- Preface
Life is a journey with a beginning and a destination.
- John 1
These opening statements at the beginning of John’s description of the life of Jesus make astounding claims about him, having travelled with him for three years.
- John 2
John records an interesting interaction between Jesus and his mother when they are guests at a wedding on their third day of journeying together.
- John 3
An exchange between Jesus and an academic searcher for meaning that contained arguably the most impacting statements uttered in all history that address our greatest need in life.
- John 4
John switches the account of his journey from learning how Jesus reached out to a Jew with social status to how Jesus broke down religious and racial barriers to give restorative love to a social outcast.
- John 5
John sees the power of Jesus extend to healing an invalid incapacitated for 38 years, and the opposition of the religious authorities reach the crisis point of trying to kill Jesus, because he healed on the Sabbath and called their God his Father.
- John 6
At this juncture of his journey with Jesus, John hears him make clear the degree of intimacy he requires with a person seeking to become empowered with his eternal life. Many left.
- John 7
The popular and joyous celebrations of the annual Feast of Tabernacles become the background for Jesus to challenge the embryonic plan of the religious leaders to kill him.
- John 8
John sees Jesus come to the defence and forgive a woman caught in the act of adultery by the religious authorities then go to the Temple courts to expand his teaching on his relationship with his Father and contrast that with the religious leaders following the devil as their father.
- John 9
John witnesses an astounding miracle of Jesus healing a blind middle aged man as they journey along a road with the other disciples. He records the Pharisees’ attempt to silence
- John 10
In this chapter, John continues his interaction between Jesus and the authoritarian Pharisees recorded in Chapter 9. Now he records the shift in Jesus becoming direct and emphatic with them. Now was the time for Jesus to do so in his journey to the Cross.
- John 11
John follows his account of the murderous reaction of the Pharisees to Jesus’ claim to be God’s Son with a detailed record of possibly the most tender account of Jesus’ love he recorded while journeying with him.
- John 12-16
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- John 17
This chapter contains arguably one of the most significant prayers in the Word of God. It can be used as a benchmark for the focus of our own prayer.
- John 18-21
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