Worship in the True Spirit (John 4:15-26; Deuteronomy 12:1-14, 29-32)
/With the pouring out of the Holy Spirit there is a change in the character of our worship (its participants, its location, its splendor) leading us into true heavenly worship.
Sheep Without a Shepherd? (Zechariah 13:7-9; John 16:25-33)
/In this passage we see a prophecy of what will happen at the Messiah’s coming. He will be struck on behalf of his true sheep and bring judgment on the earthly kingdom of Israel and its false leaders or shepherds and inaugurate a new and better order.
The Water of Life (John 4:1-15; Revelation 22:1-5, 17)
/Jesus comes and offers this woman of Samaria the water of life, which signifies the Holy Spirit and eternal life he brings, given through faith in Jesus Christ.
The New Moses (John 3:31-36; Isaiah 59:15b-21)
/The Old Covenant and its administration have come to a close with the ending of the ministry of the last of the Old Covenant prophets, and is now displaced by the ministry of the Prophet of the New Covenant.
He Must Increase (John 3:22-30; Isaiah 49:8-18)
/Jesus Christ is shown to be the Messianic bringer of peace in that he is given the heavenly bride, and in doing so brings the ministry of John to a close.
For God So Loved the World, Pt 2 (John 3:16-21; Deuteronomy 28:15-34)
/Jesus came in his first coming to reverse the curse of destruction, for those who believe, and bring eternal life in the place of eternal destruction.
For God So Loved the World, Pt. 1 (John 3:16-21; Genesis 22:1-19)
/God displayed his love for all the nations, by sending his Son to bear their curse.
The Son of Man Lifted Up (John 3:9-15; Numbers 21:4-9)
/Jesus, the Messianic, Son of Man has descended from heaven in order to suffer on the cross, raise from the dead, and ascend into heaven, that he might redeem his people and give them entrance into heaven, through faith in him.
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.
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.