Exposition of the Gospel of St. John, vol. 1
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
In volume one, Robert Govett expounds on the inherent purpose of the Gospel of John in context to the collective Synoptic Gospels. Seeking to clarify the historical context around when John's Gospel was scribed, Robert Govett examines the impacts of Gnosticism and Judaism on the church. Volume one covers chapters one through ten in the text.
Top Highlights
“How do any receive Christ? By baptismal regeneration? Nay; but by believing in Him as Son of God (20:31). He, then, is no Christian, and no son of God, who does not believe. The attempt to ‘Christen,’ or to make a Christian of any, by an ordinance of water without faith, is ruinous.” (Page 18)
Robert Govett (1813–1901) was educated at Worcester College, Oxford receiving both his Bachelors and Masters. Govett went on to become Vicar of Bexley, Kent and later at St. Stephens, Norwich. Govett's writings include Isaiah Unfulfilled, The Prophecy of Olivet or Matthew 24–25 Expounded, The Sermon on the Mount Expounded, and What is the Church: The Argument of Ephesians.