Augsburg Confession YouTube Nils Dahl - "What do we know for sure? The text! The text!" |
Basics of John -
Capstone of the Synoptics (Matthew-Mark-Luke)
- Three year mission v. one year in the Synoptics.
- John has valuable details in harmony with Synoptics
- The Gospel simple in language, soaring in perspective - the Eagle.
- Slight difference to the Baptism and Holy Communion.
The Trinity and the Creating Word - Genesis
KJV John 1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Limitations of Moses and Jesus the Exegete
KJV John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
18 No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him (exegesis).
The Prophet Isaiah
KJV John 1:23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
Holy Spirit - Creation and Isaiah - Disciples
KJV John 1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
Gathering Disciples
KJV John 1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.