The Word
John 1:1 echoes the language of what Old Testament passage?
Genesis 1:1
Who was sent from God to bear witness to the “Light.”
John the Baptist
What was the first miracle of Jesus?
Transforming the water into wine at the wedding in Cana.
What Jewish holiday was taking place when Jesus cleansed the Temple?
Passover
Nicodemus was a member of what group of Jewish religious leaders?
The Pharisees
According to John 3:16, who did God “so love?”
The World
Jesus passed through Samaria on his way to _______.
Galilee
What did Jesus say to the Samaritan woman when she came to draw water?
“Give me a drink”
What cult interprets John 1:1:
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was “a God.”
Jehovah’s Witnesses
“For the law was given through Moses; _____ and _____ came through Jesus Christ.”
Grace and Truth
What word did Jesus use to address his Mother?
“Woman”
In Christ, where is God’s Temple now?
1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?
Jesus said to Nicodemus, “unless one is born again” he cannot see what?
The Kingdom of God
According to John 3:16, what must we do to receive eternal life?
Believe in Jesus
Jesus met the woman at the town of ______, in Samaria.
Sychar
Jesus told the woman that if she knew he was she would ask for ______ _____.
Living water
Why does John say in verse 3: “All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made?”
To emphasize that the Word was not created.
The Word is God.
Why is Jesus referred to as the “Lamb of God?”
Because he takes away the sin of the World.
The 6 stone water jars had what purpose?
John 2:6
Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
When Jesus said, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up,” what was he referring to?
John 2:21
But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
The Greek word ἄνωθεν (anothen) has a double meaning; it can mean either [born] "again" or it can mean [born] _____ _____.
From above
John 3:17
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to _______ the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Condemn
Jesus was sitting beside what well?
Jacob’s Well
John 4:13-14
13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to _______ ____.”
Eternal life
What is the Greek word that John uses when he refers to the “Word?”
Logos
What doctrine is illustrated in John 1:14:
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
The Incarnation
What is the symbolism in this miracle that has great meaning for us personally?
Jesus has the power to transform us from something ordinary into something extraordinary
What were Jesus' objections?
Probably the custom of selling sacrificial animals and exchanging various types of money for temple coinage began as a convenience for pilgrims. By Jesus’ day this practice had escalated into a major business for the priests and had replaced spiritual worship in the courtyard during the Passover season.
Charges for money changing were excessive and tended to gouge the poor and pious.
The priests transformed this area from a place of quiet prayer into a noisy bazaar. It was virtually impossible for Gentiles to worship there, the only courtyard accessible to them, with all the business going on.
Jesus equates being “Born Again” with being “Born of _____ and the _____.
Water and the Spirit
How does John 3:16 refute legalism?
We are saved by believing/faith alone
The woman had “3 Strikes” because she was:
1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
1. A woman
2. A Samaritan
3. A sinner
John 4:24
24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in ______ and _____.”
Spirit and truth
What do you call a noun without an article?
Anarthrous
What fourth-century bishop and theologian Augustine is said to have commented that the Gospel of John is “deep enough for an elephant to swim and shallow enough for a child not to drown.”
Augustine
What was the reason that Jesus performed this miracle at Cana?
John 2:11
11 This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
What do Jesus' actions in cleansing the temple tell us about who he is?
The authority Jesus claimed by his words and actions required proof - a sign.
Display of authority; messiah, Son of God.
Water and Spirit often refer symbolically in the Old Testament to what?
Spiritual renewal and cleansing
Ezekiel 36:25-27
25 I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
Why do people love the darkness rather than the light?
Because their works are evil
The Samaritans were racially mixed because citizens were deported and foreigners were imported after the Northern Kingdom was conquered by _______ in 722 B.C.
Assyria
Who did Jesus claim to be?
Messiah