The Gospel of John

Gospel of John: February 23, 2017

Date	Theme	Scripture & Class Exercises
Feb 23	*How John is different from the other Gospels *Incarnation	DVD: Special Features: Jesus Son of God: Gospel of John (7:15)      Get responses as to how John is different: 1. Focuses on Jesus divinity and the incarnation of the Logos 2. Don’t worry about the time-line like in the other Gospels Prologue 1: 1-18 DVD: Disc One:  Prologue and the Word of Life (4:35) Discussion: What are the characters of God from this section of Scripture?  What are the underlying reason/logic/purpose/character of God/Christ?

EXERCISE & DISCUSSION

1. Logos/Word Exercise: 

a. Have people write down what comes to mind when they think of WORD.  This can be a meaning or association.

Class Response:

Represents something                         Image                                       Abilities         

Personality                                          Emotion                                  Events/Action

Character                                             Relationship/Experience

b. Explain that the translation of WORD means the Greek LOGOS: underlying reason / logic /  

     purpose / character.

c. Relate back to Genesis and the creation of the world that God speaks (uses words) the world

      into being. 

Read John 1:1-18   See DVD

Discussion: What are the characters of God from this section of Scripture?

Class Response:

God as the Logos                                Creator                        Positivity

Created things into “flesh and blood”/ the touchable

Light – bright – see clearly: this leads to more possibility and more understanding

Problem - The world not knowing Christ/God and perceiving of God/Christ is hard.

   (This inability to perceive is a central conflict in John)

It is Christ who enables us to bridge the gap out of the world to see and come in contact

            with the Logos.  This is the underlying reason/logic/purpose/character of God becoming Christ incarnate.