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ILLUS – Who is the most influential person in history?

1. If you could travel back in time, to any period, and meet any person who is historically significant, who would you want to meet?
2. Tonight, as we embark on a new study through the Gospel of John, I am going to share with you why Jesus of Nazareth is the most influential person in all of human history, what we need to know about Jesus.
3. And at the end of my message, I am going to give you the opportunity to know Jesus personally because, as we will discover, to know Jesus is to know God.

John 1:1-13

Context
1. The Gospel of John is one of the most beloved books of the Bible for in it we learn about Jesus Christ in a more personal, intimate way.
2. The Gospel was written by the Apostle John, the son of Zebedee, the brother of James. (Matthew 10:2)
3. John was a fisherman by trade who lived in Capernaum and fished on the Sea of Galilee.
4. John was one of the Twelve Apostles (Mark 3:17) and was in Jesus’ inner circle which included Peter, James, and John. (Mark 5:37-38; 9:2-3; 14:33)
5. James and John were quite the dynamic duo.
a. Jesus called them “The Sons of Thunder” (Mark 3:17), perhaps because they requested permission from Jesus to “call down fire from heaven to consume” the Samaritans for their failure to welcome Jesus. (Luke 9:53-54) Jesus rebuked them and denied their request.
b. James and John also upset the other Ten Apostles when the brother’s mom asked Jesus to grant that her boys sit next to Him on His throne, one at His left and the other at His right. Again, it appears the request was denied. At the very minimum, no divine promise was given. (Matthew 20:20-28)
6. In spite of these character shortcomings, Jesus loved John and John knew His Savior’s heart for him.
a. John openly confessed that he was beloved by Jesus. (John 21:7)
b. During the Last Supper, it was John who was seated next to Jesus and reclining on His chest, asked our Lord for clarification as to who would betray Him. (John 13:23-24)
c. And when Jesus Christ was on the Cross at Calvary, dying for our sins, He turned to John, the “disciple whom He loved,” and told him to look after His mother, Mary, saying, “Behold, your mother!” John testified that “From that hour the disciple took her into his own household.” (John 19:26-27)
7. It was John who outran Peter to the tomb after some women told them, early that Resurrection Sunday morning, that Jesus’ tomb was empty. (John 20:1-7)
a. John testified that Jesus’ tomb was empty and believed the women’s report.
b. But he also confessed that Peter and John did not understand the significance of the empty tomb because “they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.” (John 20:8-9)
8. After Jesus Christ ascended to heaven and was seated at that right hand of God the Father (Mark 16:19), John became one of the leadership pillars of the Jerusalem. (Galatians 2:9)
9. Eventually, John settled in Ephesus and ministered at the church founded by the Apostle Paul. (Acts 19)
10. According to Church history, John wrote this Gospel while living in Ephesus, thus making the Ephesian Church the first recipients of this Gospel.
11. John would go on to write three Epistles, 1, 2, and 3 John along with the Book of Revelation while exiled on the Isle of Patmos.
12. The date for the writing of the Gospel of John is between 85-95 AD.
13. John does not mince words when he declared the purpose for his Gospel. In fact, it can be summarized by one word, “believe.”

John 20:31, but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.

14. When someone believes Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, they receive life in His name.
a. But how can we be sure Jesus is the Christ?
b. How can we be certain that Jesus is the Son of God?
c. And how can we be sure that believing in Jesus will mean that we will have life, eternal life, in His name?


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