Flyover: Part 4 - The Gospel of John, pt.I

1. OPENING PRAYER
Sovereign God,
you have established your rule,
not by force but by the servant
example of your son, Jesus.
Move us by your Spirit
to join the joyful procession
of those who confess Christ Jesus
with their tongues and praise him
with their lives. Amen.

2. SUNDAY, MARCH 24
Palm Sunday

5. How the writers
of the Synoptic
Gospels must
look at John…

6. “One of these things
is not like the others…”
JOHN

7. WHEN STUDYING THE BIBLE
CONTEXT drives us to ask:
• WHO wrote it? Disciple Jesus loved…
• WHO to? A “Johannine Community”?
• WHAT was happening? Church/Syn.
• HOW did their culture/history
impact the author/audience?
• WHEN was it written? Late 1st Cent.
• HOW does the intended purpose
impact our reading?
GOSPEL OF
JOHN

8. • 90% of John is unique
from the Synoptic Gospels
• 5 of 8 miracles in John don’t
appear in the Synoptic Gospels
• Short, repetitive, contrasts:
o Light/darkness
o Truth/falsehood
o Life/death
o Above/below
HELPFUL INFO

9. • Often seen/described as being
divided between two “books”
o The “Book of Signs” Ch.1-11
o The “Book of Glory” Ch.12-21
HELPFUL INFO

10. In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God…
And the Word became flesh
and lived among us…
JOHN
1:1-2, 14
(NIV)

11. Long ago, in the time before all days,
before the creation of all things,
the one who is known as the Word
was there face to face with the
Great Spirit. This Word fully represents
Creator and shows us who he is and
what he is like. He has always been there
from the beginning, for the
Word and Creator are one and
the same...Creator’s Word became
a flesh-and-blood human being…
JOHN
1:1-2, 14
(FNV)

12. IN JEWISH THOUGHT
God’s word as the dynamic
force of God’s will
IN GREEK PHILOSOPHY
Divine reason that brought
unity/order to the Cosmos
LOGOS
logos

13. - DOCETISM “Clark Kent”
Jesus as Superman, not really human
- ADOPTIONISM “Over-Achiever”
Jesus as chosen/divinized by God
- EUTYCHIANISM “Blended-Alloy”
Jesus as “other,” not human/divine
- APOLLINARIANISM “Download”
Hybrid: human body, divine mind/soul
- ARIANISM “In-Between”
Human disguise; 1st creature; has a beginning
NICENE CREED
RESPONDING TO
EARLY HERESIES

14. - The Lamb of God (v.29)
- The Son of God (v.34)
- The Rabbi/teacher (v.38)
- The Messiah/Anointed One (v.41)
- The Son of Joseph (v.45)
- The King of Israel (v.49)
- The Son of Man (v.51)
THE 7 TITLES IN
JOHN 1

15. - The Lamb of God (v.29)
- The Son of God (v.34)
- The Rabbi/teacher (v.38)
- The Messiah/Anointed One (v.41)
- The Son of Joseph (v.45)
- The King of Israel (v.49)
- The Son of Man (v.51)
THE 7 TITLES IN
JOHN 1
“The fully human Jesus from Nazareth is
the Messianic King and teacher of Israel
AND the Son of God who will die
for the sins of the world.” (TBP)

16. - I am the bread of life (6:35, 41, 48)
- I am the light of the world (8:12; 9:5)
- I am the sheep gate (10:7, 9)
- I am the good shepherd (10:11, 14)
- I am the resurrection/life (11:25)
- I am the way/truth/life (14:6)
- I am the true vine (15:1)
- Absolute “I ams”
(4:26; 6:20; 8:24, 28, 58; 13:19; 18:5-8)
THE “I AM”
STATEMENTS
SIGNS
GLORY

17. - Changing water into wine (2:1-11)
- Healing official’s son (4:46-54)
- Healing a lame man (5:1-9)
- Feeding of the 5,000 (6:1-14)
- Walking on water (6:16-21)
- Healing the blind man (9:1-12)
- Raising Lazarus (11:1-46)
- The crucifixion/resurrection
(19-21)
THE 7
SIGNS
SIGNS
GLORY

18. “One striking feature is John’s
perception of Jesus’ Passion as
something Jesus actively undertakes
rather than something he passively
endures. A basic theme in the Synoptics
is that Jesus is a suffering Messiah, (but)
John never once uses πάσχω (suffer)
of Jesus. Rather,
he depicts him as giving his life
voluntarily, in obedience to the Father,
knowing he will rise again.”

19. “…Far from being passive,
Jesus consents to and controls
what happens to him: he dies
so that God may be glorified,
and in so doing is himself glorified. He
willingly drinks the cup that
the Father has given him,
and reigns from the cross.
This (Passion as triumph)
is John’s solution to the
problem of a crucified messiah.”

20. Father forgive them…Luke 23
Today you will be w/me…Luke 23
Here is your son/mother…Jn 19
My God, my God…?Matthew 27
I am thirsty…John 19
It is finished… John 19
Into your hands… Luke 23

21. Earth-maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver,
day by day you sustain the weary with your word
and gently encourage us to place our trust in you.
Awaken us to the suffering of those around us;
save us from hiding in denials or taunts
that deepen the hurt; give us grace to share
one another's burdens in humble service.
Amen.
CLOSING PRAYER