Parables And Gospel Of John Flashcards

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What are 10 major themes found in the gospel of John?

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Jesus the messiah
New birth
Eternal life/salvation
Light and darkness
High priestly prayer
Relational language
Holy Spirit
Belief and unbelief
Signs
Jews
"I Am" statements and metaphors
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5 details in John which suggest an Eyewitness Account

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6 water pots at Cana
Number of fish caught
"Barley" loaves
Smells
Peoples actions and reactions
Peters beckoning others
Weight of spices used to bury Jesus
Gives names of people who arent named in other gospels
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What are the two births?

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Physical and spiritual

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How does nicodemus misunderstand?

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Asks if he has second physical birth

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How does Jesus clarify where they come from?

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Flesh gives birth to flesh, spirit gives birth to spirit

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How does Jesus use wind to show how holy spirit works

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Can’t see, but can hear and see effects

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How does Jesus illustrate using Moses?

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Like Moses lifted the snake on a rod…He will be lifted in a tree

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Who gets eternal life

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Those who believe

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Who are condemned

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Those who don’t believe

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Why is unbelief so serious?

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God’s testimony…if don’t believe it’s saying that He is a liar

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“I am the bread of life”

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“He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes won’t go thirsty”

Christ satisfies spiritual needs

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“I am light of the world”

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Christ opened the eyes of the people

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“I am the gate for the sheep”

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Christ is the only way

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“I am the good shepherd”

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Christ protects us

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“I am the resurrection and the life”

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He provides eternal life

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“I am the way, the truth, and the life”

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One way to father…through Jesus

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“I am the true vine”

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Gives life to the branches

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What do the “absolute” I AM statements of Jesus teach about Him, His ministry…

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“I am He”

God knows the future, helping the disciples to believe

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What is the Holy Spirits function for the disciples?
Where will he be?
What will he "teach"?
What will he remind them of?
What will he "testify" about?
What will he "guide" them into
What will he "tell" the,
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1) Spiritual counselor
2) the HS will be in you
3) all things
4) everything Christ said
5) Jesus
6) all truth
7) things they’re not able to now hear
8) take what belongs to Jesus and make it know to disciples
9) convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment

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3 main things Jesus addresses in HPP

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1) glorification of the son
2) Jesus’s disciples
3) those who will believe

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What is eternal life in HPP?

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Knowing the son and the father

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When did the Sons glory first exist

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Before the world began

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Who does Jesus “own” and why

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Everyone the Father has given Him- those who believe

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Who does Jesus NOT pray for in the HPP?

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What is Jesus's prayer for the unity of believers?
"That we may be one as we are one"
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Parable to those outside the church were?
Simple stories
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What belonged only to the church?
The real hidden meanings of parables
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What is the Pharisees problems with parables?
They didn't let them alter their behavior
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One key to understanding the parables is what
Discover who original audience is
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Our task to interpreting parables is what
Try to hear what they heard
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3 kinds of stories that get labeled as parables
Metaphors Epigrams Similitudes
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The parables are not what?
Allegories filled with hidden meanings
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Best clues to what parables are are found in what
Their function
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Story parables function as striking way of what
Calling for response
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What four things are parables t old to do
Address, capture, bring the maker in, and cause the heater to respond to Jesus
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Hermeneutical task for parables
Recapture the "punch"
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Two items that make a joke/parable work
Points of reference | Surprise
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What are points of reference
Things the audience relates to
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What is the point of a parable
The intended response
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Determining the original audience
Who would've been caught
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The KOG is like" is not
The first thing mentioned. But the whole story
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To whom are the KOG parables addressed
Multitudes as potential disciples
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What dual concept about the KOG do they teach and which part do they focus on
Already not yet | Already
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What did Matt do that we need to do to make parables come alive today
Translate into our own context
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What do we need to do to understand the KOG parables
Immerse yourself in the whole idea of understanding the KOG