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Author
John the Apostle, “the disciple whom Jesus loved,” is acknowledged to be the penman
of the Gospel. It was the last Gospel to be written. It has been customary to ascribe the
audience to whom he wrote as “the world.” Recent scholarship has suggested a nar-
rower target-audience as being the Jewish people.
Attributes Detailed
• The Omnipotent Christ
• The Omniscient Christ: Each chapter highlights His knowledge against the back-
ground of man’s ignorance – whom ye know not, if thou knew, the man knew not that
it was Jesus, etc.
• The Obligated Christ: Look at the must’s – seven times regarding Christ
• The Obedient Christ: The Son who only does His Father’s works, speaks His words
• The Originating Christ: In John He takes the initiative – He sees a man born blind;
He sees an impotent man; He finds the colt; He seeks out the woman at the well.
• The Outshining Christ: He reveals the Father so perfectly
• The Gospel of Oneness: His Oneness with the Father and the oneness He creates
between divine persons and the believer
• The Outstanding Christ: His glory revealed in this Gospel
• The Observant Christ: Note the expression “he saw”

The Gospel of …
Individuals – Christ deals with individuals (chs.3,4,5,8,9,11,12)
Indispensable Christ – Needed for creation, revelation, communication, salvation
Illuminating Christ – The Light of the World
Instructive Christ – He is the Teacher
Incomparable Christ – Peerless
Inexhaustible Christ – Ch.6 – bread left over – the true manna is inexhaustible
Intimate Christ – Cf. bosom in ch.1 and ch.13
Interceding Christ – Ch.17
Interested Christ – “He saw”

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