John 4 : Overcoming Barriers To The Gospel

In both the Gospel of Mark and the Gospel of John, the plot develops to a turning point and then have a resolution. The development of the plot mostly rests in Jesus’s journey in gathering his disciples. In both accounts, His discipleship starts out low-key, but builds into a controversial topic among religious leaders, and ultimately leads to His conviction and crucifixion, which is the turning point in the plot. The resolution of the plot is where John and Mark differ. Mark simply ends with “For they were afraid” after they had gone to the tomb and Jesus’s body was not there. Though there is are extended versions of John that include verses 9-20 in chapter 16 that describe an account of Jesus’s resurrection, it is debated as to whether

John 2:1-11 is the story of when Jesus performs one of his most famous miracles. During a wedding in Cana, Jesus turned water into wine. Jesus’s mother Mary was also in attendance to the wedding. The main story of this passage begins when Mary informs Jesus that they have run out of wine to serve. Jesus answers, “Women, what does you concern have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.” However, a Jesus soon instructs some men to fill six water pots with water and serve the water to the guests. When the guests taste the water, they find that it has been turned into wine.

John as we know today was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. He was also the brother of James, who was also an apostle. John was the son of Zeebee and of Salome. His father was a fisherman while living in Bethsaida in Galilee on the border of the lake Gennesareth. John's mother was one of many women who gave to the maintenance of Jesus Christ. John's parents were very good people, they loved God and his son. It is said that john and his brother James were fishing when Jesus came and chose them. They were soon known as the fishers of men. The John of whom I am talking about is John the Evangelist.

Passion is when a person has total devotion and is given meaning. With Jesus as their guide, the disciples were given not only a sense of purpose but also a sense of duty. This passion towards Jesus and the religion made in his message, was imperative as it was the key factor for the disciples as they committed their lives toward the development of Christianity. “With little more than passion for the message of Jesus as their guide, the early Christians overcame numerous obstacles to ensure his legacy was maintained for the world.” The early christians not only had to live their existence in the hopes to make Christianity a recognised religion, but they needed to have the passion at the very heart of their existence for this idea to flourish. They were faced with many obstacles to overcome, including the fear of being alone, hurdles the Council of Jerusalem took control of, Paul’s missionary journeys, and persecution.

When contrasting First John to Second and Third John, you notice how First John lacks the typical stylistic features of a letter. However, the genre of First John is an epistle. This outstanding book joins twenty other letters in the New Testament. First John is probably best regarded as a written sermon or pastoral address. Walt Russell gives us clear principles when reading and interpreting an epistle. He states the following steps: read the whole epistle in one setting the get the big idea of the letter and its main contours, think in terms of the paragraphs being the main units of thought, knowing the structure of epistles helps you know where you are in the letter, and do some background reading in order to understand better the

Suppose I ask you, “What are the essentials of the gospel message?” Would you be able to articulate them clearly? For the believer to be effective in evangelism, he needs to clearly understand what Scripture declares the gospel is. Please turn to 1 Corinthians 15. The apostle Paul gives us the precise definition and content of the gospel message in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4The Gospel message in its simplest form is this: Christ died for our sins and rose from the dead. Paul mentions Christ’s burial to emphasize the reality of His death. Jesus did not merely fall unconscious on the cross and later become conscious in the tomb and found a way to escape (Swoon hypothesis). He died, and His death was a payment for our sins. Paul also in verses 5 through 8 includes a list of eyewitnesses to support the reality of the resurrection. The gospel literally means “good news”. It is good news because it is an answer to the problem of sin. The good news is that Christ has provided a way for sinners to be forgiven instead of punished. We are all sinners by nature and by choice. We have all failed to live according to God’s standard of perfection (Rom 3:23). Because of this, we are separated from God and deserve to spend eternity in hell (Rom 6:23). By ourselves we can do nothing to be reconciled with God because we cannot pay for our own sin. But God loves us so much that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ to this world to do what we cannot on our behalf. Without ceasing to be God, Jesus became a

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

In the Gospel of John 4:5-42 Jesus was walking through Samaria and when he became tired he stopped at a well. A woman came to the well and Jesus asked her for a drink. She responded how can a Jew ask a Samaritan for a drink. Jesus then begins telling the woman of living water and tells her to go get her husband and to return but the woman says she does not have a husband. Jesus says to her the she has five and the woman recognized him as a prophet because Jesus knew everything about her.. Then came the disciples and were shocked to see that Jesus was talking to the Samaritan woman. When the woman left the well she left her jar behind and began to tell of her encounter. When people heard her story they

The Gospel of John proclaims: “whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him at the last day. For my flesh is true food and my blood true drink” (Jn 6:54-55). The words of Apostle John give us the ultimate assurance of the many blessings that the Cross of Christ has won for us in which, there overflows numerous blessings which come to us whenever we participate in Eucharistic sacrifice, because to receive the Eucharist during Mass, is to receive Christ Himself who has offered himself for us, who promised his disciples eternal life and intimate union with him. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that, our Christian life has foundation in the Eucharistic banquet and we need daily nourishment from it in our pilgrimage journey until the moment of death, when it will be given to us as viaticum.

Explanation: The Gospel of John begins like no other. It begins, not at Jesus’ birth, not at the time of the prophets, not even at Adam, but in the very beginning, before there was anything. Anything, that is, except God and the Word who was God. John introduces this Word as the light and the life and the creator of everything. And yet his own creation did not know him. At this point, the man whom Jesus called the greatest prophet of all (Luke 7:28) is introduced: John the Baptist. He came to wake the world up to see their creator that had come to them. Truly, he came to “prepare the way of the Lord” (Isaiah 40:3), a light to testify of the Light that was even already come. John’s role was to open the eyes of the world to see the Christ that had come: the Savior they did not recognize or receive, the Light they,

John the Baptist has the privilege of baptizing Jesus therefore he plays an important role in not only the Gospel of Mark, but in Jesus’ life. John proclaimed, “The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.” (Mark 1:7-8) This baptism was showing that we need to “repent for the forgiveness of our sins.” (Mark 1:4) John is aware of how mighty Jesus is, and knows that he is the coming of God, the man of all creation. John baptized Him in the Jordan, where afterwards Jesus “saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.” (Mark 1:10) Evidently, Jesus being baptized

The fourth Gospel, book of John, has been attributed to the apostle John (Harris, 2011, pg. 232). The apostle John was the son of Zebedee, and brother of James which are fishermen. They created a circle, including Paul and followed Jesus closely throughout all his transgressions. It was not until years later, leading churchmen accepted as John’s composition (Harris, 2011, pg. 233).

John’s stress in the first three chapters of Revelation fits with his theme of perseverance in his other works. In his Gospel, John teaches that Jesus will lose no one who the Father gives to him, but will raise them all up (John 6:39). This declaration still requires that the church believes on Jesus if they want to experience salvation on the last day (John 6:40). John goes on to write that no one can take believers out of Jesus’ or the Father’s hand. (John 10:28-29). This again is a reassurance that they can’t be separated from believing and following Jesus (John 10:26-27). At the end of the Gospel, John provides an example of perseverance. Jesus restores repentant Peter even though he denied him three times during the most crucial

When reading the book of the John it is important to know the genre which is the Gospel. Before reading the book of John it important to know the main focus and intentions of the book which is that the Gospel is primarily focused on the life of Jesus and its main objective is to prove that Jesus was indeed the Messiah. As Russel puts it by reading the Gospel, readers can discover the charactersists of Jesus and learn about his teachings that serve as an outstanding model for all Christians who seek spiritual growth. One must keep in mind also the various directions for interpreting the Gospels which in the book of John contain six which include: emphasizing the broader context when reading, studying

John the Baptist's main purpose on earth was to prepare the way for Jesus Christ. In the book Encountering the New Testament, the authors state "John recognized himself as a transitional figure who was a forerunner of the Messiah” (page 109). The four Gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John - hold the accounts of John's life. John preached on the end of the age, the coming of the Messiah, and the final judgment. He baptized people in water and had a group of disciples around him, but he ultimately prepared the world for Jesus Christ. As John baptized with water, Jesus baptized with the Holy Spirit and fire. Just as John had disciples, so did Jesus. John urged his own disciples to follow the Messiah instead of him. Because of his preaching about