John KJV

The Gospel of John was written by a man who was there. Not a historian working from other men’s stories, but a fisherman: John, the son of Zebedee, mending nets on the Sea of Galilee when Christ called him. He never names himself in this book. He calls himself the disciple whom Jesus loved.

This is eyewitness testimony. John is not passing along a story he heard. He is telling you what he saw with his own eyes.

Matthew opens with a genealogy, Luke in the temple, Mark in the wilderness. John goes back further than all of them, before Bethlehem, before the first day of creation: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

Don’t mistake simple words for a soft message. John will not let you leave Jesus as a good teacher or a prophet among prophets. By the end of this book, Thomas falls at the feet of the risen Christ and says, “My LORD and my God.” Either Thomas was right, or he was worshipping a man. John leaves you no third option. Why does John call the miracles signs, and where is every one of them pointing?