The Book of John
When we read the gospel of John, it doesn’t take long for us to see that as a “gospel” it is markedly different from the other three Synoptic accounts. John wrote about sixty years after Jesus had returned to heaven. John was concerned about the conduct of his readers. He desired that they put their salvation to work. The Spirit directed John to record events of the earthly life of Jesus which would encourage these believers to direct faith at Jesus Christ. John built his text on the structure of nine signs which Jesus performed: changing water to wine, healing the official’s son, healing the lame man, feeding five thousand, walking upon the water, healing the blind man, raising Lazarus, His own resurrection, and the net full of fish. These signs were “written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:31). The gospel is a very simple, and concise message (cf 1 Corinthians 15:1-4). It does not take a text as large as John to bring one to salvation. The faith John was encouraging was the faith of believers, not the unsaved. Believers have eternal life (1 John 5:11-12), but not all believers live out their eternal life. Eternal life refers to a "quality" of life, rather than just a quantity (ie. everlasting life) as some might think. For believers to live out their eternal life, they must live by faith in the Son on a moment by moment basis. God has given us promises related to His Son. We are to believe those promises. The foundation for some of those promises is seen in these signs which Jesus performed, and elaborated on in His accompanying words. Directly related to these promises is our receiving from His fullness “the grace” and “the truth” (John 1:17). As we study John’s account, we will see these two demonstrated in Jesus’ earthly life. These encourage us to
go on believing and to have life in His character.
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| 06/19/05 | John #1 | Download  |
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| 06/26/05 | John #2 | Download |
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| 07/03/05 | John #3 | Download |
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| 07/10/05 | John #4 | Download |
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| 07/17/05 | John #5 | Download |
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| 07/24/05 | John #6 | Download |
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| 08/07/05 | John #7 | Download |
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| 08/14/05 | John #8 | Download |
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| 08/21/05 | John #9 | Download |
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| 08/28/05 | John #10 | Download |
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| 09/04/05 | John #11 | Download |
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| 09/25/05 | John #12 | Download |
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| 10/16/05 | John #13 | Download |
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| 10/23/05 | John #14 | Download |
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| 11/07/05 | John #15 | Download |
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| 11/14/05 | John #16 | Download |
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| 12/04/05 | John #17 | Download |
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| 12/11/05 | John #18 | Download |
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| 12/18/05 | John #19 | Download |
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| 01/08/06 | John #20 | Download |
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| 01/15/06 | John #21 | Download |
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| 01/22/06 | John #22 | Download |
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| 02/05/06 | John #23 | Download |
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| 02/19/06 | John #24 | Download |
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| 02/26/06 | John #25 | Download |
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| 03/05/06 | John#26 | Download |
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| 03/19/06 | John #27 | Download |
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| 04/02/06 | John #28 | Download |
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| 04/09/06 | John #29 | Download |
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| 04/23/06 | John #30 | Download |
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| 06/04/06 | John #31 | Download |
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| 06/11/06 | John #32 | Download |
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| 06/25/06 | John #33 | Download |
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| 07/02/06 | John #34 | Download |
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| 07/23/06 | John #35 | Download |
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| 08/13/06 | John #36 | Download |
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| 08/20/06 | John #37 | Download |
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| 08/27/06 | John #38 | Download |
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| 09/10/06 | John #39 | Download |
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| 09/17/06 | John #40 | Download |
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| 09/24/06 | John #41 | Download |
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| 10/01/06 | John #42 | Download |
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| 10/15/06 | John #43 | Download |
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| 10/22/06 | John #44 | Download |
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| 11/05/06 | John #45 | Download |
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| 11/12/06 | John #46 | Download |
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| 11/26/06 | John #47 | Download |
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| 12/03/06 | John #48 | Download |
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| 12/10/06 | John #49 | Download |
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| 01/07/07 | John #50 | Download |
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| 01/14/07 | John #51 | Download |
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| 01/21/07 | John #52 | Download |
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| 01/28/07 | John #53 | Download |
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| 02/04/07 | John #54 | Download |
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| 02/18/07 | John #55 | Download |
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| 02/25/07 | John #56 | Download |
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| 03/11/07 | John #57 | Download |
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| 03/25/07 | John #58 | Download |
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| 04/01/07 | John #59 | Download |
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| 04/15/07 | John #60 | Download |
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| 05/06/07 | John #61 | Download |
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| 05/13/07 | John #62 | Download |
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| 05/27/07 | John #63 | Download |
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| 06/03/07 | John #64 | Download |
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| 06/10/07 | John #65 | Download |
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| 06/24/07 | John #66 | Download |
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| 07/08/07 | John #67 | Download |
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| 07/15/07 | John #68 | Download |
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| 07/22/07 | John #69 | Download |
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| 08/19/07 | John #70 | Download |
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| 08/26/07 | John #71 | Download |
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| 09/09/07 | John #72 | Download |
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| 09/16/07 | John #73 | Download |
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| 09/23/07 | John #74 | Download |
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| 09/30/07 | John #75 | Download |
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| 10/14/07 | John #76 | Download |
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