Gospel of John

OUR WAY OF STUDYING

In the course the Gospel of John we will not be trying to prove a certain doctrine or teaching, but we will study exactly what the Bible says itself.  We will be looking to see what it may say on any subject.  We will write what we discover.  Then we will try to arrive at some conclusions as to what John was trying to teach.  When we put these findings together, we will arrive at some conclusion on what John was saying about the person of Christ, or what Jesus was revealing about Himself.

Some people study the Bible to try to prove what they believe.  But, we want to study the Bible with an open mind and allow the Holy Spirit to teach us what we need to believe.

Gospel simply means "the Good News".  There are four Gospels in the Bible.  They were not written during the life of Christ.  The disciples at that time had not yet recognized that Jesus was the Son of God and the Savior of the world.  They did not understand why He had come or what He hoped to accomplish.

It was only after His death and resurrection that they realized who He was and what He was doing.  They then immediately went everywhere telling what they had seen and heard.  They established churches everywhere.