WHO WROTE IT? JOHN AND HIS BROTHER JAMES WERE TWO OF JESUS' DISCIPLES. WHAT IS INTERESTING, THROUGH, IS THAT THEY WERE WILD MEN - WANTING TO TELL OTHER PEOPLE WHAT TO DO, WILLING TO CALL DOWN FIRE FROM HEAVEN ON PEOPLE, AND SO ON. JESUS EVEN NICKNAMED THEM THE "SONS OF THUNDER"! BUT AFTER JESUS GOT TO WORK ON JOHN, HE WAS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. HE BECAME KNOWN AS THE "APOSTLE OF LOVE," AND THE LETTERS HE WROTE ARE FULL OF LOVE. SO WHEN HE TELLS US IN HIS GOSPEL WHAT JESUS CAN DO FOR PEOPLE, HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT!
WHY DID HE WRITE IT? HE WROTE THIS GOSPEL SO THAT WE COULD COME TO KNOW JESUS AS THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, AND SO THAT WE COULD FIND NEW LIFE IN HIM. HE WANTS US TO BE CHANGED, JUST AS HE HIMSELF HAS BEEN CHANGED. AND - MORE PEOPLE COME TO FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST THROUGH THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN THAN THROUGH ANY OTHER PART OF THE BIBLE. SO, AS YOU READ IT, EXPECT GOD TO SPEAKTO YOU, TOO.
OUR NOTES WILL COVER THE FIRST SIX CHAPTERS OF JOHN, WHICH INTRODUCE US TO THE UNIQUE ORIGINS OF JESUS, THE BEGINNING OF THE MINISTRY, AND TO SOME OF THE AMAZING THINGS HE DID AND THE PEOPLE HE MET. BE SURE TO READ THE REST OF THE GOSPEL IN YOUR SPARE TIME. IT'S WORTH IT. |
