(The New Testament began with four accounts of Jesus' time on earth. The fourth of these Gospel Accounts was written by St. John. John was also known as the "beloved disciple." It was believed this account was written about sixty years after Christ's death. John was the youngest of the twelve Disciples. Of all the Disciples, John appeared to be the smartest and able to learn the most Doctrine. Consequently, his firsthand account contained numerous incidents and teachings not included in any of the other three Gospels. John, like Daniel, understood Doctrine to the point he was able to receive visions and revelations as to prophetic events associated with end-time prophecy. John was the author of three epistles and the Book of Revelation. John's Gospel presentation was also unique in that he took the time during the narrative of his account to explain the previous causes and eventual results regardless of time-frame...to the point that his words have traditionally been attributed to Jesus! Consequently, we will focus on the Doctrine presented in this account.)
John 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
(The Word was: in the beginning, with God, and was God.
Doctrine: This established Jesus' pre-existence before His natural birth. Remember, "In the beginning" (from Genesis 1:1) did not mean "the first moment of time." It meant "shaking," which meant when all the physical matter that would ever exist was created. Jesus existed before all the physical matter ever existed, which is known as "pre-existent.")
2 The same was in the beginning with God.
3 All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.
(God's Word or the Word created all things. God's Word is truth. Truth is facts that create in the long term (a right what with a right how/why). God the Father created everything through Jesus.
Doctrine: Creation requires more than one person because profitability is an effect of an exchange. The devil cannot create because he cannot come into agreement and exchange with anyone. The devil can only destroy.)
4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
(In Him (the Word) is life (the ability to repair). Life is the light (energy) of men.
Doctrine: The ability to repair is from Jesus because it is an effect of truth.)
5 And the light shineth in the darkness; and the darkness apprehended it not.
(Doctrine: The word light meant "to be made manifest"...to become apparent and realized. Darkness meant "obscurity"...to not be able to be realized.)
6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.
7 The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.
(Doctrine: John the Baptist was sent by God to be a witness of the Light (the Word) that all men would believe. Jesus did not facilitate His own purpose and progress. John the Baptist was sent to do that.)
8 He was not the light, but came that he might bear witness of the light.
(John the Baptist was not the Light (the Word). This was a clarification of the previous verse.)
9 There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.
(This was a wonderful summary of the previous seven verses. Jesus (Light/Word) was physically in the world, which was made through Him, yet the world did not know Him.)
11 He came unto his own, and they that were his own received him not.
(Jesus came to those who claimed to be following the Law, yet they did not receive Him. However, there were some that did receive Him.)
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he the right to become children of God, even to them that believe on his name:
13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
(John summarized the entire history of Jesus in thirteen verses! He began from "the beginning," covered His time on earth, and concluded with the eternal effects on every person because of their response to Jesus.
Notice, verse 13 described Four Thought Processes:
1) blood (destructive/evil)
2) flesh (animal)
3) man (human)
4) God (godly).
Next, John returned to his narrative...)
14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
(Doctrine: Jesus was full of grace and truth. Some believe the definition of grace is "unmerited favor." Jesus would not be full of "unmerited favor." Actually, grace is "the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life." Jesus was definitely full of this grace, which would also be truth because the influence was divine/from God.)
15 John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.
(Doctrine: John the Baptist knew Jesus was the Messiah. John the Baptist said Jesus was before him even though John was born first. The word before meant "first in rank/priority." John the Baptist knew Jesus was greater than him.)
16 For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace.
(Doctrine: Because of Jesus' fulness of grace and truth we are able to receive grace (and truth) through the Holy Spirit.)
17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
(Doctrine: Jesus Christ brought about a new dispensation: grace and truth through the Holy Spirit replaced the Dispensation of the Law.)
18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
(Doctrine: Only Jesus, who is in the bosom (in the intimate presence) of the Father, has declared (unfolded, revealed) the Father to us. Also, Jesus was begotten of God, of the same substance as God the Father. God did not create Jesus. People create statues; they beget children. This also meant that Jesus came after God the Father, but before all the physical matter was created. However, since God the Father always existed, Jesus essentially always existed because He existed at least a moment after God the Father first existed. In five verses, John explained the effect on us of Jesus' coming in bodily form.
Next, John returned to his narrative...)
19 And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou?
20 And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.
(John the Baptist directly confessed he was not the Christ.)
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.
(Doctrine: People sent by God do not directly testify of themselves because that would not be humble. Jesus never plainly said, "I am the Christ." When they asked John the Baptist whether he was Elijah or a prophet, John's response was that he was not Elijah and he was not a prophet. Notice, John the Baptist did not initiate this statement like he did when he stated "I am not the Christ." In Matthew 11:7-9, Jesus said John the Baptist was Elijah and John the Baptist was a prophet. Either John the Baptist or Jesus lied or people sent by God do not directly testify of themselves. Which do you believe?)
22 They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
(John the Baptist was asked to testify "of thyself." His response was to quote Isaiah 40:3. Notice, John the Baptist still did not directly testify "of thyself.")
24 And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,
27 even he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.
(John the Baptist was a Semikah Rabbi. He had the authority to widen Doctrine. John's baptism was similar to a ceremonial cleansing the religious leaders would do for new converts. The Pharisees wanted to know by what authority John was able to cleanse new converts if he was not the Messiah, Elijah, or a prophet...and did not ask for permission from the religious leaders. John's response was that the Pharisees did not understand Doctrine well enough to bridge the gap between John's and Jesus' identity (which made them unable to state it directly) and the misunderstanding of the Pharisees. Basically, the Pharisees pursued man-made doctrine and traditions, which made them unable to understand events that followed God's Will and Word.)
28 These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!
(Doctrine: Jesus was the prophesied Passover Lamb. John the Baptist saw Jesus coming and declared "Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!" Again, John the Baptist knew Jesus was the Messiah and used a reference from God's Word to make others aware.)
30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.
31 And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.
(Doctrine: The only reason John the Baptist was baptizing was to make Israel realize Jesus was the Messiah.)
32 And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven; and it abode upon him.
(Jesus' baptism. This was definitely a more concise account of this event than the other three Gospels.)
33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize in water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit.
34 And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.
(John the Baptist explained that God gave him a sign of who was the Son of God. John testified that he saw this sign upon Jesus, so he directly stated, "...this is the Son of God." A Rabbi became a Semikah Rabbi through the agreement of two other Semikah's. During Jesus' baptism, John the Baptist and God agreed to make Jesus a Semikah Rabbi. This began Jesus' ministry. However, we will see that this event did not begin Jesus' public ministry. Between verses 34 and 35 was when Jesus was tempted by the devil.)
35 Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples;
36 and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God!
(John the Baptist declared Jesus as the Lamb of God again.)
37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 And Jesus turned, and beheld them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? And they said unto him, Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), where abideth thou?
(Two of John the Baptist's disciples followed Jesus. One was Andrew the other was John, the author of this Gospel. John referred to John the Baptist as "John" and did not refer to himself by name at all. Notice, we have seen a major theme of this Gospel was that a person sent by God does not facilitate their own purpose and progress. Likewise, John the author did not do this for himself throughout this entire Gospel Account.)
39 He saith unto them, Come, and ye shall see. They came therefore and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day: it was about the tenth hour.
40 One of the two that heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
(Andrew's brother was Simon Peter. Every boy in Israel memorized the Torah from the ages of five to twelve years old. If they succeeded, they continued memorizing the rest of the scriptures. If they did not succeed, they began to learn their father's trade. Once the boy reached the age of fifteen years old, he began searching out a Rabbi to teach him until the age of thirty years old, which was when they could become a Rabbi/scribe/Torah teacher. Andrew would have been about fifteen years old. His brother was older and had already given up becoming a Rabbi. He even got married.)
41 He findeth first his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).
42 He brought him unto Jesus. Jesus looked upon him, and said, Thou art Simon the son of John: thou shalt be called Cephas (which is by interpretation, Peter).
(Verse 41 implied that Andrew found his brother Simon before John found his brother James. Jesus changed Simon's name to "Cephas": Peter.)
43 On the morrow he was minded to go forth into Galilee, and he findeth Philip: and Jesus saith unto him, Follow me.
(Galilee was the "Harvard" of Israel as it related to Rabbinical teaching. Jesus found Philip and said "Follow me.")
44 Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
(Philip found Nathanael and told him they had found the One who Moses in the Law and prophets wrote about. These disciples began to follow Jesus, but Jesus had not called them to be His students.)
46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
(Jesus saw Nathanael and said he was an Israelite in whom was no guile (craft, deceit), Nathanael had a right what with a right how/why. Nathanael also spoke his mind ("Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?") instead of hiding what he thought.)
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
(Doctrine: Jesus could see natural things in a supernatural fashion. Nathanael wanted to know how Jesus knew him. Jesus saw him under a fig tree before Philip found Nathanael.)
49 Nathanael answered him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art King of Israel.
(This information was enough for Nathanael to call Jesus "Rabbi" and proclaim that He was the Son of God, the King of Israel.)
50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee underneath the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
(Jesus referenced an even greater example of seeing in the supernatural.)
John 2
1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:
2 and Jesus also was bidden, and his disciples, to the marriage.
(Jesus and His followers were called to a Marriage.)
3 And when the wine failed, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
(Doctrine: According to the Bible, a wedding is a feast, not a ceremony like we have today. The guests feasted and drank wine while the couple consummated their Marriage Covenant. Mary told Jesus that the Marriage feast had no wine. It appeared the newlyweds were relatives of Mary. Running out of food or wine would reflect negatively on the couple, so Mary had identified a need.)
4 And Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
(Jesus' response was to ask what this had to do with Him because it was not yet time for Him to do miracles in order to further His ministry because Jesus' public ministry had not begun yet.)
5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
6 Now there were six waterpots of stone set there after the Jews' manner of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.
(Doctrine: Jesus had not begun His public ministry because He was still taking direction from His mother. Mary knew this. Mary did not respond to Jesus. She told the servants to do whatever Jesus told them. The waterpots were used to heat water for bathing. The six water pots held two or three firkins each. One firkin equals six gallons. Each water pot held twelve to eighteen gallons.)
7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
(Doctrine: Jesus administrated this miracle. Jesus found a way to do a miracle without physically doing anything, which would have drawn public attention to Himself. First, Jesus had the men fill the pots with water.)
8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the ruler of the feast. And they bare it.
(Next, Jesus had someone draw out some of the liquid and take it to the ruler of the feast. While the couple was consummating their Marriage Covenant, a person was in charge of the feast.)
9 And when the ruler of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants that had drawn the water knew), the ruler of the feast calleth the bridegroom,
(The governor of the feast tasted the water that was turned into wine. Only the servants who drew the water knew what Jesus did. No one else outside of Jesus' Ministry knew what Jesus had done.)
10 and saith unto him, Every man setteth on first the good wine; and when men have drunk freely, then that which is worse: thou hast kept the good wine until now.
(Doctrine: God is about more, growth, profitability.)
11 This beginning of his signs did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
(Jesus' Glory was manifested, apparent to/realized by others. This was the beginning of Jesus' miracles, His first miracle. This caused His disciples to believe on Him.)
12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples; and there they abode not many days.
(Notice, Joseph was not mentioned and was not mentioned in any of the Gospels after Jesus was twelve years old. It appeared Joseph had died.)
13 And the passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
(Notice the chronology: Jesus went into Jerusalem for the Passover. Jesus' public ministry began at Passover. Jesus' ministry ended three years later on Passover when He died. Jesus' public ministry was exactly three years.)
14 And he found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
15 and he made a scourge of cords, and cast all out of the temple, both the sheep and the oxen; and he poured out the changers' money, and overthrew their tables;
16 and to them that sold the doves he said, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.
(Jesus made His ministry public by pointing out the church had become a business. Making a "scourge of cords" takes some time. Jesus did not do this uncontrollably. Jesus had plenty of time to think about what He was doing and why He was doing it. This was an intentional act. This story sounded different than the other Gospel accounts of Jesus upsetting the temple at the end of His Ministry while saying that His Father's house was a house of prayer but they had made it a den of robbers. That story took place towards the end of Jesus' public ministry.)
17 His disciples remembered that it was written, Zeal for thy house shall eat me up.
(The disciples referenced Psalm 69:9.)
18 The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
20 The Jews therefore said, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
(The Jews asked Jesus for a sign of His authority to rule over the temple. Jesus' sign was the temple being destroyed and raised up. The Jews did not know He spoke of His body. However, as was typical with John's account, he jumped to the end of the story to tell us what Jesus meant.)
22 When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he spake this; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
(When Jesus raised from the dead, His Disciples remembered this saying.
Next, John would return to the narrative...)
23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he did.
24 But Jesus did not trust himself unto them, for that he knew all men,
25 and because he needed not that any one should bear witness concerning man; for he himself knew what was in man.
(Jesus began His public ministry trying not to be popular.)
John 3
1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.
(While Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover, Nicodemus, a Pharisee, came to Jesus by night. Was he trying to keep this conversation private? He called Jesus "Rabbi." Rabbi meant "Master; Teacher." It was a title used by the Jews to address their teachers and also to honor them. Nicodemus knew Jesus was from God because of the signs Jesus had done which included driving the money-changers from the temple.)
3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
(Doctrine: Jesus said that unless a man be born anew, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. The original language actually translated the word anew to "from above, from a higher place, from the first, from the beginning, from the very first"...born spiritually. The Kingdom of God is now a spiritual kingdom. Everyone is born physically. The way to see the Kingdom of God is to intentionally choose to be born spiritually, to make the spiritual pre-emninent over the physical.)
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?
(Nicodemus was confused because he was thinking only about the physical. He wanted to know how a man could be born twice. Jesus was bringing new Doctrine. Jesus had this authority because He was a Semikah Rabbi.)
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.
(Jesus brought resolution to the two births: physically by the water of the womb and spiritually by the Holy Spirit.)
8 The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
(Doctrine: The Holy Spirit is untamed and so is everyone who is born of the Spirit. Those who are "born of the Spirit" are those who allow the Spirit to work through them. This is living by grace: "the divine influence upon the heart, and its reflection in the life.")
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
(Nicodemus wanted to know how these things can be.)
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things?
(If we do not believe in physical things (that you can see) how can we believe spiritual things (that you cannot see)? The spiritual realm works according to the same principles as the physical realm. The next passage was often credited to Jesus, but many scholars realize now the words were John's as he commented on the meaning behind what Jesus stated to Nicodemus.)
13 And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven.
(If a person believes Jesus said this, then Jesus was saying He was both out of heaven and in heaven at the same time. This would create a lot of contradictions with the rest of the events that Jesus experienced, especially His separation from God when He was crucified. If a person believes John stated this, then John wrote this passage about Jesus after Jesus had resurrected and returned to heaven.)
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;
15 that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.
(John stated that whoever believes (is fully convinced) in Jesus will have eternal life. Your beliefs come out in your actions. A person who believes in Jesus lives by grace through faith.)
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
(Doctrine: God sent Jesus because He loves the world. God offered the world a value (eternal life) without expecting anything in return. God does not make us believe in Jesus.)
17 For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.
(Doctrine: Jesus did not come to judge but to save the world. Many Christians can quote and believe in verse 16, yet do not know and do not live by verse 17. What followed was an explanation from John why Jesus did not come to judge...)
18 He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.
(Doctrine: Those who do not believe have been judged already. The following verses explained the judgment...)
19 And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.
(Doctrine: Being open, truthful, and vulnerable is proof that you love the light, that you want your actions to be apparent/realized by others. Our actions prove whether or not we hate the light (Jesus) or love the light (Jesus). Those who hate the light hide their actions.)
22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
(See John 4:2, people were baptized but not by Jesus.)
23 And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
24 For John was not yet cast into prison.
(From the other Gospel Accounts, John the Baptist was imprisoned early in Jesus' ministry. This chapter showed some of the events at the very beginning of Jesus' public ministry that were not shared in the other Gospels. Jesus, through His disciples, baptized people at the same time John was baptizing people.)
25 There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purifying.
26 And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
(John the Baptist's disciples told him more men were going to Jesus to be baptized.)
27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.
29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full.
(Doctrine: John the Baptist is Jesus' best-man. John the Baptist referenced the Doctrine of Marriage and weddings. During the wedding feast, the best-man stands outside the huppah (marital chamber) while the couple is consummating their Marriage Covenant. The best-man is standing watch and insuring no one interrupts them. When the Covenant is completed, the groom calls to the best-man. The bedsheet is shown to those gathered to prove the bride was not married to anyone else and everyone rejoices because the bride is excellent and their community/culture may continue. Jesus is the Groom. The Church is the Bride. John the Baptist is the best-man.)
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
(Doctrine: This ought to be our objective, get our flesh out of God's way (decrease) so that the Spirit can work through us (increase). John the Baptist's mission was to point people to Jesus. He had done this. Also, this was prophetic in that John would be martyred by Herod.)
31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
(Doctrine: John the Baptist knew Jesus was the Messiah. He stated Jesus came "from above." This was the same word used in John 3:3 and 3:7 for "born anew." We must be born of Christ, the One from above.)
32 What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness.
33 He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this, that God is true.
34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure.
35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
36 He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
(Doctrine: John the Baptist summed up Salvation. The key to eternal life is to believe the Son of God: Jesus. If a person does not obey Jesus, that person will have eternal wrath.)
(This post covered the events that occurred at the beginning of Jesus' public ministry up to Jesus' disciples baptizing people near John the Baptist and his disciples.)
Day 306
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