Gospel of
John hated more than the other
gospels of
Matthew, Mark and Luke
It proves
beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jesus
Christ is God himself that came to earth as a man – total man and total
God.
In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God.
John
1:1
EXPLANATION:
THE GOSPEL
OF JOHN is THE MYSTERY with THE HISTORY
The
gospel
of John goes beyond just describing Jesus as the Son of man here on
earth, to
include Jesus the Son of God from heaven, with John tracing the
beginning of
Jesus Christ back before Genesis
1:1. (Mat
1:1-17)
and (Luk
3:23-38) outline
the physical
generation of Christ, with the former from Abraham, and the latter from
Adam.
John
reveals more of the mystery of Christ
from heaven while Matthew, Mark and Luke speak more of the physical history
and earthly events of Christ here on earth.
JOHN IS
THE
MOST HATED OF THE GOSPELS
Many
heresies and sects had quickly sprung up after Jesus had risen bodily
from the
dead, and they were trying to downgrade and discredit the fact that
Jesus was
God. So John, Jesus’ ‘favourite’ disciple, writes strongly to refute
these
heresies.
The modern
day sects, JW’s, SDA’s, Mormons, Christadelphians and so on, are
nothing new,
just a re-working of the 1st century ones as outlined below.
John is
also written for the Buddhists, Hindus, New Agers, the Roman Catholics
and
others. This is why in the Mormon ‘bible’ and the New World Translation
and
other corrupt translations, have the Word was a God.
JESUS
CHRIST IS THE “I AM”
Imagine
someone asking you “Who are you?”, and you reply “I AM THAT I AM”.
You would be calling yourself both Jesus Christ and God, and describe
yourself
as follows:-
I AM the bread
of life (John
6:35)
I AM the light
of the world (John
8:12)
Before Abraham was I AM (John
8:58)
I AM the door (John
10:9)
I AM the good
shepherd (John
10:11)
I
AM the
resurrection (John
11:25)
I
AM the life (John
11:25)
I AM the way,
I AM the true
vine (John
15:1)
The
greatest and best man in the world must say “By
the grace of God ‘I am what I am’”, but Jesus Christ says
absolutely -
and is more than any creature, man or angel can say – ‘I am THAT
I am’.
Being self-existent,
Christ is self-sufficient,
and therefore all-sufficient. Christ is eternal and unchangeable,
and always the same, yesterday to-day and for ever.
Christ will
be what he will be and what he is. You would be saying
you had no
beginning and no end, that is, you are the past, the present and the
future all
rolled into one.
Christ
says of himself “I am Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which
was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation
1:8. We cannot
by searching find him
out (Job
11:7).
And
God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM:
and he said,
Thus shalt
thou say unto the children of Israel,
I AM hath
sent me unto you. Ex
3:14
Jesus
said unto them, Verily, verily,
I say unto you,
Before
Abraham was, I am. John
8:58
AUTHOR and
DATE
John Zebedee, the writer of John, and Jesus were cousins, as James
Zebedee’s (Matt
4:21) mother
was Salome, who was
sister to Mary, the mother of Jesus.
It was
probably written, along with 1-3 John,
before AD 70, and sometime between 45AD – 65AD. Why? As the heresies
about
Christ quickly soon arose after his resurrection, would there be any
point
writing this book of John fifty years after? Hardly. If you,
the reader,
were Christ’s beloved disciple, as John was, wouldn’t you be rather
eager to
destroy the lies and rumours about your beloved master as soon as
possible?
Now,
John’s
book of Revelation concerning future events, is probably
written on the
Isle of Patmos between 70-80AD. Revelation has entirely
different content, being removed from the urgent and destructive
heresies
mentioned in the gospel of John and 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Joh
ALL MODERN
DAY CULTS AND SECTS ARE SIMPLY A RE-WORK OF 1ST CENTURY
HERESIES
Docetists have
Christ simply an angel, that appears as a man.
Ebionites say
Christ was not divine.
Arians (Jehovah
Witnesses and
Mormons) deny his deity as God, saying he was a created
being
Semi-Arians have
Christ being similar to
the divine essence to God but subordinate to God.
Adoptionists have
Christ being adopted
by the Father at his baptism.
Monothelites
have
Christ
with only a human will.
Monarchians have
Christ with the same
essence as God but a lesser being.
Apollinarians denied
Christ’s human nature
which was taken up by the divine nature (these are the modern day Hagin,
Copeland & the Word Faith movement).
Nestorians have
Christ with two
distinct natures - divine and human.
Eutychians
have the
divine and human
natures of Christ so blended together as to form one
nature.
Monophysites said that
Christ was a fusion
of the natures, with a deified human nature.
BRIEF
OUTLINE OF MODERN DAY HERESIES
All
heresies stem from a misunderstanding of the
blood of Jesus.
Question:
“Do the following have eternal security
or not?”
1.
Charismatic groups
2. Church of
Christ 3.
Jehovah’s Witnesses
4. Roman
Catholics 5.
Seventh Day Adventists
6. Mormons 7.
Christian
Science 8. Unity School 9. Worldwide Church
of God 10.
Christadelphians 11.
Scientology 12. Bahai
Some
people
of Number 1 may be saved.
All the
rest may have
a
form of godliness, but are headed for hell, trusting in their own
goodness to
maintain their salvation – which they never had to start with.
Numbers 1,2,3,4,5
have a type of “jesus” blood with NO ETERNAL
SECURITY.
Numbers 6,7,8,9,10,11,12 have no blood atonement
whatsoever
The
Presbyterian Calvinist Jesus’ blood is heresy - not shed for
all, only
for those God chooses to save.
NINE
OMISSIONS IN JOHN
These
are
the description of Christ’s earthly life:
No
genealogy is
recorded – neither through his legal lineage through Joseph (as given
in
Matthew) not his personal descent through Mary (as given in Luke).
No birth
account. Why? He
was “in the beginning”
No boyhood
account
No temptation account
No transfiguration
No appointing of disciples
No parables
No ascension account
No great commission for his disciples.
SEVEN
WITNESSES STATE THAT CHRIST IS GOD
John the
Baptist says “This is the Son of God” (John
1:34)
Nathaniel says
“Thou art the Son of
God” (John
1:40)
Peter says
“Thou art that Christ, the
Son of the living God” (John
6:69)
Christ says of
himself “I AM
the Son of God” (John
10:36)
Martha says
“Thou art the Christ, the Son
of God” (John
11:27)
Thomas says “My
Lord and my
God” (John20:28)
John says
“Jesus is the Christ, the Son
of God” (John
20:31)
CHRIST’S
SEVEN MIRACLES PROVES HE IS GOD
With
power
over earth, water, body, sight, life
1. He is Lord
over his creation - turns
water into wine (John
2:1-11)
2. He is Lord
over his creation – walks on
water (John
6:15-21)
3. He heals
on the spot – the man at Bethesda (John
5:1-47)
4. He heals
from afar – the nobleman’s son (John
4:46-54)
5. He feeds
people – the 5,000 (John
6:1-14)
6. He gives
sight – the blind man (John
9:1-41)
7. He raises
the dead – Lazarus (John
11:1-57)
CHAPTER
TITLES
Chap
1 =
Jesus is God. Deity; Light of the world; The Word made flesh;
John’s
testimony; First disciples
Ch2 = Establishes
authority. Cana wedding; cleanses the
temple
Ch3 = Nicodemus
Ch4 = Samaritan
woman. Nobleman’s son
Ch5 = Crippled
man at pool. Man healed on Sabbath. Moses established v46.
Ch6 = Feeding
5,000 True bread from heaven
Ch7 =
Jesus at Jerusalem Plot to kill him; Debate over Christ’s
identity
Ch8 = “I
AM”; Woman in adultery
Ch9 = The
blind man from birth
Ch10 = Jesus
is the door Jesus is the Shepherd
Ch11 = Lazarus
Ch12 = Entry
into his city of Jerusalem
THE LAST
SUPPER:
Ch13 =
The last supper Feet washing; Peter’s good intention
Ch14 = The
last supper Let not your heart be troubled
Ch15 = The
last supper True vine
Ch16 = The
last supper Send the Comforter
Ch17 = The
last supper Prayer
THE
CROSS:
Ch18 = Betrayal
Ch19 =
Cross
Ch20 = Resurrection
Ch21 = On
the beach Disciples go fishing; Feed my sheep
Harley
Hitchcock
www.AustralianBibleMinistries.com
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