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  • Author and Time of Writing

    Written approximately 80 - 95 A.D.
    Author does not identify himself
    Was an eyewitness
    He was close enough to Jesus to know him
    Even though he does not identify himself it is clear in the book who he is
    He was a Jew
    Acquainted with the Hebrew Old Testament
    Familiar with the Jewish feasts
    Familiar with Jewish customs
    The Author is the Apostle John, the One Whom Jesus Loved, John 21:20
    John 21:20 NKJV
    Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?”
    The purpose of the book, John 20:31
    John 20:31 NKJV
    but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

    The Word, John 1:1-14

    He is Deity, John 1:1-2
    John 1:1–2 (NKJV)
    In a beginning was the Word and the Word was with the God, and the Word was Deity. This One was in a beginning with the God.
    Beginning is not specific. He existed before any beginning
    He is facing the God - Referring to God the Father
    He is Deity ( the Word was Deity)
    All Things Came to be through Him, John 1:3
    John 1:3 (NKJV)
    All things through Him came to be, and apart from Him not one thing came to be which came to be
    All Thing Through Him and For Him, Colossians 1:15-16
    Colossians 1:15–16 NKJV
    He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
    All Things were created by the Jesus Christ, Ephesians 3:8-9
    Ephesians 3:8–9 NKJV
    To me, who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things through Jesus Christ;
    He made the ages, Hebrews 1:2
    Hebrews 1:2 (NKJV)
    has in these last days spoken to us by a Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the ages;
    He is life and the light of men, John 1:4
    John 1:4 NKJV
    In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
    The life of God in Activity, Hebrews 1:3
    Hebrews 1:3 NKJV
    who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
    He wrapped Himself in flesh, Philippians 2:5-8
    Philippians 2:5–8 NKJV
    Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
    This life is eternal life
    The one who has the Son has life, 1 John 5:12
    1 John 5:12 NKJV
    He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.
    In Him is life, John 6:48
    John 6:48 NKJV
    I am the bread of life.
    Men Could Not Grasp Hold Of the Light, John 1:5
    John 1:5 (NKJV)
    And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness could not grasp (καταλαμβάνω) it.
    This does not mean to comprehend (συνίημι)
    It is to grasp hold of, Mark 9:17-18
    Mark 9:17–18 NKJV
    Then one of the crowd answered and said, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit. And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not.”
    Caught, John 8:4
    John 8:4 NKJV
    they said to Him, “Teacher, this woman was caught in adultery, in the very act.
    Overtaken, 1 Thessalonians 5:4
    1 Thessalonians 5:4 NKJV
    But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief.
    Men wanted to grasp hold of the light so they could control it.
    The actual work for comprehend is seen in Luke 24:45
    Luke 24:45
    And He opened their minds to comprehend (συνίημι) the Scriptures.
    The One Sent to Testify Concerning the Light, John 1:6-8
    He was sent by God, John 1:6
    John 1:6 NKJV
    There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
    He bore witness of the light, John 1:7
    John 1:7 NKJV
    This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all through him might believe.
    He was not the light, John 1:8
    John 1:8 NKJV
    He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.
    God told Israel this witness would be sent, Isaiah 40:3
    Isaiah 40:3 NKJV
    The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert A highway for our God.
    John testifies that he is the one God spoke of, John 1:23
    John 1:23 NKJV
    He said: “I am ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
    He is the true light, John 1:9
    John 1:9 NKJV
    That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
    He was in the world, John 1:10
    John 1:10 (NKJV)
    He was in the world, and the world was came to be through Him, and the world did not know Him.
    He came to His own but they did not receive Him, John 1:11
    John 1:11 (NKJV)
    He came to His own things, and His own people did not receive Him.
    Those given the authority to become children of God, John 1:12-13
    John 1:12–13 (NKJV)
    But as man as received Him, He gave them the authority to become children of God, the ones believing on His name
    They were not the children of God at this time
    After the resurrection of Christ
    We are born again, from above, John 3:3; 1 Peter 1:23
    John 3:3 NKJV
    Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
    1 Peter 1:23 NKJV
    having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,
    We are legitimate children of God, 1 John 3:2
    1 John 3:2 NKJV
    Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
    This birth is not by the desirous will of men nor of blood, John 1:13
    John 1:13 (NKJV)
    the ones not born out from blood nor out from a desirous will of flesh nor out from a desirous will of humans, but out from God.
    Not the Jews by Birth - by Blood, Romans 9:6-7
    Romans 9:6–7 NKJV
    But it is not that the word of God has taken no effect. For they are not all Israel who are of Israel, nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “In Isaac your seed shall be called.”
    This birth is by the desirous will of God alone, Romans 9:16
    Romans 9:16 NKJV
    So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.
    The Word Dwelt Among Us, John 1:14
    John 1:14 NKJV
    And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.

    Scripture Reading

    John 1:1–14
    In a beginning was the Word and the Word was with the God and the Word was Deity. This One was in a beginning with the God. All things came to be through Him, and apart from Him not one thing came to be that came to be. In Him was life and the life was the light of humans. And the light shines in the darkness and the darkness does not grasp it. A man came to be, send alongside God, his name is John. This one was sent unto a witness in order that he should testify concerning the light, in order that all should believe through him. That one was not the light, but in order that he should testify concerning the light. The true light was, which illuminates all humans, the ones brought into the world. He was in the world, and the world through Him came to be, and the world did not know Him. He came unto his own things and His own [people] did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, He gave them the authority to become children of God, to the ones believing on His name. The ones born not out from bloods, nor out from a desirous will of flesh nor out from a desirous will of men, but out from God. And the Word came to be flesh and He tented among us, and we beheld His glory, the proper opinion as the one of a kind from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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      • John 21:20NA28

      • John 20:31NA28

      • Colossians 1:15–16NA28

      • Ephesians 3:8–9NA28

      • John 1:4NA28

      • Hebrews 1:3NA28

      • Philippians 2:5–8NA28

      • 1 John 5:12NA28

      • John 6:48NA28

      • Mark 9:17–18NA28

      • John 8:4NA28

      • 1 Thessalonians 5:4NA28

      • Luke 24:45NA28

      • John 1:6NA28

      • John 1:7NA28

      • John 1:8NA28

      • Isaiah 40:3NA28

      • John 1:23NA28

      • John 1:9NA28

      • John 3:3NA28

      • 1 Peter 1:23NA28

      • 1 John 3:2NA28

      • Romans 9:6–7NA28

      • Romans 9:16NA28

      • John 1:14NA28

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