Sermon by Ps Dr Ng Seee Ming, 20 Jan 2013

1. THESE WERE WRITTEN...
John 20:31
But these are written
that you may believe
that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God, and that
by believing you may
have life in his name.

2. THE BIBLE
 66 books
 40 authors
 3,000+yrs
 VARIETY
 Yet UNITY

3. GOSPEL OF JOHN
John's gospel
 written by John the apostle
 around AD 90+
 John was 80 + yrs old.

4. GOSPEL OF JOHN
John the Apostle
 Part of the “inner circle”
 'the disciple Jesus' loved‘
 eyewitness to the events that
happened –
 I saw all this myself and have
given an accurate report so
that you also can believe.
(TLB) John 19:35

5. GOSPEL OF JOHN
John the Apostle :
 Wrote three books in the NT
 Gospel of John
 John’s Epistles
 Book Revelation

6. MATTHE
W
JOHN
MARK
LUKE
Three Possible Focus when
writing :
1. What He did ?
2. What He said ?
3. Who He was ?

7. GOSPELS EMPHASIS
 Mark started with the public 3 years
ministry with John the Baptist:
Jesus as the Son of Man
 Matthew begins with his birth and
his ancestry – back to Abraham :
Jesus as King of the Jews
 Luke goes further back than his
birth, Abraham all the way back to
Adam : Jesus as the Saviour of the
world
 John wanted to declare Jesus as the
Son of God started with the

8. JESUS MINISTRY:
 To the Nation of Israel
 Northern Ministry
 Southern Ministry
 Synoptic Gospels – Generally : 30mths
northern Galilean ministry and 6 mths
in the south.
 John’s Focus on Jesus ministry in the
south rather than His northern
Galilean teaching.
?? Contradiction
 Jesus did go south for the important
feasts

9. THE GOSPELS
Matt Mark Luke John
Audience
Jews Romans Greeks The
World
King Servant Perfect Mighty
Christ
Man God
Sermons Miracle Parables “Signs”
Focus
s
Teacher Preache Historia Theologia
Style
r n n
Jerusale
Place Capernaum in Galilee m in

10. JOHN’S GOSPEL
 21Chapters
 Divided into
 Chp 1:1-18 : INTRO
 Chps 1:19 -12:50 : SIGNS
 Chps 13 – 20:31 : GLORY
 Chp 21: EPILOGUE

11. JOHN’S
GOSPEL : the Omissions
 Conception or Birth
 Baptism
 Temptations
 Transfiguration
 LastSupper
 Garden of Gethsemane
 Ascension

12. JOHN’S GOSPEL : THE OMISSIONS
Q: What is the main theme of the
Gospels ?
 Kingdom of God / Heaven
 only mentioned twice
 Nicodemus
 Pilate
‘Synoptics’ – 82 times
 Casting out of demons

13. JOHN’S GOSPEL :
“EMPHASIS”
 Of the 7 miracles 5 are new
 Not miracles but SIGNS that
point to something
 Peter & foot washing
 Encounters with “individual”
Q: What are the famous
statements in John’s Gospel ?
 “I AM” statements

14. EMPHASIS ON THE HOLY SPIRIT
Chp 1 : Baptised with
Chp 3: Born Again
Chp 4: Living Water
Chp 7: Springs of Water
Chp 14-16 :
Paraclete, Encourager,
Spirit of Truth,
Comforter ...
Chp 20: Sign

15. STYLE
 Long discourses
 Eg : High Priestly Prayer
 No short parables
 More on what we believe
than how we behave

16. JOHN AND THE NUMBER
SEVEN
Number Seven (7)
Completeness
Wholeness

17. SEVEN WITNESSES
1. John the Baptist (1:29)
2. Andrew (1:41)
3. Nathanael (1:49)
4. Peter (6:68-
69)
5. Martha (11:27)
6. Thomas (20:28)
7. John (20:31)

18. JOHN’S PURPOSE:
John 20:30-31
 30 Jesus did many other
miraculous signs in the presence
of his disciples, which are not
recorded in this book.
 31 But these are written that you
may believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God, and that
by believing you may have life in
his name.

19. SEVEN WORKS (SIGNS)
1. Water into Wine (2:1-11)
2. Healing the Nobleman’s son (4:46-53)
3. Healing the Bethesda Cripple (5:1-15)
4. * Feeding of the 5000 (6:1-14)
5. * Walking on Water (6:16-21)
6. Healing the man blind from birth (9:1-
11)
7. Raising of Lazarus (11:1-44)

20. SEVEN WORDS
1. I AM the Bread of Life (6:35, 48)
2. I AM the Light of the World (8:12)
3. I AM the Good Shepherd (10:11)
4. I AM the Door (10:7,9)
5. I AM the Resurrection & the Life
(11:25)
6. I AM the Way, the Truth & the Life
(14:6)
7. I AM the True Vine (15:1)

21. THE WORD, THE LIGHT & THE RIGHT
John 1:1-18

22. THE WORD
John 1:1-4
1 In the beginning was THE
WORD,
and THE WORD was with God,
and THE WORD was God.
2 HE was with God in the
beginning.
3 Through HIM all things were
made; without HIM nothing
was made that has been made.

23. THE LIGHT
John 1:4-9
 In him was life, and that life was the
light of men. 5 The light shines in the
darkness, but the darkness has not
understood it.
 6 There came a man who was sent
from God; his name was John. 7 He
came as a witness to testify
concerning that light, so that through
him all men might believe. 8 He
himself was not the light; he came
only as a witness to the light. 9 The

24. THE RIGHT
John 1:10-13
10 He was in the world, and though the
world was made through him, the
world did not recognize him.
11 He came to that which was his own,
but his own did not receive him.
12 Yet to all who received him, to those
who believed in his name, he gave
the right to become children of
God—
13 children born not of natural descent,
nor of human decision or a husband's

25. RIGHT
John 1:14-15
14 The Word became flesh and made his
dwelling among us. We have seen his
glory, the glory of the One and Only,
who came from the Father, full of grace
and truth.
15 John testifies concerning him. He
cries out, saying, "This was he of whom
I said, 'He who comes after me has
surpassed me because he was before
me.'"

26. THE GOSPEL
John 1:16-18
16 From the fullness of his grace we
have all received one blessing after
another.
17 For the law was given through
Moses; grace and truth came through
Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God, but God
the One and Only, who is at the
Father's side, has made him known.

27. CHALLENGE
John 20:31
But these are written
that you may believe
that Jesus is the Christ,
the Son of God,
and that by believing
you may have life in his
name.