John draws clear contrasts for a world mired in nuance. Bible.com John 1:9-13 (NIV) 9  The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. shows His sovereign love in the sending of Jesus Christ 3 - The Preaching of the Gospel 4 - A Twofold Dig Deeper We're going to spend this entire week in John's gospel because John, more than any other You are either the child of God or your father is the devil (John 8:44).

Biblia.com John 17:1-5 (NIV) CONTEXT: Jesus has been teaching His disciples after the Last Supper and this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4  Canons of Dordt Point 1 - God's Unconditional Election 1 - God's right to condemn all people 2 - God shows His sovereign love in the sending of Jesus Christ 3 - The Preaching of the Gospel 4 - A Twofold

John 3:1-7 (NIV) Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.” 4  John draws his readers deep into the lives of men like Thomas, Pilate and even John himself using their But one of John's most fascinating secondary characters is Nicodemus. Today: 1 Thessalonians 2

Mark begins with a prophecy of Isaiah, and then writes about John the Baptist. John’s introduction is a theological statement about who Jesus is. John’s prologue (John 1:1-18), builds on the very first statement of Jesus being the Word, speaking of But as we read John 1:3, we know that cannot be true. accordingly (v10-12) ASK GOD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: Read the New Testament in a year, a chapter a day - Galatians 4

Read / Listen Listen to passage & devotional: Heidelberg Catechism Q&A 47 Q. Summary John's favorite term for the Christians he writes to - not just 2,000 years ago, but now - is That day will come (John tells us about that in another book he wrote called Revelation). Yet you can know that this is true, and John tells you how in v5-6. He is, as John describes in v1, the Righteous One.

John 1:29 (NIV) The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes Summary John the Baptist boldly declared these words the day after he had told the priests and Levites This declaration of John regarding our Lord’s sacrifice as the Lamb of God for sin reminds us of one I cannot give an answer; But this I know with all my heart: His wounds have paid my ransom As John the

John 15:1-8 (NIV): “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 2 He cuts off every branch in that it will be even more fruitful. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4  it so plainly, "you were dead in your transgressions and sins" before being made alive (Ephesians 2:1)

John 17:1–5 (NIV) CONTEXT: As His crucifixion draws near, Jesus prays to His Father. 1 After Jesus said this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. 4  Moses says that God “created the world”; and John says that “all things were created by the Word,” which

Step out of the darkness and into His wonderful Light Genesis 1:3-4a (NIV) And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 God saw that the light was good... John 3:19–21 (NIV) 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead deities has even tried to make that claim, but our Father "calls into being things that were not (Romans 4: Dig Deeper The context of today's passage from John 3 is fascinating.

John 1:9-14 (NIV) 9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. 10 He was John’s wording regarding Jesus speaks to the nature of who he is. Throughout the Gospel of John, the language of “truth” or “true” is used to distinguish something as The Gospel of John opens with “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word What John is attesting to with these descriptions of Jesus is God becoming man.