Parables And Gospel Of John Flashcards

1
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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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2
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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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3
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What are the two births?

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Physical and spiritual

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4
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How does nicodemus misunderstand?

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Asks if he has second physical birth

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5
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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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6
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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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7
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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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8
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Who gets eternal life

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Those who believe

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9
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Who are condemned

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Those who don’t believe

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10
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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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12
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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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13
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“I am the gate for the sheep”

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Christ is the only way

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14
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“I am the good shepherd”

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Christ protects us

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15
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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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17
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“I am the true vine”

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Gives life to the branches

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18
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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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19
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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

20
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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

21
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What is eternal life in HPP?

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Knowing the son and the father

22
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When did the Sons glory first exist

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Before the world began

23
Q

Who does Jesus “own” and why

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Everyone the Father has given Him- those who believe

24
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Who does Jesus NOT pray for in the HPP?

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The world

25
Q

What is Jesus’s prayer for the unity of believers?

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“That we may be one as we are one”

26
Q

Parable to those outside the church were?

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Simple stories

27
Q

What belonged only to the church?

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The real hidden meanings of parables

28
Q

What is the Pharisees problems with parables?

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They didn’t let them alter their behavior

29
Q

One key to understanding the parables is what

A

Discover who original audience is

30
Q

Our task to interpreting parables is what

A

Try to hear what they heard

31
Q

3 kinds of stories that get labeled as parables

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Metaphors
Epigrams
Similitudes

32
Q

The parables are not what?

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Allegories filled with hidden meanings

33
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Best clues to what parables are are found in what

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Their function

34
Q

Story parables function as striking way of what

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Calling for response

35
Q

What four things are parables t old to do

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Address, capture, bring the maker in, and cause the heater to respond to Jesus

36
Q

Hermeneutical task for parables

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Recapture the “punch”

37
Q

Two items that make a joke/parable work

A

Points of reference

Surprise

38
Q

What are points of reference

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Things the audience relates to

39
Q

What is the point of a parable

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The intended response

40
Q

Determining the original audience

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Who would’ve been caught

41
Q

The KOG is like” is not

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The first thing mentioned. But the whole story

42
Q

To whom are the KOG parables addressed

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Multitudes as potential disciples

43
Q

What dual concept about the KOG do they teach and which part do they focus on

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Already not yet

Already

44
Q

What did Matt do that we need to do to make parables come alive today

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Translate into our own context

45
Q

What do we need to do to understand the KOG parables

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Immerse yourself in the whole idea of understanding the KOG