John: Faithbuilders Bible Study Guide

Description

Gospel of John Bible Study Guide

A simple verse by verse guide to the Gospel of John for individual or group use. Every chapter has thought provoking discussion questions to aid study and sample answers are provided. Group members have said that:

“These studies have helped me stand in the most difficult times of my life”

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Faithbuilders Bible study guides will lead you to a deeper appreciation of God’s Word and its relevance for your life today!

Faithbuilders studies provide verse-by-verse examination of the books of the New Testament. The series was developed over a long period as a useful resource for today’s students of God’s Word. Every study has been field tested and improved over and over again in real-life church situations.

Challenging and relevant, whilst avoiding academic language, hundreds of pastors, home group leaders and Christians from a wide range of church backgrounds have already benefitted from using Faithbuilders studies.

EXTRACT: Christ the Eternal Word

1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.

This verse immediately takes us back to “the beginning,” prior to creation (Gen 1:1). God existed before time as we know it; indeed, there has never been a time when God did not exist (Ps 90:2). With God in the beginning was another figure—the Word.

Not only was the Word with God in the beginning, the Word was God. At the beginning of his Gospel John sets out the biblical principle that the Word—Jesus Christ—is fully divine. These introductory comments set the tone for the rest of the gospel and are essential to help the reader understand the way in which John portrays Jesus. Although he does not fully develop it here, John is introducing the concept of the Trinity; which is expanded in the first epistle attributed to him (1 John 5:7).

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