High Christology in the Gospel of John

While numerous scholars say that John is the Gospel to the world (and Matthew to the Jews, Mark to the Romans, and Luke to the Greeks), a Jewish scholar such as Israel Abrahams might very well believe that the Gospel of John is the most Jewish Gospel of the four by the way it reflects Jewish traditions and symbolisms. According to David Wenham[i], there is more attention given to Jesus as the Messiah in the Gospel of John than in any of other Gospels. In John, from chapter one onwards people are directly talking about Jesus as Messiah, and then there is intense public debate about whether Jesus is Messiah or not in John 7:25-31, 41-44[ii], which indicates that John is quite mindful of Jewish issues.

The genre of John is The Gospels. The interpretive principals are: The Gospels are narratives. We should always think about the broader sweep of the narrative when we read, constantly relating the various events and teaching to those that precede and follow them. The Gospels demand some background information regarding history and culture. It is more relevant to understand the culture, values, and worldview of the people on the pages of the Gospels than to know the specific author or recipients. The focus of the Gospels is on Jesus, not on us. Our tendency in our reading of the Gospels is to reduce them primarily to sources of insight about ourselves. One of the primary goals of the Gospel writers is to prove that Jesus is the Messiah, not to prove that He is God. All of Jesus’ miracles attest the fact that He is the Messiah, the Anointed One who was long prophesied and long awaited by the people of Israel. With four different Gospels, we should do comparisons of the various Gospel accounts when appropriate. While all four Gospels share the central focus on Jesus, each writer nevertheless has the distinctive emphasis regarding the person of Christ. We must avoid the temptation to blur one Gospel account together with the other Gospels when they contain the same story. And we need to understand the centrality of the kingdom of God in the Gospels. Living obediently as a citizen of the kingdom presupposes our correct understanding of its nature. The sub-genre of

The gospel of Luke and John are gospels about Jesus and John the Baptist. They have several differences and similarities. The Gospel of Luke describes the conception and birth of John the Baptist and Jesus while the gospel of Luke describes their life after birth. Summaries, variances, and connections of these two gospels are discussed below.

"It appears, that of all the apostle John was especially favoured with our Lord's regard and confidence, so as to be called the

The Gospel of John, the last of the four gospels in the Bible, is a radical departure from the simple style of the synoptic gospels. It is the only one that does not use parables as a way of showing how Jesus taught, and is the only account of several events, including the raising of Lazarus and Jesus turning water into wine. While essentially the gospel is written anonymously, many scholars believe that it was written by the apostle John sometime between the years 85 and 95 CE in Ephesus. The basic story is that of a testimonial of one of the Apostles and his version of Jesus' ministry. It begins by telling of the divine origins of the birth of Jesus, then goes on to prove that He is the Son of

Some reader of the book of John may say that it is difficult to understand then at the same time others see it as somewhat of bewildering. In this book through a series of sermons preach by Tozer. Jesus with his deity is presented In the book And He Dwelt Among Us: Teachings from the Gospel of John, although not written by Tozer, this book consist of a collection of the sermons on the book of John. The book is compiled and edited by James L. Snyder, who himself is pastor. He write this book base on the life and ministry of A.W. Tozer. Snyder`s aim in his writing seem to be to allow his readers to experience the voice of Dr. Tozer through his sermons as one become acquainted with the One who became flesh.

The genius of the Apostle John resides in his ability to penetrate to the theological

The fact that critical Scholars question if John who wrote the fourth Gospel was John the son of Zebedee. Although the early church fathers believed that the original disciple John was in fact the same John who wrote the Gospel and that view still remains today (pg,109). One of the saints known by the name Irenaeus, who was an early Church Father and apologist, was one of many that supported the fact that John the disciple was the writer of the Gospel. The second insight was that John ensured that we looked more closely at Jesus’ human nature. John wrote about Him more as human, such examples are like, “After this He went down to

The difference between the Gospel of John and the Synoptic Gospels are that John approach is more focused on the embodiment of Jesus and how His journey was more of heavenly wisdom and divine nature. (Harris. 2014) John worldview approach gives a different structure of the Gospel which makes it very different from Matthew, Mark, and Luke and expresses the Jesus is the light even while walking the Earth.(Harris.2014) However, along with the structure, the various events that are given in the Synoptic Gospels such as the birth of Jesus, the break down of the Lord's Supper, and also the transfiguration of Christ to name a few are not mentioned or given a different chronology of when certain events transpire. Meanwhile, John gives events such

Köstenberger and colleagues agree stating the major motifs of John’s gospel as, “signs, belief, (eternal) life, and the identity of Jesus as Messiah and Son of God.” His desire to correct the false teaching that Jesus not the son of God thus denying his messiahship would inspire John to speak truth in love, something

6733). As John truly reveals who Jesus is, he provides a “distinct Johannine teaching about salvation” (Strauss, 2011, p. 6733). One could say that John has such a greater inclusion of information because he personally accounted for all that he presented. Thus, answering for the differences found in the Synoptics. It is these inclusions that heavily reveal the severity of walking in the light with God, which is crucial to our faith and effectiveness as

Johannine literature truly portrays Jesus as God, with the theme of His deity interwoven throughout numerous passages. In this respect, John’s style differs from the other four gospels, as Bickel & Jantz (1998) point out that the other three had been written prior to John’s gospel, therefore, “he wasn’t interested in just retelling the events” (p. 222). Since Jesus is the focal point of Scripture, a scholar of the New Testament with uncertainty concerning Jesus’ oneness with God will fail to perceive the crux of Christianity. Therefore, in spite of its importance, John does not focus on Jesus’ entrance into the

" Despite the massive assault on John's trustworthiness in the wake of the Enlightenment, especially by liberal German scholars, John's Gospel stands today widely rehabilitated as a reliable witness to the life, words and deeds of our Lord Jesus Christ."

One thing I find very unique about this weeks reading about the Gospel of John is that it is told in a quite differently matter than the other three possible. And accounts are the crucifixion it includes three words from the cross and these three words were not reported the used conversely throughout the other three Gospels. Thus I find this questionable about Johns gospel could be so different compared to the other three even though they all have had the same experiences especially with some stories where for example the changing of water into the wine, encounter with the Samaritan woman, and healing of a man born blind. These are all stories that have been unique to the Gospel of John and far different than

This paper will demonstrate, through an exegetical analysis of the passages, that the Apostle John, in his letter to the churches in Asia Minor, communicated vital assurances of authentic faith in Jesus Christ. By understanding John’s encouragement then, believers can contemplate their own comfort and confidence provided through faith in Christ today.