Watch our overview video on the gospel of john, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. John 20, new international version niv the bible app. God seeks people to worship him in spirit and truth desiring god. The ordinary meaning of need not be departed from cf. Martyn lloydjones 18991981 was a welsh evangelical minister who preached and taught in the reformed tradition. In johns gospel, seeing is regularly equated with believing. What miracle of jesus is mentioned only by john in his. Why you should hate your life sunday, 21 september 2014 john 12. The first one started off vague, but they got better.
In my opinion, however, the same situation described in 1 and 2 john lies behind 3 john as well. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the spirit and in truth. True, godly love is the most powerful evidence of being born again as a child of god. Nevertheless, most nt scholars seem prepared to acknowledge that 1 john 2. There is something true about the whole bible that is especially true about the gospel of john. The gospel of john a study guide pastor ryan mobley delta church 408 s. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of john in the bible new international version. Jesus said to her, you are right in saying, i have no husband. Johns calling to be a disciple of the lord is described in the synoptic gospels math. Introduction the man and the gospel he wrote there are no more controversial books in the bible than the 4 gospels.
John and his brother james were full of zeal for the lord jesus. The major part of this chapter recalls jesus interaction with the. In john, jesus becomes human as the incarnation of the creator god of. Jesus talks with a samaritan woman now jesus learned that the pharisees had heard that he was gaining and baptizing more disciples than john although. This is not merely what we feel, but what we do for others. John declares, but these are written that you may believe that jesus is the messiah, the son of god, and that by believing you may have life in his name john. God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth. In fact, the pharisees had taken notice of his success and saw an opportunity to create a division between his ministry and that of another. Jesus said to her, you are right when you say you have no husband. To whom was jesus speaking when he said this verse. John 2 on the third day there was a wedding at cana in.
The book went through two to three stages, or editions, before reaching its current form, at the latest, around ad 80100. By this time word had filtered out to them that jesus was baptizing even more than john. I often read two or three at a time for my brief devotion at night. Gospel, the one thought which unlocks all its treasures, and to the elucidation of which, in all its aspects, the whole book is devoted, is, the word was made flesh.
Jesus answered and said to her, everyone who drinks of this water shall thirst again. Who was the father of john, the writer of the gospel according to john. But these things have i told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that i told you of them. John 4 is the fourth chapter of the gospel of john in the new testament of the christian bible. It is written anonymously, although it identifies an unnamed disciple whom jesus loved as the source of its. In a world that hates jesus, we are called to love him and his. Tony evans challenges christians who have grown comfortable and complacent in their faith. People were flocking to jesus rapidly, and his disciples were baptizing people in droves. This is the 9th sermon in the light and life series from the gospel of john. He was prominent in the early church but is not mentioned by name in this gospel which would be natural if he wrote it, but hard to explain otherwise. John 4, new international version niv the bible app.
Only when you let in the light of the last utterance of our text, i that speak unto thee am he, do we. Jesus said to her, go, call your husband, and come here. No prophet is acceptable in his village, no physician heals those who know him. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7 as well as the cloth that had been wrapped around jesus. John with book summary versebyverse bible commentary.
A wellknown bible expositor and conference speaker, he has written more than six dozen books, including the macarthur new testament commentary series and the macarthur study bible. A month later than the passover it could not be said that much grass was in. This is part 6 in a 23part study on the book of john. After christs ascension, john became a pillar in the jerusalem church gal. The tragic cost of her cavernous thirst desiring god. Every spirit that acknowledges that jesus christ has come in the flesh is from god, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge jesus is. In the context of the gospel, and this particular woman, her heart is still hardened and not. The author is the apostle john, the disciple whom jesus loved. Book of john the wonderful good news the book of john proclaims the wonderful good news of jesus christ. The gospel of john 5 these 21 devotions, one taken from each chapter in john, are very short but meaningful. John 4 now when jesus learned that the pharisees had. Macarthur pastors grace community church in sun valley, california, and serves as president of the masters college and seminary.
This valuable note of time is confirmed by another hint incidentally dropped. Were looking at john 4 and well be looking at the woman of samaria but its more than that because in this chapter, jesus ministers to a number of people the samaritan woman, his disciples in a brief text, the samaritans from the village of sychar and at the end, he ministers to the nobleman and his household. Comfortable christianity often means a weak christianity. John bible book with full chapters new international. Bible reading schedule for 1 john lesson 1 i john 1. His principal ministry was at westminster chapel, in central london, from 19391968, where he delivered multiyear expositions on books of the bible such as romans, ephesians and the gospel of john. Jesus said unto her, thou hast well said, i have no husband. But whoever partakes of the spirit of grace, and the comforts of the gospel, shall never want that which will abundantly satisfy his soul. Jesus has been in judea, ministering with his disciples. Now the passover, the feast of the jews, was at hand.
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