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Goal:
To tell you about how I feel I have met Jesus in the pages of John
and how you can do the same.
Meeting Jesus in the pages of John
The Last Two Verses
Experiencing Jesus through John
Stories that spoke most to me
John 21:24–25 The End
John 1
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light,
The same word for “witness” as in ch.21
John 21:24–25 The End
John 20
Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
but these are 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.
Meeting Jesus in the pages of John
The Last Two Verses
Experiencing Jesus through John
Stories that spoke most to me
John was there
He actually experiences Jesus, possibly closer than anyone else
He wrote this so that we can meet Jesus
almost as truly as if we had been there
and have a sense of him in our hearts in the same way we have of the people we know.
The two natures of Jesus
One of the most common errors that non-Christian cults make is not understanding the two natures of Christ. For example, the Jehovah’s Witnesses focus on Jesus’ humanity and ignore His divinity. They repeatedly quote verses dealing with Jesus as a man and try to set them against Scripture showing that Jesus is also divine. carm.org
Emotions only a human can have
13:21. After saying these things, Jesus was greatly and visibly distressed in spirit
11:35 Jesus wept
Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
“The most basic explanation for the hypostatic union is Jesus Christ being both God and man. He is both perfectly divine and perfectly human.”
What would it be like to have known Jesus as a human?
to have hung out with him,
seen him talk with people,
got to know his sense of humour,
his taste in food,
what annoyed or upset him.
What must it have been like getting to know him as God?
Knows my thoughts and can read my mind
Cares about me so much, has so much power that he can always help me
But also wants me to trust him in a scary way.
Always tells the truth even if it makes people what to kill him
They may want to kill me too—how do I feel about this?
Meeting Jesus in the pages of John
The Last Two Verses
Experiencing Jesus through John
Stories that spoke most to me
John 17:11–13 (outline)
I am no longer in the world,
but I am coming to you.
keep them safe
so that they may be one
just as we are one.
I kept them safe
but now I am coming to you,
May they have my joy completed in them
John 14
Peace I leave with you;
my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give to you.
Let not your hearts be troubled,
neither let them be afraid.
John 11
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping,
he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed
He asked, “Where have you laid him?”
They said, “Lord, come and see.”
Jesus broke into tears.
John 12: Mary’s Response
Then Mary took three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard
and anointed the feet of Jesus.
She then wiped his feet with her hair.
Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
Challenge: Read the book again, in the next couple of weeks
With one aim: to meet Jesus in the pages and get to know him better