The Gospel of John – Part 1 – Logos is Theos

What we Jesus is as important as Jesus.

It is possible for people to believe in a Jesus that never existed.

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Background of the Gospel of John:

Author: The Apostle John

Date of writing: 85-95 AD

Place of Writing: City of Ephesus (present day Turkey)

Audience:

The book of John was written to any person who had an interest in learning more about Jesus.

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The Gospel of John is unique to the other gospels in three ways:

1. The gospel of John is unique in its .
2. The gospel of John is unique in its .
3. The gospel of John is unique in .

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Purpose Statement of the Gospel of John:

John 20:31

31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

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John had two goals:

1. Belief – That you will recognize the true Jesus and believe in Him.
2. Life – That you will believe and receive from Jesus only what Jesus can give: eternal life.

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John 3:16, 18

16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not stands condemned already because they have not in the name of God’s one and only Son.

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Jesus is God.

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John 1:1-2

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning.

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Gen 1:1

In the beginning God…

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word…

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Who are you making Jesus out to be?

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Monotheism: the belief that there is one God.

• Mono = one
• Theos = God

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Deut 6:4

4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

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Are you trying to say that there is more than one God?

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Trinity – We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, of one essence and being.

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“Word” – (λόγος) Logos

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Who are you making Jesus out to be?

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1 Cor 1:23

23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles

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John 1:1-2

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning.

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Jesus fully reveals God:

• Jesus displays God’s .
• Jesus manifests God’s .
• Jesus exhibits God’s .
• Jesus makes known God’s .
• Jesus unveils the of God.

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Logos is Theos.

The Word is God.

Jesus is God.

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“The One who was heralded by the angles to the Bethlehem shepherds, who walked this earth for thirty-three years, who was crucified at Calvary, who rose in triumph from the grave, and who forty days later departed…was none other than the Lord of Glory. The evidence for this is overwhelming, the proofs almost without number, and the effect of contemplating them must be to bow our hearts in worship before ‘the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ’ (Titus 2:13)” A. Pink

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Simple Definition

Secular Evolution: Life developed over time through natural processes without reference to God or divine purpose.

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Jesus is God.

Jesus is the Active Agent of Creation.

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John 1:3

3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

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John 1:3

3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made.

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Col 1:16

16 For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.

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All things have been Created Jesus.

All things have been created Jesus.

All things have been created Jesus.

And all things are sustained by the of Jesus’ .

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Humanity is only able to what God has .

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John 1:4-5

4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.  5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

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What we believe about Jesus is as important as believing in Jesus.

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What We Believe:

1. Jesus is God – John 1:1-2
2. Jesus is the Active Agent of Creation – John 1:3-5

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Do you believe?

Personal Notes: