The Book Of 1 John

In the Gospel of John we see in the first four verses that he makes a very powerful statement linking the Word, God, Life and the Light as all being one, a person. He does this by saying, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him and without him nothing came to be. What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race.” (JN 1:1-4). Jesus is the light that is spoken about in the first chapter of the Gospel of John. Without this light we are lost, but if we follow the light we will be saved from our evil ways and have hope.

John 1: 1-14 one of the most important sections in the entire Bible. It serves as an almost perfect description to Jesus Christ and everything he stood for. As well as his purpose here on earth. As a person who had never opened a Bible before this class I never had a favorite section or passage obviously. After learning out this one however I’ve decided it is my favorite. It sets up the Book of John so well, also finding a way to reference the very beginning of the Old Testament. I find that to be incredibly cool and methodical.

The book posits that it is possible that the book of 1 John be a response to the First Century heresy of Gnosticism, which is defined by our text as “[taking] a dualistic view of the cosmos, typically insisting that only the spirit was pure and good and that the physical world, the creation of an inferior god, was inherently corrupt. Imprisoned in physical bodies, humans could escape the world of decaying matter only through precious knowledge” (Harris, 2012: 422). As a branch of Gnosticism, members of the Johannine church took the notion of Docetism as truth, which “held that Jesus did not suffer physically and dies, but simply returned to heaven, his spiritual home” (Harris, 2012: 423). When John uses the words “in the flesh” in chapter four,

One of the major themes of the Book of John is to prove that Jesus is the Messiah and the Son of God. What makes these miracles so special is the difficulty faced to create them and what each is trying to teach. There are seven main miracles, seven being a significant number throughout the bible, that are used to help better understand Jesus and his true identity. We can also find a last miracle in His resurrection, which in itself is simply put that Jesus is a part of God because of how impossible this action seemed. The last miracle is sometimes skipped as a sign that Jesus is the Christ and Messiah. This book was written from true events which is why it is made important and allows people to see who Jesus is. The reason

The book of 1 John was written by John, son of Zebedee, who was part of Jesus’ inner circle (Aland 834). Although the book does not specifically state the author or the audience, each has been identified by historians over time (Paul, Rosner, and Mosser 261). During the time that John wrote his letters, considering they focus on the same problems, we assume that this was during a time where the Christian community was being threatened by false teachings. This threat was very serious and “appears to have arisen from within their Christian community,” which is why John spends most of the time addressing this problem (Dodd 146). The “traditional idea is that the letter of John originated from Asia Minor is sound” (Dodd 147). But, to be specific, there is evidence that they were written in the town of Ephesus as well as the Fourth Gospel. Because the letter have been closely associated with the Gospel of

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

The theme of John in writing his Gospel is the manifestation of Christ’s glory. To accomplish his purpose the apostle selects some of those things in the life and work of Christ that exhibit most clearly his true character and mission (Vaughn, 1965). John explicitly said in his purpose statement (John 20:30-31) that the aim of his Gospel is to present Jesus as the promised Messiah of the Old Testament Scriptures and the unique Son of God. John’s primary means of revealing Jesus as the divine Messiah is the seven sign-miracles and their attendant contexts of teaching, all of which are recorded in the first twelve chapters (Kim, 2010).

There are four gospels, which introduce information about Jesus Christ. They are Mark, Matthew, Luck and John.

Hindson, Ed. & Yates, Gary. The Essence of the Old Testament: A Survey. 2012. B&H Publishing Group. Nashville, Tennessee.

All of the Gospels describe the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, but each author illustrates the stories differently. Scholars believe Mark is the first Gospel written and is symbolized by a lion to denote Christ as powerful and fast-paced. The Book of John, understood to be the last gospel composed, is perceived as an eagle because the story differs greatly and is often more developed than the other Gospels. Comparing John 2 to the Gospel of Mark will depict unique themes and characteristics of Jesus.

Harris, S. L. (2014). The New Testament: A Student's Introduction (8th ed.). Dubuque : McGraw-Hill

In comparison to many of the initially accepted books of the Biblical canon, John’s book of Revelation was written decades later, around 96 CE, and was forced to address the failure of the kingdom’s arrival. Many earlier Biblical books argued that God’s kingdom was imminent and would arrive swiftly, but the passing of time may have led to a gradual decrease in this sense of urgency and, by extension of this, religious faith in Jesus and his teachings. In response to this, John’s contemporaries faced him with a unique challenge to renew their eschatological beliefs and answer the mystery behind the delayed coming of the kingdom of God. Within the book of Revelation, John encourages his readers to strengthen their belief in the urgency behind

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.

If you are at all familiar with the story that precedes the one in chapter ten of the Gospel of John you may remember early in chapter nine when a blind man was confronted by Jesus Christ. Most often in the Gospel stories it was Jesus who was normally confronted. Either with requests, questions or accusations. The requests ranged from ‘pleas to be healed’ or ‘please come to dinner’. The questions were numerous and at times tumultuous. The accusations increased as time drew nearer to His eventual death on accusations worst assault, the cross.

This chapter takes place in the upper room in Jerusalem. This was during the Passover feast, though some scholars say otherwise. Jesus was speaking only to the disciples. The first part of the chapter is devoted to the analogy of the vineyard and it's branches. The second part is talks about the future relationship with the "world".