John 1:1-51

Who is Jesus?
I. What does the passage say?
A. The Prologue
1. Jesus is ____________________. (v. 1-2)

2. Jesus was _________ God and Jesus _________God (v. 1)

3. Jesus is the _____________________ (v. 3)

4. John the Baptizer came as a ______________ to the _________(v. 6-8)

5. Jesus is the _________ ________ and was coming into the world (v. 9)

6. Jesus is the _________________ (v. 10-13)

7. Jesus became __________ and dwelt among _____ (v. 14)

8. The ________ was given through __________; __________ and

__________ came through Jesus (v. 17)

B. John the Baptizer prepares the way

1. John confessed freely, "I am not the Christ." (v. 20)

2. John claimed to be "the voice of one calling in the desert, 'Make

straight the way of the Lord.'" [ref. Isaiah 40:3] (v. 23)

3. John identifes Jesus as the "Lamb of God, who takes away the sin
of the world." (v. 29)

4. John testifies to the Spirit coming down as a dove onto Jesus (v. 32)

5. John testifies that Jesus is the Son of God. (v. 34)

C. The First Disciples

1. Two of John the Baptizer's disciples followed Jesus. (v. 37)

2. _____________ was one of the two who followed Jesus (v. 40)

3. He found his brother, __________ ___________ and told him, "We

have found the Messiah" and brought him to Jesus (v. 41-42)

4. Jesus found ____________ and he found _______________ (v. 43-45)

5. Jesus demonstrated his identity to Nathaniel: "I saw you while you
were still under the fig tree before Philip called you." (v. 48)

6. Nathaniel declares Jesus to be the Son of God & King of Israel (v. 49)
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II. What does this passage mean?

A. What are the main principles of this passage? What is the theme?

B. Discuss the use of the concept of "light" to illustrate Christ's incarnation

C. Why do you think that John connects Christ to creation and, in v. 10-13, to
being rejected by "that which was his own"?

D. Why is it important that Jesus Christ is fully God? Why is it important that
He is fully human? Is it important that he is both simultaneously? Why?

E. What role does John the Baptiser's testimony play in calling Jesus' first
disciples? What was the evangelistic method that Andrew & Phillip used?

III. What does this passage mean for my life?

A. Is it easy for me to believe what the Bible says about Jesus? Why?

B. What obstacles to belief do people in our world today struggle with?

C. What implications does Christ's deity/flesh combo have for my life now?