John: Who is this Man?

John 20:31 -- But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

This gospel was written by the disciple of whom it was said, "Jesus loved him." John was the closest intimate of our Lord during the days of his ministry, so this constitutes a very important gospel.

The fourth Gospel holds peculiar significance to me for many reasons, but especially because it is written by the disciple closest to our Lord. When you read the Gospel of Matthew, you are reading the record of our Lord as seen through the eyes of a devoted disciple. Mark and Luke, of course, were dedicated Christians who knew and loved Jesus Christ, though they learned about him largely through the testimony of others, but John is one who leaned upon his breast. He was of that inner circle which included Peter and James, who went with our Lord through the most intimate circumstances of his ministry and heard more than any of the others. Therefore, we open this book with a sense of anticipation. Here is the testimony of our Lord's closest friend.

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Studies in John
Who is Jesus? John 1:1-4
Hello Darkness John 1:5-13
The Stranger of Galilee John 1:14-18
Call the First Witness! John 1:19-34
The Man who Knew Men John 1:35-51
Water to Wine John 2:1-11
The Temple Cleanser John 2:12-25
Born of the Spirit John 3:1-16
The Best Possible News John 3:16-36
The Man Who Understood Woman John 4:1-42
Faith's Encouragement John 4:43-54
Do you Want to Get Well? John 5:1-17
The Secret of Jesus John 5:18-20
He's got the Whole World in His Hands John 5:21-30
The Credentials of Jesus John 5:31-47
The Testing of Faith John 6:1-15
The New Resource John 6:16-21
What are You Working For? John 6:22-40
Life with God John 6:41-59
To Whom shall We Go? John 6:60-71
Is Jesus for Real? John 7:1-24
For Those who Thirst John 7:25-52
Judging the Judges John 8:1-11
The Breakthrough Point John 8:12-30
Straight Talk from Jesus John 8:31-47
The Choice John 8:48-59
Believing Is Seeing John 9:1-39
The Shepherd and His Sheep John 10:1-21
Mad Man or God-Man John 10:22-42
God's Strange Ways John 11:1-16
Death's Conqueror John 11:17-44
What's Going On? John 11:45-54
Worship Or Waste? John 11:55 - 12:10
Triumph Or Tragedy? John 12:12-26
Faithful Belief and Fatal Unbelief John 12:27-50
Servant Authority John 13:1-17
The One Commandment John 13:18-38
The Cure for Heart Trouble John 14:1-14
That Other Helper John 14:15-31
The Vine and the Fruit John 15:1-11
Loving amidst Hate John 15:12 - 16:4
The New Strategy John 16:5-33
The Longest Prayer John 17
The Way to the Cross John 18:1 - 19:3
He Endured the Cross John 19:4-42
The Incredible Hope John 20:1-18
The New Commission John 20:19-31
Breakfast by the Sea John 21