary
Belief in Scripture & Jesus
vs
(23) Christ's signs are what people follow...sad
We need faith in Him, not peopel showing up


John 3
Christ Witnesses to Nicodemus
-Nicodemus seeks salvation and Christ willingly tells him about it
-Christ evangelizes to those who seek Him
-(5) One needs the Holy Spirit to enter heaven (which is received at justification)
-(5) born of water (OT reference, CB to this) & Spirit
-(8) Holy Spirit is like the wind...it is invisible and can't see where it is nor where it comes from BUT YOU KNOW IT IS THERE and you SEE ITS RESULTS & SEE ITS POWER
-(16) What does "believe in Christ" mean in this overly used verse?
It is clarified in 21 "practices the truth"...it's not simply believing like it says in James 2:19 that even the demons believe in Christ, God, & HolySpirit.

John the Baptist Witnesses Concerning Christ
-John the Baptist EVANGELIZES FOR GOD & CHRIST, not himself
-(30) "He must increase, but I must decrease"

John 4
Christ Witnesses to the Women in the Well
-Christ evangelizes to the unsuspecting even if it's compeltely random because people want to hear the truth but don't realize it themselves
-(15) Samaritan women doesn't understand Jesus's reference to living water (OT reference, CB to this)...she isn't thinking she needs salvation at all
-(16) Jesus goes into her need for salvation...
-(19) Samaritan women agrees she is a sinner but only sees Christ as a prophet...she doesn't think about needing a Savior
-(21-22) Jesus goes into her need for a Savior
-(23-24) about heaven
-(25) She knows that a Savior is coming
-(26) Jesus says who He is

-(39) How one person's salvation can result in many others' salvation

Christ WItnesses to the Disciples
(34) Jesus, who we call Lord, desires to further God's Kingdom to his own detriment
Jesus wants us to do the same and further God's Kingdom (no command to our detriment, but it is inevitable)

Christ Heals the Nobelman's Son
(50) God and Christ reward absolute faith in Him

John 5
The Healing at Bethesda
v3b,4 = not included in older versions of Bible...so dunno what to do about them...unimportant
v.8 Christ heals a lame man on the Sabbath day
v.14 That man is in the temple...unknown whether he is religious or not
But Jesus says, "Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you."
Unknown whether he was immoral before...but our salvation should reflect a heart of that no longer wants to sin

How do you know Pharisees/Jews were not godly men?
Their issue was about doing work on the Sabbath, are they so callous that they would shun a man from healing the sick on the Sabbath...cmon

v.19-30 Jesus testifies how He is the Son of God
v. 39, 40, 46 = Jesus says Scriptures testify about Messiah & claims that He is Messiah
Jews got angry and wanted to kill Jesus
v.17 "My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working"

John 6
Five Thousand Fed
v.9 = little boy gives up a meager amount to Christ...Christ can do great things with anything/anyone!
v.19 = Jesus walks on water
v.26 = Rebuke - yes or no? Yes because Christ tells them NOT to do something in 27.
v.27 = Do not think solely about this world...think about eternity
v.35 = Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who bleieves in Me will never thirst."
v.37 = "All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out"
?! v.51-59 = We are to eat Christ's flesh and drink His blood...? Metaphorically, eating and drinking are necessary for physical life so Christ is ncessary for spiritual life.
v.65-66 = Jesus loses many followers because he says "no one can come to me unless it has been granted hi from the Father"

Chapter 7
v.18 = "He who speaks from himself seeks his own gloryu; but He who is seeking the gory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him" ... everything I say should be grounded in the Word not myself
v.24 = "Do not judge according to appearnce, but judge with righteous judgment" (context is Jews are seeking to kill Jesus)...so we can judge with righteousnly

Chapter 8
v.7 & 11 = No immediate condemnation != No justice...justice will be executed when Christ gets crucified
v.34-36 = ?

Chapter 9
Healing of Blind Man
v.3 "It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him.
v.16 Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man is not from God, because he does not keep the Sabbath."
-What kind of moral leaders look at the healing of a blind man in this light? Do they not show happiness at all?
-Do they look to understand the law correctly? Is this profitable work that God has forbade? Is this true, sweat work? No!
v.28 "You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses"
-Do they not realize Moses is God's disciple?

Chapter10
v.25 "the works that I do in My Father's name, these testify of Me"
-salvation revealed by someone's works (in line with God's standards) & someone's verbal intentions in doing those works (glorify God)

Chapter 11
v14-15 "So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead, and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him."
Things occur so that we may believe. Bad things lead to believing.

Chapter 12
v7-8 "Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial. For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me."
-Christ deserves to be glorified & Mary recognizes this, thus she spends money that could go to the poor on Him...it is a form of worship and He allows her to do so.
-NOT saying that poor are unimportant
-Giving to poor can be form of worship too

Chapter 13
v.14 "If I then, the Lord and Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet"
-Serve like Christ, the most humble person ever
v.37-38 Peter: "I will lay down my life for You." Jesus: "Truly, truly, I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times."

Chapter 14
v6 "I am the way and the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father but throug hMe.
v14 If you ask Me anything *in My name*, I will do it.
v16-18,26 = Holy Spirit..."He will giv eyou anotehr Helper....that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot breceive, because it does not see Him or know Him...the Helper, the Holy Spirit...He will teach you all things

Chapter 15
v5 "apart from Me you can do *nothing*"
v7 "if you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you"
-All our prayers will be granted...IFF...we abide in God (we are one with God, we are one with His will)

Chapter 16
v7 = One blessing of Christ's departure to heaven is the impartation of the Holy Spirit.
v8 = The Holy Spirit convicts the *world*? How if Holy Spirit is just for Christians?
v12-15 = Holy Spirit is God.
v20 = "you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy"
-The world will be happy when Christ dies and his followers will cry.
-But they will see Christ again (after death, which they aren't thinking about)

Chapter 17
v3 "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent."
v19 "For their sakes I santicy Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth."
-My actions help teach others and help others grow...I need to give others an example.

Chapter 18
v11 "the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?"
-Accept God's plan for my life...even if it hurts and I'm scared

Chapter 19
"You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been give you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin"
-Christ exemplifies submitting to government even though government will make the wrong choice and allow him to be killed
v19 Pilate also wrote..."Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews" ... "What I have written I have written"
-Did Pilate acknowledge Christ's deity?

Chapter 20
v23 "If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have ben forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained"
They don't determine salvation. But they preach the Gospel. If they let go of their sins, they will be saved. If they don't, they will be punished.
v25 "Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe"
-We do want physical proof of God & Christ. But it nullifies faith...Christ says, "Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed." v.29

Chapter 21
Jesus commands Peter to "Tend My Lambs...Shepherd My sheep....Tend my sheep" out of love for His Savior. This is what loving Christ means, it means bringing people to Christ.