A. The Background
1. The author
2. The purpose
B. God is revealed through the Word (1:1-2)
C. God is revealed through creation (1:3-5)
D. God is revealed through John the Baptist (1:6-8)
E. God is revealed through the Word Incarnate (1:9-14)
1. His rejection (1:9-11)
2. His reception (1:12-13)
3. His glory (1:14)
F. God is revealed through the Superior Word (1:15-18)
1. Superior to John the Baptist (1:15-16)
2. Superior to Moses (1:17-18)
A. The witness of people (1:19-51)
1. The witness of John the Baptist (1:19-34)
a. The character of the witness: humility (1:19-28)
b. The content of the witness: the person and work of Christ (1:29-34)
2. The witness of Andrew (1:35-42)
3. The witness of Nathanael (1:43-51)
B. The witness of events (2:1-22)
1. The miracle at Cana (2:1-11)
2. The cleansing of the temple (2:12-25)
a. Jesus' concern for the Passover (2:12-13)
b. Jesus' concern for the temple (2:14-17)
c. Jesus' concern for the heart of man (2:18-25)
C. The witness of the new birth (3:1-15)
1. The necessity of the new birth (3:1-3)
2. The components of the new birth (3:4-8)
a. Born of water (3:4-5)
b. Born of the Spirit (3:6-8)
3. The focus of the new birth (3:9-15)
D. The witness of Christ's mission (3:16-21)
1. The cost of Christ's mission (3:16a)
2. The benefits of Christ's mission (3:16b)
b. Granted eternal life
2) We will have a better future
3. The response to Christ's mission (3:17-21)
E. The witness of John the Baptist (3:22-30)
F. The witness of Christ (3:31-36)
G. The witness to the Samaritan woman (4:1-30)
1. Christ's request of the woman (4:1-9)
2. Christ's offer to the woman (4:10-14)
3. Christ's insight into the woman (4:15-19)
4. Christ's instruction for the woman (4:20-26)
a. Worshiping God in spirit (4:20-23)
b. Worshiping God in truth (4:24-26)
5. The Samaritan woman's response to Christ (4:27-30)
H. The witness of Christ's work(4:31-42)
1. The motive (4:31-34)
2. The urgency (4:35-38)
3. The fruitfulness (4:39-42)
4. The response (4:43-54)
A. The controversy at Bethesda (5:1-47)
1. The so-called crime (5:1-9)
2. The initial investigation (5:10-15)
3. The decision to prosecute (5:16-18)
4. Christ's defense (5:19-47)
a. The nature of Christ (5:19-24)
b. The voice of Christ (5:25-29)
c. The witnesses of Christ (5:30-47)
1) The Father, the Baptist and the works (5:30-38)
2) The Scripture (5:39-47)
B. The controversy of the bread (6:1-71)
1. The feeding of the 5,000 (6:1-15)
a. The problem (6:1-9)
b. The solution (6:10-15)
2. Jesus Walks on Water (6:16-21)
3. The bread of life (6:22-71)
a. The challenge (6:22-27)
b. The promise (6:28-40)
1) Our satisfaction (6:28-35)
2) Our security (6:36-40)
c. The responses (6:41-71)
1) The origin of Christ (6:41-51)
2) The offense of Christ (6:52-59)
3) The objection to Christ (6:60-65)
4) The obligation to Christ (6:66-71)
A. The Feast of Booths (7:1-8:59)
1. The beginning of the feast (7:1-13)
2. The middle of the feast (7:14-36)
a. The question of Jesus' schooling (7:14-24)
1) The divine education of Christ (7:14-17)
2) The righteous judgment by man (7:18-24)
b. The question of Jesus' source (7:25-36)
3. The last day of the feast (7:37-8:59)
a. The impact of Christ on the multitude (7:37-44)
b. The impact of Christ on the officers (7:45-52)
c. The impact of Christ on the woman caught in adultery (7:53-8:11)
d. The impact of Christ on the religious leaders (8:12-59)
1) The claim of Christ as the light (8:12)
2) The response of the Pharisees against the light (8:13-19)
3) The response of Christ to the Pharisees (8:20-59)
a) His declaration against the Pharisees (8:20-30)
b) His description of true disciples (8:31-36)
c) His damnation of false disciples (8:37-47)
d) His declaration of His divinity (8:48-59)
B. The healing of the blind man (9:1-41)
1. The power of God (9:1-7)
2. The perplexity of man (9:8-12)
3. The probe of the Pharisees (9:13-34)
a. The characteristics of willful unbelief (9:13-18)
b. More characteristics of willful unbelief (9:19-34)
4. The principles for receiving spiritual sight (9:35-41)
a. Spiritual sight is the product of divine initiative (9:35)
b. Spiritual sight is the product of human reception (9:36-38)
5. The punishment for rejecting spiritual sight (9:39-41)
C. Following the true shepherd (10:1-21)
1. Christ as the true shepherd (10:1-6)
a. The way they come to the sheep (10:1-2)
b. The way the sheep come to them (10:3-6)
2. Christ as the door (10:7-10)
3. Christ as the good shepherd (10:11-16)
a. The good shepherd dies for the sheep (10:11-13)
b. The good shepherd knows the sheep (10:14-16)
c. The good shepherd is raised for the sheep (10:17-21)
D. The identity of Christ (10:22-42)
1. Jesus is the Christ (10:22-30)
2. Jesus is the Son of God (10:31-42)
E. The raising of Lazarus (11:1-57)
1. The preparation for the miracle (John 11:1-16)
a. Lazarus and his sisters (11:1-6)
b. Christ and the disciples (11:7-16)
2. The arrival of Jesus and his disciples in Bethany (John 11:17-37)
a. Martha encounters Christ (11:17-27)
b. Mary encounters Christ (11:28-37)
3. The raising of Lazarus (11:38-44)
4. The response of the Jews (11:45-57)
A. Mary anoints Christ (12:1-11)
B. The triumphal entry (12:12-19)
C. But if it dies... (12:20-26)
D. The effects of the cross (12:27-36)
1. The effects of the cross on Christ (12:27-30)
2. The effects of the cross on others (12:31-36)
E. The rejection of Christ (12:37-43)
1. The rejection fulfilled prophecy (12:37-38)
2. The rejection was caused by God (12:39-43)
F. The importance of saving faith (12:44-50)
A. Christ's love (13:1-17)
1. Christ's love exemplified (13:1-5)
2. Christ's love explained (13:6-11)
3. Christ's love exhorted (13:12-17)
4. Christ's love examined (13:17)
B. Christ's betrayer (13:18-30)
1. The betrayer predicted (13:18-22)
2. The betrayer pointed out (13:23-30)
C. Christ's farewell discourse (13:31-17:26)
1. The introduction to the discourse (13:31-38)
a. The new glory (13:31-33)
b. The new commandment (13:34-35)
c. The pride of Peter (13:36-38)
2. The discourse (14:1-16:33)
a. Christ's comfort (14:1-6)
1) Christ is the way to their deliverance (14:1-3)
2) Christ is the only way to their deliverance (14:4-6)
b. Christ’s promises (14:7-31)
1) The promise of knowing God (14:7-11)
2) The promise of better days (John 14:12-15)
a) The nature of the greater works (14:12)
b) The duration of the greater works (14:12)
c) The prayer for the greater works (14:13-15)
3) The promise of the Holy Spirit (14:16-20)
4) The promise of keeping the commandments (14:21-24)
5) The promise of blessing (14:25-31)
a) Christ’s Spirit would teach their mind(14:25-26)
b) Christ’s peace would be comfort their heart (14:27)
c) Christ’s departure would confirm their faith (14:28-31)
c. Christ's analogy of the vine (15:1-6)
1) Abiding in Christ bears fruit (15:1-3)
2) )Abiding in Christ bears much fruit (15:4-6)
3) Abiding in Christ brings answered prayer (15:7-8)
d. Christ's love (15:9-11)
e. Christ's friendship (15:12-16)
1) The friends of Christ love one another (15:12-14)
2) The friends of Christ know divine truth (15:15)
3) The friends of Christ are chosen (15:16)
4) The friends of Christ bear fruit (15:16)
5) The friends of Christ pray for fruitfulness (15:16)
f. Christ's opposition (15:17-27)
1) The world hates us because we are not of this world (15:17-19)
2) The world hates us because they hate Christ (15:20)
3) The world hates us because they do not know God (15:21-25)
g. Christ's witnesses (15:26-27)
h. Christ's departure (16:1-15)
1) Christ's departure will bring mistreatment from the world (16:1-4)
2) Christ's departure will bring the conviction of the Holy Spirit (16:5-11)
3) Christ's departure will being the guidance of the Holy Spirit (16:12-15)
i. Christ's joy (16:16-24)
1) The promise of joy (16:16-22)
2) The power of joy (16:23-24)
j. Christ's summary (16:25-33)
1) The love of the Father (16:25-27)
2) The faith and hope of the disciples (16:28-33)
3. The prayer (17:1-26)
a. Christ's prayer for himself (17:1-5)
1) Christ's glory of the Father (17:1-2)
2) The Father's glory of Christ (17:3-5)
b. Christ's prayer for his disciples (17:6-19)
1) Christ's motivation (17:6-10)
2) Christ's request (17:11-12)
3) Christ's promises (17:13-16)
4) Christ's truth (17:17-19)
c. Christ's prayer for his future disciples (17:20-26)
1) Christ's prayer for unity (17:20-23)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 He was in the beginning with God.
3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men.
5 The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
6 There came a man sent from God, whose name was John.
7 He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him.
8 He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.
9 There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him.
11 He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him.
12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name,
13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 John testified about Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.'"
16 For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.
17 For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
19 This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
20 And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
21 They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he said, "I am not " "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No."
22 Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"
23 He said, "I am A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,' as Isaiah the prophet said."
24 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
25 They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
26 John answered them saying, "I baptize in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.
27 "It is He who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."
28 These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
30 "This is He on behalf of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.'
31 "I did not recognize Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing in water."
32 John testified saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him.
33 "I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'
34 "I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God."
