st. john's gospel
The Gospel according to John presents Jesus as the eternal Word of God, who "became a human being and lived among us." This Gospel was written so that its readers might believe that Jesus is the promised Saviour, the Son of God, and that through their faith in him, they may have life. John emphasizes the gift of eternal life through Christ, a gift which comes to those who respond to Jesus as the way, the truth, and the life. A striking feature of John is the symbolic use of common things from everyday life to point to spiritual realities, such as water, bread, light, the shepherd and his sheep, and the grapevine and its fruit. In the book, Roots: Finding Strength in Biblical Tradition, Father Michael Mulhall observes that, "John's Gospel addresses people in the Jewish community who cannot be reached through the normal channels of grace." That is, those who are sick and need to be healed, and those who need to find and turn to God's spirit to experience rebirth. Jesus, who in this Gospel is stressed as the being the promised Saviour, Son of God, allows these events of healing and rebirth to occur through the miracles that he performs. Some of the miracles he performs include: turning the water into wine, feeding 50,000 peopl
Therefore, John's gospel is different than the three others, spending more time on details of conversations, looking in depth at a few selected encounters of people with the Lord Jesus. John uses these episodes as 'signs' to show Jesus' power as the Son of God and to point people to the truth and reality of His claims, rather than seeking to put forward an argument that everything can be neatly tied together and boxed. In the book, Roots: Finding Strength in Biblical Tradition, Father Michael Mulhall also mentions that "...Life on earth is supposed to be a celebration of God's presence and therefore a rejoicing of God's blessings. Our faith is not deep enough." He goes on to give examples of how we don't look deep into the context of these stories of Jesus and find the true meaning of what God wants us to understand. One thing that Mulhall stated that I liked was when he said, "We allow a stone temple and all that is associated with it to have more place in our lives that the living temple of God's spirit." To me, this means that church should not matter half as much as having God's spirit within you and your religious faith being strong. Church is merely a building. Although it is important, it should not have more symbolism or importance than your faith. He also says, "...We restrict God's grace to what we already understand, and we judge Jesus' message according to our understanding." We should go deeper into the context and realize there is much more to God and His Son than its literal sense. God wants us to be cleared from our sins and stay away from any sinning. In order to do so, we must open our faith and hearts and follow God to the fullest extent until the end. There are many way
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