John: Life in His Name

A. The prologue: The Word is the source of all life, 1:1-18

•  The Word as the Source of Life, 1:1-3
• The Word as the Source of Light, 1:4-13
  • The source of the Light, v. 4
  • The function of the Light, v. 5
  • The witness to the Light, vv. 6-8
  • The universality of the Light, v. 9
  • The response to the Light, vv. 10-13
• The Word as the Source of Love, 1:14-18
  • The Word became flesh, v. 14a
  • The Word dwelt among us, v. 14b
  • The Word dispenses grace, vv. 16-17
  • The Word reveals the Father, v. 18

B. Christ’s public ministry: The Word offers eternal life, 1:19-12:50

1.Reception of the Word, 1:19-4:54

By the disciples

• Revelation of the Lamb of God, 1:19-28
• Revelation of the Son of God, 1:29-51
• Revelation of the glory of Christ, 2:1-11
• Revelation of the zeal of Christ, 2:12-22

By the Jews, Samaritans, and Gentiles

• The offer of life to Nicodemus, 3:1-21
• John’s joy at Christ’s popularity, 3:22-36
• The offer of life to the Samaritan woman, 4:1-26
• The reception of life by the Samaritan people, 4:27-42
• The restoration of life to the nobleman’s son, 4:43-54

2. Rejection of the Word, 5:1-12:50

Rejection of the Son of God

• Opposition arises from healing the lame man, 5:1-15
• Rejecting His claim of unique Sonship, 5:16-30
• Rejecting the manifold witnesses to His Sonship, 5:31-47

Rejection of the bread of life

• A shallow faith: The feeding of the 5000, 6:1-15
  • Accepting His blessings
  • Accepting Him as a Prophet, v. 14
  • Accepting Him as a King, v. 15
• His disciples receive Him: Walking on the water, 6:16-21
• Exposing their motives: The bread of life discourse, 6:22-59
• A deep faith: You have the words of eternal life, 6:60-71

Rejection of the Christ

• By His brothers, 7:1-9
• By the people, 7:10-30
• By the religious leaders, 7:31-52

Rejection of the light of the world

• The woman taken in adultery, 8:1-12
• The Pharisees reject His testimony, 8:13-30
• The Jews reject His words, work and identity, 8:31-59
• The Pharisees reject the sign of the blind man, 9:1-41

Rejection of the good shepherd

• His claim to be the good shepherd, 10:1-2
• His gracious provision for His sheep, 10:2-18
• The Jews accuse Him of blasphemy, 10:19-39
• A Jewish remnant believes, 10:40-42

Rejection of the resurrection and the life

• The revelation of His purposes, 11:1-16
• The revelation of His identity, 11:17-27
• The revelation of His heart, 11:28-38
• The revelation of His power, 11:39-44
• The rejection of His revelation, 11:45-12:11

Rejection of the Son of Man

• His presentation as King, 12:12-19
• His anticipation of suffering, 12:20-36
• His warning of judgment, 12:37-50

C. Christ’s private ministry: The Word explains eternal life, 13:1-17:26

• Love demonstrated in humble servanthood, 13:1-30
  • By washing their feet, 13:1-17
  • By His dealings with Judas, 13:8-30
• Love expressed in gracious promises, 13:36-14:31
  • His impending glorification, 13:31-38
  • Reception in the Father’s house, 14:1-6
  • Revelation of the Father’s nature, 14:7-11
  • Access to the Father’s power, 14:12-14
  • Communion with the Triune God, 14:15-24
  • Comfort from the Triune God, 14:25-31
• Love expressed in fruitful obedience, 15:1-17
  • The Father’s tender care of the branches, 15:1-3
  • The branches’ utter dependence on the Vine, 15:4-6
  • The Father glorified by fruitful branches, 15:7-8
  • Experiencing joy by abiding in Christ’s love, 15:9-17
• Love experienced in hostile conditions, 15:18-16:33
  • Preparing them for hatred from the world, 15:18-25
  • Promising them help from the Spirit, 15:26-16:15
  • Promising them help from the Father, 16:16-28
  • Promising victory over the world, 16:29-33
• Love expressed in sweet communion, 17:1-26
  • The Lord prays for Himself– satisfaction (key idea: glory), 17:1-8
  • The Lord prays for the apostles– security (key idea: keep), 17:9-19
  • The Lord prays for the Church– service (key idea: unity), 17:20-26

D. Christ’s passion: The Word provides eternal life, 18:1-20:31

•  The Messiah willingly submits to His accusers, 18:1-40
  • His betrayal and arrest, 18:1-11
  • The Lord is led to Annas, 18:12-14
  • Peter denies the Lord, 18:15-18
  • His trial before Annas, 18:19-24
  • Peter again denies the Lord, 18:25-27
  • His trial before Pilate, 18:28-38
  • Not this man, but Barabbas, 18:39-40
• The Messiah lays down His life, 19:1-42
  • The rejected King, 19:1-16
  • The crucified King, 19:17-24
  • The compassionate King, 19:25-27
  • The victorious King, 19:28-30
  • The pierced King, 19:31-37
  • The burial of the King, 19:38-42
• The Messiah takes up His life and gives life, 20:1-31
  • The empty tomb, 20:1-10
  • Mary sees the Lord, 20:11-18
  • Jesus appears to ten apostles, 20:19-20
  • Jesus commissions the apostles, 20:21-23
  • Doubting Thomas believes, 20:24-29
  • That you might believe, 20:30-31

E. The epilogue: The disciples experience eternal life, 21:1-25

• Jesus reveals Himself at the shore, 21:1-14
• Jesus restores Peter for service, 21:15-19
• John testifies to the Lord, 21:20-25