Gospel Of John
Jim Carlson
3 April 2017
Outline of John
The Word coming to bring God to man -- [1:1--13:38]
Introduction to life and building -- [1:1-51]
The Word in eternity past, who was God, through creation coming as life and light to bring forth the children of God -- [1-13]
The Word becoming flesh, with grace in fullness and with reality, to declare God in the only begotten Son of God -- [14-18]
Jesus as the Lamb of God, with the Holy Spirit as the dove, making the believers stones for the building of the house of God with the Son of Man -- [19-51]
Religion looking for a great leader -- [19-28]
Jesus introduced as a Lamb with a dove -- [29-34]
Bringing forth stones for God's building -- [35-51]
Life's principle and life's purpose …show more content…
-- [9:1--10:42]
Life's sight -- for the blind in religion -- [9:1-41]
Born blind -- [1-3]
Receiving sight by the light and the anointing of life --
[4-13]
Persecuted by religion -- [14-34]
Believing into the Son of God -- [35-38]
Life's judgment on the blind religionists -- [39-41]
Life's shepherding -- for the believers outside of religion --
[10:1-42]
The sheepfold, the door, and the pasture -- for the sheep -- [1-9]
The Shepherd, the divine life, and the soulish life -- for the flock -- [10-21]
The eternal life, the Son's hand, and the Father's hand -- for the security of the sheep -- [22-30]
The persecution of religion -- [31-39]
Life's desertion of religion and life's new standing --
[40-42]
The need of the dead -- life's resurrecting -- [11:1-57]
The dead man and his need -- [1-4]
The frustration of human opinions -- [5-40]
Life's resurrecting -- [41-44]
The conspiracy of religion and life's vicarious death for the gathering of God's children -- [45-57]
Life's issue and multiplication -- [12:1-50]
Life's issue -- a house of feasting (a miniature of the church life) --
[1-11]
Life's multiplication for the church through death and resurrection
(the glorification of God and the judgment upon the world and Satan implied) -- …show more content…
[22-24]
The Father to be shown righteous in loving the Son and His believers -- [25-26]
Life's process through death and resurrection for multiplication --
[18:1--20:13, 17]
Delivering Himself in voluntary boldness to be processed --
[18:1-11]
Examined in His dignity by mankind -- [18:12-38a]
By the Jews according to God's law in their religion -- [12-27]
By the Gentiles according to man's law in their politics --
[28-38a]
Sentenced in man's injustice by blind religion with dark politics --
[18:38b--19:16]
Tested in God's sovereignty by death -- [19:17-30]
Issuing in blood and water -- [19:31-37]
Resting in human honor -- [19:38-42]
Resurrecting in divine glory -- [20:1-13, 17]
Leaving the old creation in the tomb as a testimony provided by His appreciators and discovered by His seekers -- [1-10]
Testified by angels sent by God -- [11-13]
Bringing forth many brothers and making His Father and
God theirs -- [17]
Life in resurrection -- [20:14--21:25]
Appearing to the seekers and ascending to the Father -- [20:14-18]
Coming as the Spirit to be breathed into the believers -- [20:19-25]
Meeting with the believers -- [20:26-31]
Moving and living with the believers -- [21:1-14]
Working and walking with the believers --