Who Am I?
John 1:1–18
John 1:1–18
What title is used for Jesus in John 1:1?
The Word
Scripture (John 1:1, NIV):
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
What did John the Baptist call Jesus?
Lamb of God
Scripture (John 1:29, NIV):
“Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
WHICH 4 APOSTLES ARE MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY IN JOHN 1 AND 2
PETER, ANDREW, PHILLIP, NATHANIEL
What were the merchants doing?
Selling and exchanging in a unfair manner
Scripture (John 2:14, NIV):
“In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money.”
How does one become a child of God?
Believe in Jesus
Scripture (John 1:12, NIV):
“Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”
What does John 1 say the Word became?
Flesh
Scripture (John 1:14, NIV):
“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
What new name did Jesus give Simon?
Cephas (Peter)
Scripture (John 1:42, NIV):
“Jesus looked at him and said, ‘You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas’ (which, when translated, is Peter).”
What problem arose?
No more wine
Scripture (John 2:3, NIV):
“When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, ‘They have no more wine.’”
What did Jesus use?
A whip
Scripture (John 2:15, NIV):
“So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts…”
What does Jesus bring according to John 1:4?
Life and light
Scripture (John 1:4, NIV):
“In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind.”
Who was sent as a witness to testify about the light?
John the Baptist
Scripture (John 1:6–7, NIV):
“There was a man sent from God whose name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.”
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
In John 1, what are the major titles or identities given to Jesus by different witnesses, and what do each of them reveal about Him?
What did the miracle reveal?
His glory
Scripture (John 2:11, NIV):
“What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory…”
What did Jesus mean by “this temple”?
His body
Scripture (John 2:21, NIV):
“But the temple he had spoken of was his body.”
What does John say about those who receive Jesus?
They become children of God
Scripture (John 1:12, NIV):
“Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.”
What did people receive from Christ’s fullness?
Grace in place of grace
Scripture (John 1:16, NIV):
“Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.”
Who brought Simon to Jesus?
Andrew
Scripture (John 1:41–42, NIV):
“The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, ‘We have found the Messiah’ (that is, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus.”
Who brought the issue to Jesus?
His mother
Scripture (John 2:3, NIV)
What event brought Jesus to Jerusalem?
Passover
Scripture (John 2:13, NIV):
“When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem.”
Why is it important that Jesus is the lamb?
To be the sacrifice, atonement for our sins.
According to John, who made God known?
The one and only Son
Scripture (John 1:18, NIV):
“No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.”
What did Philip say they had found?
The one Moses wrote about
Scripture (John 1:45, NIV):
“Philip found Nathanael and told him, ‘We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.’”
Where was Jesus’ first miracle?
Cana in Galilee
Scripture (John 2:1, NIV):
“On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there.”
Why didn’t Jesus trust people?
He knew what was in them
Scripture (John 2:24–25, NIV):
“But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.”
What does John the Baptist say about himself compared to Jesus?
He is not the light
Scripture (John 1:8, NIV):
“He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.”