The Gospel of John - Reflects the Church of Whats-Happening-Now

 

Ladies, Gentlemen, and Undecided -

I have concluded that the Gospel of John perfectly reflects the Church of Whats-Happening-Now.

Everyone knows the basics of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, but John is entirely different. 

1. The Fourth Gospel assumes knowledge of the first three.
2. The Fourth Gospel has the simplest language and sentence construction, making it perfect for anyone learning a language or just getting started in language studies.
3. Most important, the Fourth Gospel is rather short on background - facts we have already learned from Matthew-Mark-Luke - but John is filled and overflowing with teaching (doctrine), often directly from Jesus Christ: Creation, the Trinity, the Father-Son relationship, pre-existence of the Son, the Virgin Birth, Mary's position, miraculous healing, miracles of nature, forgiveness through faith, salvation, Final Judgment, the Atonement, and Resurrection.
4. We can only conclude that faith in Jesus Christ is the prime lesson of this Gospel - confessing this truth freely, without mental reservation, or purpose of evasion. Lutheran officials, clergy, and professors practice mental reservation - just like Catholic religious - pretending to agree while sticking to their corrupt definitions.

This puts the individual in a unique position. He is either 100% for the message of John's Gospel, or 100% against it. That explains why the Fourth Gospel has been put on the bottom shelf and ignored, because every passage torments and challenges the pretenders, the rulers of the Church of Whats-Happening-Now. 

The pretenders are the clownish Pharisees (John 9) trying to get rid of the Healer and anyone who believes in Him. The ruling pretenders are the Jewish leaders charging Jesus with the crime of calling Himself the Son of God. They did so for good reason - Jesus identified Himself with the I AM of the Burning Bush, Exodus 3, so He could say - emphasizing Justification by Faith - "Before Abraham was, I AM."

We can hear today's murderous Pharisees saying, "We have Wisconsin for our Mother!" or "We have Missouri for our Mother!" The murderous Pharisees of the Lutheran tribe do not care that their frozen food hero broke up two marriages and mocked his wife in Forbes with his divorce decree - so she ended her life. No regrets - they mined millions from that David-like sin and praised him into heaven. His second wife returned to Catholicism.

In contrast to these murderous Pharisees, who oppose faith but welcome everything else, the Fourth Gospel quotes Jesus teaching the great I AM sermons:

I AM the Bread of Life.

I AM the Light of the world.

I AM the Door.

I AM the Good Shepherd.

I AM the Resurrection and the life.

I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life.

I AM the True Vine.