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And The Word Became Flesh
John 21:1-14
Pastor Jeff Schreve
If you have your Bible, please turn to John chapter 21. John chapter 21 is an interesting chapter. It's kind of the epilogue of the whole gospel. John chapter 20 is such a powerful chapter of the resurrection and Jesus meeting with the disciples and meeting with Thomas, Doubting Thomas, and Thomas exclaims, no doubt at the feet of Jesus, "My Lord and my God." And that's just such an exclamation point. And then, John gives kind of a summation. "Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples which are not written in this book. But these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may life in His name." It seems like that would be a good place to just end the gospel account. It gives an appeal, an invitation, that you would believe that Jesus is the Christ. I mean, if you're writing a book, you think, stop there! That's great! That ends on such a powerful note! But he goes on to chapter 21. And chapter 21 is interesting because it shifts gears from the exclamation point. When it starts out, you're kind of scratching your head, saying, "What is going on here?" But as Warren Wiersbe points out, John couldn't really end his gospel at John chapter 20, verse 31 because there would be questions. This the latest gospel. He wrote this in probably 80 A.D. and so, it's late. Matthew, Mark, Luke, they've been around for a while, and he writes a different kind of gospel. Matthew, Mark, and Luke are the synoptic gospels. Synoptic means "seeing the same." And that's why, when you read Matthew, Mark, and Luke, they sound a lot the same. They talk about similar stories. John talks about different things in the life of Jesus. And John wants to tie into the readers. What's going on in the early church in terms of Peter being the leader of the early church? How does Peter, who denies Christ, all of a sudden ...
And The Word Became Flesh
John 21:1-14
Pastor Jeff Schreve
If you have your Bible, please turn to John chapter 21. John chapter 21 is an interesting chapter. It's kind of the epilogue of the whole gospel. John chapter 20 is such a powerful chapter of the resurrection and Jesus meeting with the disciples and meeting with Thomas, Doubting Thomas, and Thomas exclaims, no doubt at the feet of Jesus, "My Lord and my God." And that's just such an exclamation point. And then, John gives kind of a summation. "Many other signs therefore Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples which are not written in this book. But these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may life in His name." It seems like that would be a good place to just end the gospel account. It gives an appeal, an invitation, that you would believe that Jesus is the Christ. I mean, if you're writing a book, you think, stop there! That's great! That ends on such a powerful note! But he goes on to chapter 21. And chapter 21 is interesting because it shifts gears from the exclamation point. When it starts out, you're kind of scratching your head, saying, "What is going on here?" But as Warren Wiersbe points out, John couldn't really end his gospel at John chapter 20, verse 31 because there would be questions. This the latest gospel. He wrote this in probably 80 A.D. and so, it's late. Matthew, Mark, Luke, they've been around for a while, and he writes a different kind of gospel. Matthew, Mark, and Luke are the synoptic gospels. Synoptic means "seeing the same." And that's why, when you read Matthew, Mark, and Luke, they sound a lot the same. They talk about similar stories. John talks about different things in the life of Jesus. And John wants to tie into the readers. What's going on in the early church in terms of Peter being the leader of the early church? How does Peter, who denies Christ, all of a sudden ...
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