John's Gospel began with an iconic prologue in the first eighteen verses that set out the focus and character of John's collation of events from Jesus' life and ministry - they will seek to evidence the point that Jesus was the eternal, pre-existent Word of God, now in flesh to shine light in the darkness and overcome Satan, sin and death.
Now John turns to his star witness in this case - John the Baptist - who will give testimony that Jesus was the Son of God, the spirit-filled servant of God and the Lamb of God who comes to be a sacrifice for sins to cleanse the sins of the world. John the Baptist is happy to understand himself as Jesus' sideman; he is here to talk about Jesus, to prepare people for Jesus and to talk up Jesus.
As John the Baptist is called to the stand by John (the Gospel writer) as his star witness we will consider four themes that come out in the narrative:
Join us as we explore John's Gospel together and examine the Jesus that we find there - all in the hope that you may believe he is the Son of God and that in him you may have life.
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