The Gospel According to John:
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Series Introduction:
The theme verse for our series is John 20:31
John 20:31 – “…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.”
The “these” John is referring to are the seven recorded SIGNS/miracles and the seven recoded “I Am” STATEMENTS of Jesus. John focused on those 14 key SIGNS and STATEMENTS in order to show us that Jesus is the Christ, the Messiah, the Savior of the World because He’s God’s only begotten Son. God had John write these things so that we would believe and put our faith and trust in Jesus Christ so that by the grace of God we would be FREED from the penalty of our sin and given life to the FULL here on earth and life FOREVER in heaven.
Recap/review/summary:
Sign 1: Water into wine (John 2)
Sign 2: Royal officer’s won healed (John 2)
Sing 3: Lame man healed on Sabbath (John 5)
Sign 4: Feeding the 5 thousand (John 6)
Sign 5: Man born blind given sight (John 9)
Sign 6: Lazarus raised from the dead (John 11)
Sign 7: *(John 20)
I Am Statement 1: The Bread of Life (John 6)
I Am Statement 2: The Light of the World (John 8 & John 9)
I Am Statement 3: The Door (John 10)
I Am Statement 4: The Good Shepherd (John 10)
I Am Statement 5: The Resurrection and the Life (John 11)
I Am Statement 6: The Way, the Truth and the Life (John 14)
I Am Statement 7: The Vine (John 15)
John 16:16–32 (NASB)
16 “A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.” 17 Some of His disciples then said to one another, “What is this thing He is telling us, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?” 18 So they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.” 19 Jesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, “Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’? 20 “Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy. 21 “Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world. 22 “Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
Typical natural responses to grief/loss:
Shock and/or denial.
Pain and/or guilt.
Anger
Depression/Sorrow
Acceptance and hope.
