As I look forward to the BSF John Study this year I was thinking of the popular verses that come from John. John 3:16, John 14:6, John 13:35, John 17:17, John 15:5. The good news about Jesus and a new way of life - a life of love and joy. Stories about people who are like us being changed by an encounter with Jesus. John's gospel only has two miracles in common with Matthew, Mark, and Luke. The feeding of the 5,000 and the resurrection. I love the promise in John 14:12, "I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father."
Jesus goes on to explain the "trinity" nature of God:
You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father. Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!
“If you love me, obey my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn’t looking for him and doesn’t recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you. No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you. Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Since I live, you also will live. When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them.”
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