You Must Be Born Again (John 3:1-8; Ezekiel 36:22-32)

Christ brings the Spirit of God as proof that a new age has come and as testimony that salvation comes only through sovereign regeneration of those God chooses.

The Judging of the Temple (John 2:13-25; Psalm 69:1-9)

Jesus displaces the Old Covenant Temple and its worship by bringing the greater reality of the heavenly Temple and its worship in his life, death and resurrection.

The Wedding at Cana (John 2:1-12; Exodus 7:14-25)

Jesus displaces the cermonialism of the Old Covenant (a ministry of death), by bringing the life, joy and abundance of the New Covenant though wine (representing his blood).

The Promise is for You and Your Children (Acts 2:37-42; Genesis 17:1-14)

Baptism, the Sign of consecration of the New Covenant, fulfills Baptism, and as such is to be given to our covenant children, that they might be brought into the church and placed under the authority of Jesus Christ.

The New Israel, Pt. 2 (John 1:43-51; Genesis 28:10-22)

As Jesus builds his New Israel, he gives them a new and better land, heaven itself, over which he is the King.

The Life is in the Blood (Leviticus 17:10-14)

The life of the sacrificial animals was not enough to give life to the spiritually dead, a better blood was needed and so God's children were forbidden to partake of the blood, until the better sacrifice came in Jesus Christ.

The New Israel, Pt. 1 (John 1:35-42; Ephesians 2:11-22)

The gathering of the New Disciples is the gathering of a new community, a New Israel, built upon Christ – the true and final Prophet, Priest and King – and it displaces the Old (national) Israel.

Make Straight the Way of the Lord - Pt. 3 (John 1:29-34; Isaiah 52:13-52:12)

Christ is the better lamb of God as the fulfillment of Isaiah 52, 53 who takes away the sin, not only of Jews, but of the nations - showing himself to be the better Son of God - displacing Israel.

Our Anxious Longing (Romans 8:18-25)

Make Straight the Way of the Lord Pt. 2 (John 1:29-34; Isaiah 40:1-8; Genesis 3:8-10)

The descending of the Spirit comes in fulfillment of Isaiah 40:1-8, coming in judgment as an anticipation of the final judgment as judgment comes to Israel.

Make Straight the Way of the Lord (John 1:19-28; Isaiah 40:1-5)

The writer presents John as the one who bears testimony regarding Christ, heralding his coming as that of the Lord, in fulfillment of the prophecy made through Isaiah (Is 40:3) – in order that Christ might bring comfort, from God, to his chosen people.

Salvation From, Through and To the Eternal God (John 1:1-18; John 20:30-31)

Review of the prologue: Salvation is by God, through God and to God. Christ is the eternal God who has come in the flesh to redeem his people unto an eternal inheritance.

Jesus the Re-Creator (1 Corinthians 15:42-49; Genesis 2:7)

By coming to earth, perfectly fulfilling the Law of God, and enduring the wrath of God, Jesus Christ earned the right to make his people spiritually alive. The resurrection is proof positive that this is true – that Christ ha

Grace in the Place of Grace (Exodus 33:17-23; John 1:14-18)

Christ came as the final revelation of the Father to do that which the Law could not do – show God's heavenly kindness in fullness and bring salvation.

The True Tabernacle (John 1:14; Exodus 34:1-9)

John tells us, in this passage that the logos is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who dwelt in the midst of his people, in glory, in the Tabernacle, and has, now, become flesh.

The True Light (John 1:9-13)

The Gospel Writer presents Jesus as the heavenly light who came into creation and was rejected by the Jews and Gentiles in order that be might enlighten his chosen with the knowledge of salvation causing them to be born again.

John the Witness (John 1:6-8)

The Gospel writer wants to establish the identity of John, who was anticipated by the Old Testament, and brings about a conclusion to the Old Testament witness regarding Christ by announcing the arrival of the Light and the Gospel to all men.

In the [New] Beginning (John 1:1-5; Genesis 1:1-5)

John brings us hope through Jesus Christ, who is God himself, and brings spiritual light into spiritual darkness, that is brings eternal life to his own. By doing this, Christ brings about a new and a better creation.