Youth: "How John Helps Me Be a Better Bible Student" by Justin Rogers

Equipped Workshop hosted by Lehman Avenue church of Christ

April 20, 2024 - Saturday 11:00AM Tent Speaker

Speaker: Justin Rogers

General Principles - Read the Bible

• Pay attention
  • Frequency and usage of words
    • Believe
      • verb 85x
      • Noun (belief) - never used in John
    • World
      • John 7:7, etc.
• Ask Why questions
  • Thomas not mentioned much in Matthew, Mark, and Luke
  • Big role in John
  • Doubting Thomas
  • Even an apostle was a skeptic of Jesus

Themes in John

• Jesus as the Word
  • Logos vs rhema (John 1:1-3, 14)
  • Jesus is the wisdom/mental process whereby the world is brought into existence
• Jesus as a wonder-worker
  • Miracles were not the end, but way to end
  • Water to wine (power over sustenance)
  • Healing of nobleman’s son (power of distance)
  • Healing of the lame man (power over the body)
  • Feeding 5,000
  • Walking on water (power over water)
  • Healing the blind man (power over the soul)
  • Raising Lazarus
• Jesus as the Passover lamb
  • Announced by John (John 1:29)
  • Explained at the crucifixion (John 19:39 ~ Ex. 12:46, 1 Corinthians 5:9)
  • Explains the “Last Supper” in John

Teaching Techniques in John

• One-on-one conversations
  • Extended discussions with individuals more than lecture crowds
• Opposition from Outsiders
  • The world?
  • The Jews? (John 16:2)
    • Primary persecutors of early Church, not Romans or Greeks
  • Christian groups? (John 20:25)
    • Doubting Thomas
    • “Did God really take on flesh and suffer?”
• Oneness of all believers
  • John 17:20-21 probably means John’s readers are under persecution and are willing to compromise (Revelation 2-3)

Takeaways from John

• Jesus is God
  • John 20:30-31
• Jesus is Man
  • John 6:53-56 flesh and blood
    • Makes clear he is human
    • Not a discussion on Lord’s supper?
• The Spirit Is Present
  • Half of the farewell discourse consists of discussions about the paracletos or pneuma tes aletheias (14:15-17)
  • Obedience is expression of love not oppression

Video: https://youtu.be/mPTIjwL36ws?feature=shared

Duration 38:45