I AM
Jesus refers to Himself as The ___ of Life, reflecting our need for spiritual nourishment.
Bread (John 6:35)
Jesus performed this, His first miracle, at the wedding at Cana, at the urging of His mother.
Changing water into wine (John 2)
John 1:1 states, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Which OT passage does John want His readers and listeners to draw reference to?
Gen. 1:1 “In the beginning, God…”
Making a whip of cords, driving them out, pouring out their coins, and overturning their tables, saying, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.”
Those selling animals for sacrifices and the money-changers (John 2:13-16)
There are several themes throughout the Book of John in this number, which Biblically symbolizes the number of fulfillment or completion.
7
Jesus is The ___ of the World, demonstrating
His power to dispel darkness.
Light (John 8:12)
This man’s sisters were upset that Jesus
did not come sooner. If Jesus had, though, they
would not have seen their brother raised from
the dead.
Lazarus (John 11)
Which messenger, identified in Malachi 3:1, “Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me.” do we encounter in the early parts of the Book of John?
John the Baptist
“Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you? Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.”
The woman caught in adultery. (John 8:10-11)
What does the title “Rabbi” mean?
Teacher
Jesus is The ___ for the Sheep; one must go through Him to have entrance into the family, the kingdom, and the life God has for him or her.
Gate or Door (John 10:7)
Jesus said to this man, “Do you want to be
healed? … Get up, take your bed, and walk.
The man at the Pool of Bethesda (John 5)
Jesus highly offended the religious elite when He referred to Himself as this, which is the personal name God reveals for Himself in Exodus 3:14.
I AM.
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.”
Nicodemus (John 3:16)
Jesus challenges the notion that ___ is believing; He wants us, rather, to believe, trusting that we will then ___.
seeing; see
Jesus is The Good ___, demonstrating the
protective covering He is for His flock.
Shepherd (John 10:11)
This man’s parents, after he had been healed by Jesus, insisted that their son give an account for the healing, because they feared being kicked out of the temple by the Pharisees.
The man born blind (John 9)
Jesus said in John 3:14-15, “the Son of Man must be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.”
Which OT event does this parallel?
Moses lifting up the serpent in the wilderness to save the poisoned Israelites
(Numbers 21:6-9)
“Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.”
Nathanael (John 1:48)
What is the Greek word for “word”?
Logos
Jesus is The ___ and the Life,
representing His power over death.
Resurrection (John 11:25)
Jesus is approached by an official, asking Jesus to do what?
Heal the official’s son (John 4)
In the scene where Jesus is amongst those accusing the woman caught in adultery, Jesus bends over to write in the sand twice with His finger. To which OT event does this make reference?
God took His finger and wrote on the two tablets of stone to give the Ten Commandments. (Ex. 31:18)
“But the day is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth…”
The Samaritan woman at the well (John 4:23-24)
Jesus often uses the ___ needs of those He encounters to symbolize the deeper ___ need.
physical; spiritual
(Ex.Thirst with the woman at the well; Hunger with the feeding of the 5,000; death with the raising of Lazarus)