The Big Picture
GOD
GOD and
Man*
GOD and
Man*
Man vs.
GOD
GOD and a
chosen
People
GOD and a
chosen
People
The GOD-Man*
Genesis 1:26-31, 3:8a
“They heard the sound of the Lord
God walking in the garden in the
cool of the day,”
The Big Picture
GOD
GOD and
Man*
GOD and
Man*
Man vs.
GOD
GOD and a
chosen
People
GOD and a
chosen
People
The GOD-Man*
The Big Picture
GOD
GOD and
Man*
GOD and
Man*
Man vs.
GOD
GOD and a
chosen
People
GOD and a
chosen
People
The GOD-Man*
Then, man said “no”
 Genesis 3:6-7
 Romans 1:18-25
 1 John 2:16
The Big Picture
GOD
GOD and
Man*
GOD and
Man*
Man vs.
GOD
GOD and a
chosen
People
GOD and a
chosen
People
The GOD-Man*
Romans 5:10
10
For if while we were enemies
we were reconciled to God through
the death of His Son, much more,
having been reconciled, we shall be
saved by His life.
This is a BIG
Problem
remember that you
were at that time
separate from
Christ
What we needed

But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were
far off have been brought near by the blood of
Christ. (Eph. 2:13)
 This happened First in the Incarnation itself!
The Big Picture
GOD
GOD and
Man*
GOD and
Man*
Man vs.
GOD
GOD and a
chosen
People
GOD and a
chosen
People
The GOD-Man*
The Names
 Immanuel means “God With Us”
 Jesus (Yeshua) means “To Save”
Two Terms
 Synoptics Gospels (Matt., Mark, Luke)
 Miracle
 dunamis
 John
 Sign
 seimion
Marks of a “sign”
 (1) Is a given work performed by Jesus as part of his
public ministry?
 (2) Is an event explicitly identified as a “sign” in John’s
Gospel?
 (3) Does the event, with its concomitant symbolism,
point to God’s glory displayed in Jesus, thus revealing
Jesus as God’s true representative?
Sections in John
Book of Signs: 1-12
Book of Glory: 13-21
The Seven Signs of John
Sign
Meaning

Better Covenant/ purification
(2) Clearing the Temple (2:13-25)

Purity in Worship/ Jesus is the Place

(3) The healing of the official’s son (4:46–54)

God’s glory displayed in Jesus

(4) The healing of the lame man (5:1–15)

God’s glory displayed in Jesus

(5) The feeding of the multitude (6:1–15)

Christ is the Bread of Life

(6) The healing of the man born blind (chap. 9)

Sickness not of this world

(7) The raising of Lazarus (chap. 11)

Christ is the resurrection and the Life

(1) The turning of water into wine at the wedding
in Cana (2:1–11)

The Miracles

4
Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and
report to John what you hear and see:

5
the blind receive sight and the lame walk, the lepers
are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor
have the gospel preached to them.

6
Me.”
“And blessed is he who does not take offense at
 Matthew 11:4-6
 TRULY THE MIRACLES EXISTED TO POINT US TO
HIM, BUT . . .
He was “lifted up”
 The OT connection is
Numbers 21:1-9
 The “lifted up” has a
double-meaning:
 John 3:11-15
 John 8:21-30
 Crucifixion
 Exaltation
 John 12:27-43
The Death/Life Seam:
Romans 5:10
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled
to God through the death of His Son, much
more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved
by His life.
The Resurrection
 1 Corinthians 15
 1-2: The Gospel named
 3-11: The Gospel
“event” told
 12-19: Resurrection must
be real
 20-28: The details of
resurrection
 29-57: The qualities of
resurrection
 58:The encouragement
of resurrection
 Christ really . . .




Lived
Died
Rose from the Dead
The resurrection is
empirical - verifiable
 The resurrection affects us
 The resurrection is what
everything hangs on –
everything (15:14 &17)
Truly . . .
It was life that we were given back . . . That
is, sin separated us from God – killed us.
We were meant to live.