Category: Christian Social Witness

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  • JOHN – Good NEWS for Common Era Sinners

    JOHN – Good NEWS for Common Era Sinners

    The following Scriptural Rerun, although not a part of our current Apostolic Faith SERIES, will provide additional context for our look at the Gospel of John written about five years before the Elder's Epistles. 

    READ any post linked below from our 2020 SERIES from the Gospel of John

    Intro to the Gospel [Good News] of John


    IN THE BEGINNING: λόγος logos

    Reintroduction of 2020 series from John’s Gospel

    READ more about JOHN, Good News author best known to a Common Era audience by just a few famous verses from his Gospel.

    Talk of Jesus .com SERIES from the Gospel of John

    • application to A.D. 2020 until Christ’s return,
    • Scriptural exposition in the context of A.D. 85-90,
    two men in discussion behind this building is closes sign in a large church
    19 March AD2020 Churches ordered closed
    ..while during recent months:
    • some sought to stream the stage of worship
    • some sent seeker-friendly scripture into our homes
    • some church communities disintegrated while others diminished & distanced (like our 2020 remote office meetings complete with slides).

    To review the Gospel of John, simply click on any link in the outline below & it will open in a new window.

    Roger – author of A.D. 2020 series on the Gospel ‘Good NEWS’ of John

    I hope you were blessed by the secure links to reliable sites for further study of Scripture, as well as insight into the 1st century church of John’s Gospel (written ~A.D.- 90).

    Scripture encourages us to a more mature faith.

    Roger@TalkofJesus.com


    John’s Prologue – Good News!

    IN THE BEGINNING was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.

    ALL THINGS came into being through Him, and apart from Him not even one thing came into being that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of

    MANKIND.

    And the Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not grasp it.

    14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us; and we saw His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

    The Book of the Prologue

    John’s Prologue [1:1-18], from which the Apostle next proceeds to the testimony of John the Baptist and the Messiah’s calling of the Twelve, states many important theological themes & along with his Epilogue [21:1-25 {linked below}] provides additional depth of purpose of John’s Gospel.

    John’s Prologue & Epilogue

    “Follow Me

    In A.D. 2020, this is where we began our deep dive into the Good News of John.

    No one has seen God at any time;
    the only begotten God [Son] who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.

    John 1:18 NASB
    talkofJesus.com Again Jesus said, "Follow Me."

    Signs – Jesus IS the Messiah

    Teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ

    Gospel of John

    “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! – John 1:29b

    As Jesus passed by, He saw a man who had been blind from birth. – John 9:1

    Are you greater than our father Abraham who died? And the prophets died. Who do you claim to be?” – John 8:53

    “But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep.

    My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;

    and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. – John 10:26-28

    Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise from the dead.”

    .. “I am the resurrection and the life; the one who believes in Me will live, even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die.

    Do you believe this?”

    John 11:23,25

    MORE of John’s Good NEWS on TalkofJESUS.com

    About the Author John -2- Sons of Zebedee

    The Gatekeeper & the Shepherds – the Door

    Before Abraham was, I AM

    If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly


    In any unexpected crisis of these last days what does mankind fear most?

    from Lazarus – HELP from the grave

    Death!


    John Good NEWS of Good Friday

    It is finished.. + Death’s witnesses

    John Good NEWS AFTER DEATH

    Witnesses to Jesus Risen! – the Eleven, a Passing Witness


    The Hour Is Come

    “Indeed, an hour is coming, and has come, when each of you will be scattered to his own home..

    .. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.”

    • John 16:32-34 excerpt CSB
    • Take heart,” the Lord Jesus encourages disciples, I have overcome the world.”

    two men in discussion behind this building is closes sign in a large church

    And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:

    John 20:20 KJV

    Unrelenting Bad NEWS of A.D. 2020

    What must I do with the GOOD NEWS

    of Jesus Christ?

    John Good News for A.D. 2020 – A.D. ∞

    Hear all the unrelenting bad news of yesterday or today or any future year in the Common Era of these last days.

    For followers of Jesus, His death diminished life’s hope in eternal life;

    that is, until the GOOD NEWS of the Lord’s resurrection reached the eyes and ears and touch of His dearly beloved friends.

    John and the Disciples witnessed the Lord Jesus in His Risen Flesh several times after His resurrection, as had hundreds of other disciples also seen their risen Christ!

    but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

    John – GOOD NEWS from the NKJV 20:21

    “Peace be with you.”

    And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

    John 20:20

    Their sorrow had turned into joy and so must ours; for in Christ Jesus his disciples of every generation have eternal life through His sacrifice for our sins. This is our Gospel, John’s Good News to those who would believe.

    John 20:20

    John’s Epilogue

    John 20:30 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples that are not written in this book.

    But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

    John 20:21 CSB

    Go in Peace and Believe

    I pray that the Lord has blessed you through the Gospel of John in A.D. 2020 and now I might add, the Good NEWS of John by God’s grace continuing these last days in 2023 of the Common Era ..

    May our Lord Jesus Christ 
    draw you into His grace, 
    giving you new hope of Eternal Life in the remaining years of our Common Era of 2023 and beyond if it is God's will,
    
    in the Name of the Father and the Son Christ JESUS, Who IS and Was and will judge all things when the Lord returns, and the Holy Spirit who sustains saved sinners in these last days.
    
    AMEN.
    

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    Comment on Scripture – Share the Gospel


  • Paul’s Letters to Churches he Loved

    Paul’s Letters to Churches he Loved

    From time to time Talk of Jesus .com shares sermons from other media which may help connect our current series.

    Paul sends two Epistles to the Thessalonians from Athens
    Epistles to the Thessalonians
    TRUTH FOR LIFE PROGRAM  

    Faith, Hope, Love (Part 1 of 2)

    https://www.truthforlife.org/resources/sermon/faith-hope-love


    Listen to this helpful overview of the same journey of the Apostle Paul we have outlined in ACTS of the Apostles.

    Soon we’ll take a look at Paul’s next letter to the church at Corinth but READ this overview and listen to Alistair Begg’s description of where Paul has been so far in his introduction to I THESSALONIANS.

  • a study in LIGHT – Truth for Life

    a study in LIGHT – Truth for Life

    Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

    Gospel of John 8:12 ESV
    TalkofJESUS.com recommends witness from other sites from time to time. Today's Good News for you with ears to hear is from Truth For Life a ministry of Alistair Begg.
    

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