After a short review of Chapter 1 we will examine the inaugural event of Jesus’ Ministry, The Wedding at Cana. This story, unique to John’s Gospel has several interesting facets. Let’s take a look. Download week-20.mp3 – Right click on this link and choose “Save link as…”.
Today we complete our study of John’s Gospel chapter one. In the last phrase of verse 51 Jesus makes a statement about Himself which blends two Old Testament ideas, one being a reference to Jacob’s dream as recorded in Genesis 28 and the other as a direct reference to “Son of Man” from Daniel chapter […]
The last exchange in chapter one is between Nathanael and Jesus. There are several interesting components in this exchange of which the Moot Men will discuss in this session. However, what is most interesting is the last phrase of verse 51 where Jesus is quoted making a statement about Himself and in so doing, He […]
Today we continue our look at the calling of the first four disciples of Jesus. We examine their distinctive’s and then move to correlation of their commonalities. Each of the four had a barrier to address in order to follow Jesus. The Moot Men will then go to table time to discuss this idea of […]
Today we hear the first spoken words of Jesus as recorded in Johns’ Gospel. These words, though directed to two early followers form a question for all followers of Jesus. Let’s take a look at this question and then explore the exchange between Jesus and His first two followers. Download week-16.mp3 – Right […]
Within this section John (the Baptist) exclaims two times, “I did not recognize Him,” meaning, Jesus. Of course, we then respond by asking, “How did John fail to recognize his cousin?” Today we examine this question and then an even more probing question related to our experience with Jesus Christ. Download week-15.mp3 – […]
Today we examine the second segment of John’s witness by examining two key terms John uses to identify Jesus Christ. These terms were rich in meaning to the first century readers of John’s Gospel. John uses these two terms to help his audience understand the mission of Jesus. Let’s take a look. Download […]
Day one of John’s Witness is about clarifying the focus of what God is doing at this point in time, that being the Eternal Word has now become flesh in and through Jesus Christ. Here in day two the mission of Christ becomes crystal clear through John’s testimony. John makes two clarifying declarations regarding Christ’s […]
To the inquiry, “Who are you?” John first responded by stating who he was not. After a short review and concluding thoughts regarding this segment of John’s Witness, the Moot Men will go to table time to probe John’s response to his questioners. Download week-12.mp3 – Right click on this link and choose […]
We have completed our study of John’s prologue to his gospel. We now move into the remainder of the chapter which serves as a transitional segment to the remainder of the book. The movement is from John (the Baptist’s) role as “Witness” to The Word Incarnate (Jesus) as the central figure in the story. The […]
This week we conclude our study of John’s Prologue to his Gospel. We will look closely at verses 15-18. After our examination we will go to Table Time to discuss what we have learned. Download week-10.mp3 – Right click on this link and choose “Save link as…”.
This week and next we will be concluding our study of the prologue to John’s Gospel. As we move into verses 15-18 we will first place them in context to what we have already learned. In today’s portion of this wrap-up we will be using a handout to visualize the flow of thought as we […]
Today we conclude our examination of verse 14 by looking closely at the phrase, “grace and truth.” Similar to “only begotten son,” this phrase also triggers an Old Testament idea which John’s readers would have known. Like last time, we will look at the historical meaning of this phrase and how John applies the phrase […]
Today we examine the phrase, “We beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten of the father.” For us, living 2000 plus years removed from this statement, we naturally and appropriately attach “the only begotten Son,” as referring to Jesus Christ. However, this phrase pre-dates the incarnation. Today we look at the historical meaning […]
Today we continue our look at this key juncture in Johns prologue to his Gospel. This statement in verse 14 seems to parallel John’s opening thoughts in verse 1-4. In addition, there appears to be a connection to God’s dwelling in the midst of His people first recorded in Exodus and then later seen as […]
Today we begin our look at this key juncture in Johns prologue to his Gospel. The text reads, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” After a brief summary of the first thirteen verses we will introduce this text and then go to table time to discuss it’s meaning. Download week-5.mp3 – […]
Today our comments relate to verses 9-13 of John’s Prologue to his Gospel. In order to follow the author’s thought, we are interpreting this text as relating to the pre-incarnate Word, who constantly through all ages has spoken light into the darkness. The darkness most commonly, has not received the light. However, there are some […]
Verse six introduces John, who in the other Gospels is referred to as The Baptist. John, the Apostle and author of this book then describes John’s role and relationship to the Word. In today’s study we will be looking at why the author included this segment at this time within his book. No Audio […]
We come to verse five of chapter one and we find ourselves at our first interpretive fork in the road. What is John saying about the interaction between light and darkness? Let’s explore this interesting juncture. Download week-2.mp3 – Right click on this link and choose “Save link as…”.
Today we begin our study of the Gospel of John by beginning where John begins. John begins his Gospel by looking back at the very beginning. For the next few weeks and in order to build a framework for understanding his Gospel we will be looking back as well. In do so we will be […]