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    John: A Blackaby Bible Study Series
    John: A Blackaby Bible Study Series
    John: A Blackaby Bible Study Series
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    John: A Blackaby Bible Study Series

    By Henry Blackaby, Richard Blackaby, Tom Blackaby and

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    Intended as companions to the Blackaby Study Bible, these guides also stand alone as a complete study of a book of the Bible.

    The lessons include:

    • Leader's Notes
    • 7 studies based on reference materials included in the Blackaby Study Bible
    • An explanation and interpretation of Scripture
    • A story that illustrates the passage in focus
    • Other Bible verses related to the theme
    • Questions for reflection
    • Suggestions for application in everyday life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Nelson
    Release dateDec 2, 2007
    ISBN9781418580803
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      John - Henry Blackaby

      Encounters with God

      The Gospel of JOHN

      Encounters with God Study Guide Series

      The Gospel of Matthew

      The Gospel of Mark

      The Gospel of Luke

      The Gospel of John

      The Book of Acts

      The Book of Romans

      The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

      The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians

      The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Galatians

      The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Ephesians

      The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Philippians

      The Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Colossians and Philemon

      The First and Second Epistles of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians

      The First and Second Epistles of Paul the Apostle to Timothy and Titus

      The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews

      The Epistle of James

      The First and Second Epistles of Peter

      The First, Second, and Third Epistles of John and Jude

      The Revelation of Jesus Christ

      Encounters with God

      The Gospel of JOHN

      Copyright © 2007 by

      Henry Blackaby, Th.M., D.D.

      Richard Blackaby, M.Div., Ph.D.

      Thomas Blackaby, M.Div., D.Min.

      Melvin Blackaby, M.Div., Ph.D.

      Norman Blackaby, M.Div., B.L., Ph.D.

      All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, scanning, or other—except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

      Published in Nashville, Tennessee, by Thomas Nelson. Thomas Nelson is a registered trademark of Thomas Nelson, Inc.

      Thomas Nelson, Inc. titles may be purchased in bulk for educational, business, fund-raising, or sales promotional use. For information, please e-mail SpecialMarkets@ThomasNelson.com.

      All Scripture quotations are taken from THE NEW KING JAMES VERSION.

      © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      ISBN 978-1-4185-2641-2

      Printed in the United States of America

      07 08 09 10 11 RRD 5 4 3 2 1

      CONTENTS

      An Introduction to the Gospel of John

      An Overview of Our Study of the Gospel of John

      The Lessons:

      LESSON #1: Jesus Is God’s Word

      LESSON #2: Jesus Is the True Light

      LESSON #3: Jesus Is the Bread of Life from Heaven

      LESSON #4: Jesus Is the Good Shepherd

      LESSON #5: Jesus Is the Life–Giver

      LESSON #6: Jesus Is the Vine

      LESSON #7: Jesus Is the Sacrificial Lamb for the Forgiveness of Sin

      Notes to Leaders of Small Groups

      AN INTRODUCTION TO THE

      GOSPEL OF JOHN

      The Gospel of John is the fourth book of the New Testament. As a Gospel, it truly presents the good news of Jesus—what Jesus did, what He said, and who He was. This Gospel differs, however, from the synoptic Gospel accounts of Matthew, Mark, and Luke in several significant ways.

      First, the Gospel of John is more theological—it focuses on the divine nature of Jesus. The miracles of Jesus are not regarded as demonstrations of power as much as they are signs that point to Jesus’ heavenly origin and authority. John’s purpose was to present Jesus in a way that convinced readers of His deity.

      Second, John did not include many of the events or details found in the other three Gospel accounts. Many people believe John was writing twenty or more years after the other Gospels were written and that he likely had access to one or more of them. He may have been writing to fill in the gaps or, in a few cases, to add greater detail. His audience was not limited to either Jews or Gentiles—John was writing to all believers with a distinct purpose rooted not only in his eyewitness experience of Jesus’ life and ministry, but also his first-hand experience in how the church lived out the life and ministry of Jesus for more than half a century.

      Third, John dealt in a special way with the words love, word, light, and believe—especially as these concepts are related to the nature and ministry of Jesus. The book presents the contrasts all Christians face: light and darkness, belief and unbelief, and life and death. The Gospel of John emphasizes the love of God manifested by Christ Jesus, and our love for God manifested most vividly by our obedience to Christ’s commandments. Jesus taught that believers’ love for one another would convince the world that Christians are Jesus’ disciples (see John 17:21). John appears to voice a hearty Amen!

      John’s Gospel is a thematic presentation of Jesus’ life, not a chronological account. John focuses on seven of Jesus’ I am statements that describe His identity: the bread of life (6:35,41,48,51); the light of the world (8:12; 9:5); the door of the sheep (10:7,9); the good shepherd (10:11,14); the resurrection and the life (11:25); the way, the truth, and the life (14:6); and the true vine (15:1,5). The Jews, of course, had a strong concept of God the Father as I am—He was and is and will be without changing, both eternal and in the moment, always the omnipotent and omniscient God. The I am statements of Jesus are a definitive claim of His deity as God the Son.

      John also focused on seven specific signs that clearly revealed Jesus’ divinity: changing water to wine (2:1–11), healing a man’s son (4:46–54), healing a lame man (5:1–9), feeding five thousand men (6:1–14), walking on water (6:15–21), healing a blind man (9:1–7), and raising Lazarus from the dead (11:38–44).

      To the Jews, the number seven was associated with perfection and completion. John presented Jesus as the perfection and completion of God’s nature and power.

      Throughout the centuries, the Gospel of John has been one of the most popular Bible books in Christianity. Perhaps no Scripture has been more memorized or been more instrumental in conversions to Christ than John 3:16. That was John’s intent! He said of his own Gospel account he was writing that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name (John 20:31).

      John the Author. Although

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