The contrast is real, as one reader stated in one of his writings. He is an influencer!
We can be cruising along with denomination ideas plus promotions and find out, "We are producing, not learning from the Holy Spirit!"
The Gospel of John is especially powerful because Matthew-Mark-Luke have strong backgrounds for the stories. However, the Fourth Gospel has those backgrounds already available and extremely valuable.
Readers can test that purity of writing just one chapter of John and see how it is pure gold - molding one's spiritual mind. Ask John's Revelation. Gold is the #1 beautiful, luxurious metal in Revelation, the most used throughout.
So here I am, reading how often gold appears in Revelation. People emphasize what is rare and puzzling. Why not ask why Revelation is so golden?
