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Finding the Old Testament in the Gospel of John
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Testament in the Gospel of John JESUS The Prologue of John John - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Testament in the Gospel of John JESUS The Prologue of John John - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Finding the Old Testament in the Gospel of John JESUS The Prologue of John John 1:1-18 FINAL STOP The Greatness of the WORD Jn. 1:15-18 ( John bore witness about him, and cried out, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me
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The Greatness
- f the WORD
- Jn. 1:15-18
FINAL STOP
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(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known (Jn. 1:15-18)
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Jesus outshines all others
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(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known (Jn. 1:15-18)
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GEEK alert
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GREEK alert
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GEEK alert GREEK alert
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“John testified concerning” Jesus “John bore witness about” Jesus
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“John testified concerning” Jesus “John bore witness about” Jesus Both translations are “past tense” (What he DID)
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“John testified concerning” Jesus “John bore witness about” Jesus Both translations are “past tense” (What he DID) But the Greek is “present tense” (What he IS DOING)
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Are the translators daft?
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Are the translators daft? NOPE!
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“John testified concerning” Jesus “John bore witness about” Jesus Both translations are “past tense” (What he DID) But the Greek is “present tense” (What he IS DOING)
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“John testified concerning” Jesus “John bore witness about” Jesus Both translations are “past tense” (What he DID) But the Greek is “present tense” (What he IS DOING)
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“John testified concerning” Jesus “John bore witness about” Jesus Both translations are “past tense” (What he DID) But the Greek is “present tense” (What he IS DOING)
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“John testified concerning” Jesus “John bore witness about” Jesus Both translations are “past tense” (What he DID) But the Greek is “present tense” (What he IS DOING)
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“John testified concerning” Jesus “John bore witness about” Jesus Both translations are “past tense” (What he DID) But the Greek is “present tense” (What he IS DOING)
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It was still REAL to John
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“John testified concerning” Jesus “John bore witness about” Jesus Both translations are “past tense” (What he DID) But the Greek is “present tense” (What he IS DOING)
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It was still REAL to John
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“Witness” was a special word
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The “witness” John the Baptist as a martyr is a witness for eternity
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(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known (Jn. 1:15-18)
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(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known (Jn. 1:15-18)
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Jerusalem
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Jerusalem Ephesus
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Jerusalem Ephesus ~ Distance of Houston to Palm Beach, Florida
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Then, again, the Church in Ephesus, founded by Paul, and having John remaining among them permanently until the times of Trajan, is a true witness of the tradition of the apostles - Irenaeus 175AD (Against the Heresies, 3.1.4)
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Afterwards, John, the disciple of the Lord, who also had leaned upon His breast, did himself publish a Gospel during his residence at Ephesus in Asia - Irenaeus 175AD (Against the Heresies, 3.1.1)
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John and those in his churches had several decades with Paul’s letter to the Ephesians
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For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. (Jn. 1:16) Read Ephesians 1:3, 7-8, 22-23; 2:7
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The greatness of the Word is based on who the word is – GOD!
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The greatness of God isn’t his power and might
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The greatness of God isn’t his power and might It It is is his is lo love
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The Gospel of John is a love story
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(John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”) For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known (Jn. 1:15-18)
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Jesus outshines all others – even Moses
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Praise Jesus: the Word of God
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Praise Jesus: the Word of God
“Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ” (Jn 1:17)
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Walk in the grace of God
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Walk in the grace of God
“For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace” (Jn 1:16)
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See Jesus, see God
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See Jesus, see God
“No one has ever seen God; the
- nly God, who is at the Father’s