Tag: Gospel of John
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Who is John the Baptist? Studying John 1:19-22
19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” 21 And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he…
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Background on John the Baptist for the Gospel of John
I’m in a series of articles studying the Gospel of John. Several times in the first chapter, the author makes reference to a man named John. The Apostle John (the author of the gospel) is referring to a man named John the Baptist. But as we study the Gospel of John, who is John the…
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Sermon: The Ministry of the Holy Spirit – John 16:4-15
Throughout the Gospel of John, we see Jesus pointing to the activity and ministry of the Holy Spirit. On the night before going to the cross, Jesus will give his last major teaching on the work of the Holy Spirit when he’s gone. We learn that the Spirit comes in fulfillment of God’s promises, he…
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The world did not know him. Studying John 1:10-11
He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.-John 1:10-11 The God who created the world was not recognized by his world. The only appropriate response to the Lord entering into creation…
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All things were made through him. Studying John 1:3
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.-John 1:3 John 1:3 is speaking to the divinity of Jesus. All things were made through him. All means all. The ground, the trees, the sand of the beaches, the stars in the sky, the air we breathe, the…
Josh Benner 