Jesus In John

“And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name”
(Jn. 20:30, 31)

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men” (Jn. 1:1-4)


	John begins his gospel with the assertion that Jesus is God. He asserts that He is the creator of all things and that in Him was life. Then near the end of the gospel John records the skepticism of Thomas and almost like the climax of John’s gospel we see Thomas overwhelmed with the evidence and confesses Jesus as his God (Jn. 20:28). This confession is mildly rebuked by the Lord in v. 29,

		"Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.“

	Faith that is ruled only by the senses and only is forced to accept things by site is far inferior to faith without seeing. Peter used words reminiscent of Jesus’ teaching in 1 Peter 1:8, “whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him, yet believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory.”

	John then declares this is the purpose of his writing this book. That we may see with our mind’s eye the marvelous works which Jesus did through the testimony of scripture and yet believe and consequentially find the life that is in His name.

	So then, for the next two lessons, let us look at the Jesus in the book of John. This will also supplement our lesson on Jesus in the Apocalypse.