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John 8:12-59
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1but Jesus went to the
2At dawn he appeared again in
the temple courts, where all the people gathered around him, and he sat down to
teach them.
3The teachers of the law and
the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before
the group
4and said to Jesus, “Teacher,
this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
5In the Law Moses commanded
us to stone such women. Now what do you say?”
6They were using this
question as a trap, in order to have a basis for
accusing him. But Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his
finger.
7When they kept on
questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let any one of you who
is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
8Again he stooped down and
wrote on the ground.
9At this, those who heard
began to go away one at a time, the older ones first, until only Jesus was
left, with the woman still standing there.
10Jesus straightened up and
asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”
11“No one, sir,” she said.
“Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of
sin.”
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12When Jesus spoke again to
the people, he said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will
never walk in darkness, but will have the light of
life.”
13The Pharisees challenged
him, “Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not
valid.”
14Jesus answered, “Even if I
testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from
and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am
going.
15You judge by human
standards; I pass judgment on no one.
16But if I do judge, my
decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father,
who sent me.
17In your own Law it is
written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.
18I am one who testifies for
myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”
19Then they asked him, “Where
is your father?” “You do not know me or my Father,” Jesus replied. “If you knew
me, you would know my Father also.”
20He spoke these words while
teaching in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put. Yet
no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.
21Once more Jesus said to
them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin.
Where I go, you cannot come.”
22This made the Jews ask,
“Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”
23But he continued, “You are
from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
24I told you that you would
die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he,
you will indeed die in your sins.”
25“Who are you?” they asked.
“Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.
26“I have much to say in
judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy, and what I have heard from
him I tell the world.”
27They did not understand
that he was telling them about his Father.
28So Jesus said, “When you
have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do
nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.
29The one who sent me is with
me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.”
30Even as he spoke, many
believed in him.
31To the Jews who had
believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my
disciples.
32Then you will know the
truth, and the truth will set you free.”
33They answered him, “We are
Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say
that we shall be set free?”
34Jesus replied, “Very truly
I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
35Now a slave has no
permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever.
36So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
37I know that you are
Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you
have no room for my word.
38I am telling you what I
have seen in the Father’s presence, and you are doing
what you have heard from your father.”
39“Abraham is our father,”
they answered. “If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would do
what Abraham did.
40As it is, you are looking
for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God.
Abraham did not do such things.
41You are doing the works of
your own father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they protested. “The only
Father we have is God himself.”
42Jesus said to them, “If God
were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not
come on my own; God sent me.
43Why is my language not
clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.
44You belong to your father,
the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer
from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him.
When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of
lies.
45Yet because I tell the
truth, you do not believe me!
46Can any of you prove me
guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?
47Whoever belongs to God
hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to
God.”
48The Jews answered him,
“Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and demon-possessed?”
49“I am not possessed by a
demon,” said Jesus, “but I honor my Father and you dishonor me.
50I am not seeking glory for
myself; but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge.
51Very truly I tell you, whoever
obeys my word will never see death.”
52At this they exclaimed,
“Now we know that you are demon-possessed! Abraham died and so did the
prophets, yet you say that whoever obeys your word will never taste death.
53Are you greater than our
father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”
54Jesus replied, “If I
glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God,
is the one who glorifies me.
55Though you do not know him,
I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him
and obey his word.
56Your father Abraham
rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.”
57“You are not yet fifty
years old,” they said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!”
58“Very truly I tell you,”
Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
59At this, they picked up
stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple
grounds.
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1)
Are verses 1 to 11
included in VisionCasting-John7.53-8.11?
o Yes.
2)
Why are verses 1 to
11 included here?
o They are included here to provide continuity of
context.
3)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 12 who did he say he is?
o Jesus said, “I am the light of the world.”
4)
What is the
current count of the ‘I am’ declarations Jesus had made in the current gospel
account?
o This is the second declaration.
5)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 12 what is the consequence for those who follow him as the
light of the world?
o Whoever follows Jesus
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Will never walk in darkness.
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But will have the
light of life.
6)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 12 what does receiving
the light of life endow those with who follow him as the light of the world,
given John 1:9-13?
o It endows them with the right to become children of
God.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 1:9-13 that says,
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9The true light that gives
light to everyone was coming into the world.
10He was in the world, and
though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.
11He came to that which was
his own, but his own did not receive him.
12Yet to all who did receive
him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of
God—
13children born not of
natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
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7)
How does Jesus
being the light of the world that is the
light of life testify to his identity, given John 1:1-4?
o It testifies to Jesus being God, the creator of all
things.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 1:1-4 that says,
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1In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2He was with God in the
beginning.
3Through him all things were
made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
4In him was life, and that
life was the light of all mankind.
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8)
According to
verse 13 how did the Pharisees challenge
Jesus’ testimony that he is the light of the
world?
o They challenged Jesus that his testimony was not valid.
o Because
o He appeared as his own witness.
9)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 14 why is his testimony
valid even if he testifies on his own
behalf?
o It is because Jesus knows
§
Where he came
from.
§
And where he is going.
10)
Where did Jesus know
he came from and what does that mean, given John 1:1-9?
o Per John 1:1-9 Jesus knew that he
§
Came from God who
has been with him since eternity past.
§
And is himself God.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 1:1-9 that says,
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1In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2He was with God in the
beginning.
…
9The true light that gives
light to everyone was coming into the world.
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11)
Where did Jesus know
he was going, given John 7:33-34?
o Jesus knew that he was going to God who sent him.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 7:33-34 that says,
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33Jesus said, “I am with you
for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me.
34You will look for me, but
you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
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12)
Why is it
important for Jesus to know that he came from God and was going to God who sent
him in order to give a valid testimony of himself,
given verse 58?
o It is because
§
Jesus was going
to give a testimony of himself as God.
§
And he could do
it only as God himself.
13)
In accordance
with verses 13 and 14 why did Jesus say the Pharisees consider his testimony to be not valid?
o It is because they had no knowledge of Jesus’ origin
as God.
14)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15 what did the Pharisees judge by?
o They judged by human standards.
15)
Why did Jesus say
in verse 15 that he passes judgment on no one, given John 5:30?
o It is because Jesus
§
Does not judge on
his own.
§
But judges only
as he hears from the Father.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 5:30 that says,
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30By myself I can do nothing;
I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please
myself but him who sent me.
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16)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 16 why are his decisions true if he does judge, again given
John 5:30?
o It is because Jesus
§
Is not alone.
§
But stands with
the Father who sent him.
o And he judges.
o Only as
o He hears from the Father.
17)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 17 what is written in
the law about the validity of testimony?
o The testimony of two witnesses is true.
18)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 18 who are the two
witnesses that testify for him?
o Jesus is one who testifies for himself.
o The other witness is the Father,
who sent him.
19)
How is Jesus’ testimony
of himself as the light of the world valid, given verses 14 and 18?
o Jesus’ testimony of himself is valid.
o Because
o He is God.
o The Father who sent him is another witness.
o That meets the requirement of two witnesses.
20)
According to
verse 19 what did the Pharisees ask Jesus about his Father?
o They asked Jesus where his Father was.
21)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 19 what did the Pharisees not know?
o They did not know
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Jesus.
§
Or his Father.
22)
What specifically
in terms of identity did Jesus mean when he said that the Pharisees did not
know him or his Father?
o Jesus meant that they did not know
§
Who he is.
§
And who his Father is.
23)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 19 whom would the Pharisees know if they knew him?
o They would know Jesus’ Father also.
24)
What is the basis
for Jesus to say that if the Pharisees knew him, they would know his Father
also, given John 1:18?
o It is because per John 1:14-18 Jesus himself by dwelling
among people has made his Father known.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 1:14-18 that says,
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14The Word became flesh and
made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and
only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and
truth.
…
18No one has ever seen God,
but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship
with the Father, has made him known.
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25)
What is the basis
for Jesus to say that the Pharisees did not know him, given verse 25?
o It is because they later asked who Jesus was.
26)
What is the basis
for Jesus to say that the Pharisees did not know his Father, given verse 25?
o It is because they did not know who Jesus was.
27)
According to
verse 20 on what occasion did Jesus speak those words?
o Jesus spoke those
words.
o While
o Teaching in the temple courts near the place.
o Where
o The offerings were put.
28)
According to
verse 20 why did no one seize Jesus when he
spoke those words?
o It is because the time for Jesus to die had not yet
come.
29)
Who set the time
for Jesus to die, given Acts 17:24-26?
o The Father did.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Acts 17:24-26 that says,
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24The God who made the world
and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.
25And he is not served by
human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life
and breath and everything else.
26From one man he made all
the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their
appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands.
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30)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 21 what was he going to do?
o Jesus was going away.
31)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 21 what was his accessibility after he went away?
o Where he went, the Pharisees could not come.
32)
According to
verse 22 what was the question the Pharisees asked among themselves upon
hearing Jesus say that where he went, they could not come?
o They asked if Jesus would kill himself.
33)
What was the
hypocrisy of the Pharisees in asking among themselves the question if Jesus would
kill himself?
o They themselves tried to kill Jesus.
34)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 23 what was the contrast he made between him and the
Pharisees?
o The Pharisees were
§
From below.
§
And of the world.
o Jesus is
§
From above.
§
And not of the world.
35)
Where would Jesus
go when he went away?
o Jesus returned to where he was from, i.e., heaven above.
36)
Why could the
Pharisees not come where Jesus is after he went away?
o They
§
Belonged to the world
below.
§
And could not
come where Jesus is in heaven above.
37)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 21 what would happen to the Pharisees after he went away and
was no longer accessible?
o They would look for Jesus.
o And they would die in their sin.
38)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 24 under what condition would the Pharisees die in their sins?
o They would die in their sins.
o If
o They did not believe that Jesus is he.
39)
What did Jesus
mean in what he said to the Pharisees in verse 24?
o They would die in their sins.
o If
o They did not believe what Jesus said about who he is.
40)
Why would the
Pharisees look for Jesus after he went away as recorded in verse 21, given
verse 28?
o It is because they would know who Jesus is.
o When
o They had lifted him up.
o Then they would look for him.
41)
Why did Jesus say
in verse 21 that the Pharisees would look for him and yet die in their sin,
given verses 24 and 28?
o Their looking for Jesus has to do with their knowing
who he is.
o But knowing who Jesus is does not necessarily imply
believing who Jesus is.
o They would know who Jesus is.
o After
o They had lifted him up.
o But
o Still they would not believe who he is.
o Therefore they would die in their sin.
o Even though
o They would look for him.
42)
According to
verse 25 what was the question the Pharisees posed to Jesus?
o They asked Jesus who he was.
43)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 25 what was his reply to the Pharisees’ enquiry?
o Jesus is just what he had been telling them from the
beginning.
44)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 26 what did he have
much to say about the Pharisees?
o Jesus had much to say in judgment of them.
45)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 26 what is the source of what he told the world?
o What Jesus had heard from his Father who sent him, he
told the world.
46)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 26 about the Father who sent him being trustworthy and the source of what he told the world, what can be said about what he told the world?
o What Jesus told the world is true.
47)
According to
verse 27 what did the Pharisees not understand about what Jesus said?
o They did not understand that Jesus was telling them
about his Father.
48)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 28 when would the
Pharisees know that he is what he said he is?
o They would know.
o When
o They had lifted Jesus up.
49)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 28 what did he say
about what he did and what he said?
o Jesus
§
Did nothing on his own.
§
But spoke just
what the Father had taught him.
50)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 28 when would the
Pharisees know that he did nothing on his
own but spoke just what the Father had taught him?
o They would know.
o When
o They had lifted him up.
51)
Why would Jesus
be lifted up, given John 3:19-20?
o Jesus would be lifted up.
o Because
o Per John 3:19-20 he exposed the evil deeds of those who
loved darkness hated the light.
·
The facilitator
asks a specific participant to read out loud John 3:19-20 that says,
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19This is the verdict: Light
has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because
their deeds were evil.
20Everyone who does evil
hates the light, and will not come into the light for
fear that their deeds will be exposed.
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52)
By whom was Jesus
lifted up?
o Jesus was lifted up by the
Jewish leaders including the Pharisees.
53)
Why would the
Pharisees know that Jesus did nothing on his
own but spoke just what the Father had taught him when they had lifted him up?
o They would know that Jesus is God.
o When
o They had lifted him up.
o They would then realize that they were able to kill him.
§
Not as a result of their overpowering him as God.
§
But as a result of his
Ø
Doing nothing on his
own.
Ø
And speaking just
what the Father had taught him.
54)
What would the
Pharisees then conclude about their claim that Jesus appeared as his witness?
o They would then conclude that their claim was not true.
55)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 29 who is with him?
o The one who sent Jesus is with him.
56)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 29 why has the one
who sent him not left him alone?
o It is because Jesus always does what pleases him.
57)
According to
verse 30 what happened as Jesus spoke?
o Many believed in Jesus.
58)
According to
verse 31 what did Jesus say to the Jews who had believed him?
o Jesus said to them that if they hold to his teaching,
§
They are really his
disciples.
§
Then they will
know the truth.
§
And the truth
will set them free.
59)
How can those who
confess their belief in Jesus show that they are really his disciples?
o They are really Jesus’ disciples.
o If
o They hold to his teaching.
60)
How will those who
confess their belief in Jesus know the truth?
o They will know the truth.
o If
o They hold to Jesus’ teaching.
61)
What does it mean
to know the truth, given John 14:6?
o To know the truth is to know Jesus.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 14:6 that says,
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6Jesus answered, “I am the
way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through me.
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62)
What does it mean
to know Jesus, given Jesus’ testimony of himself in verse 58?
o To know Jesus is to know Jesus as the Lord.
63)
How will those who
confess their belief in Jesus be set free?
o If they hold to Jesus’ teaching, then
§
They will know
Jesus as the Lord.
§
And Jesus will set
them free.
64)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 31, 32 and 34 what did he mean by being set free?
o Jesus meant being set free from sin.
65)
How will those who
confess their belief in Jesus be set free from sin?
o If they hold to Jesus’ teaching, then
§
They will know
Jesus as the Lord.
§
And Jesus will set
them free from sin.
66)
What is the
status of belief in Jesus of many in the crowd?
o They
§
Believed in Jesus.
§
But had not had
the opportunity to hold to his teaching.
§
And therefore
Ø
Did not know
Jesus as the Lord.
Ø
And Jesus had not
set them free from sin.
67)
What was Jesus
promulgating for those who had just confessed their belief in him?
o Jesus was promulgating discipleship for them through holding
to his teaching.
68)
Whom does Jesus call those who confess their belief in him and hold to
his teaching?
o Jesus calls them his disciples.
69)
What is the expected
outcome for Jesus’ disciples as they hold to his teaching?
o The expected outcome is that they would
§
Know Jesus as the
Lord.
§
And Jesus will set
them free from sin.
70)
What does Jesus
intend discipleship to be based on?
o Jesus intends discipleship to be based on holding to his
teaching.
71)
How does holding
to Jesus’ teaching have to do with obedience to his teaching?
o Holding to Jesus’ teaching is exercising obedience to his
teaching.
72)
Simply put, what is
discipleship based on?
o Discipleship is obedience-based.
73)
What does Jesus
call on those who confess their belief in him to do for discipleship?
o Jesus calls on them to enter into
obedience-based discipleship.
74)
How did Jesus set
an example for obedience, given verse 55?
o Jesus
§
Not only knows
his Father.
§
But also obeys
his Father’s word.
75)
According to
verse 33 what was the rebuttal of the Jews who had believed Jesus to his telling them how
to be set free?
o They said that they
§
Were Abraham’s
descendants.
§
And had never been slaves of anyone.
76)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 34 with what level of certainty did he speak?
o Jesus spoke with the certainty of truth.
77)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 34 who is a slave to sin?
o Everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
78)
But is everyone a
slave to sin and why?
o Yes, because everyone sins.
79)
What was the
mismatch in the frame of reference between Jesus and the Jews who had believed him in terms of being set free?
o Jesus was talking about the spiritual condition of
being set free from sin.
o They thought that he was talking about being set free from
physical slavery.
80)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 35 what is the contrast in the status in the family between
a slave to sin and a son?
o A slave to sin has no permanent place in the family.
o But a son belongs to it forever.
81)
What is the
transformation that turns a slave to sin into a son?
o A slave to sin is transformed into a son.
o When
o The former is set free from sin.
82)
What is the
family that Jesus was referring to?
o The
83)
What is the status
of a son in the
o A son in the
84)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 35 what is the contrast in terms of membership in the
o A slave to sin has no permanent place in the
o But a son belongs to it forever as a child of God.
85)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 36 what happens to a slave to sin who is set free by the
Son?
o The slave to sin will be free indeed.
86)
Who is the Son?
o Jesus is the Son.
87)
How did Jesus set
slaves to sin free from sin, given 1 Peter 2:24?
o Per 1 Peter 2:24 Jesus set slaves to sin free from sin
by bearing their sins in his body on the cross.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud 1 Peter 2:24 that says,
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24“He himself bore our sins”
in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for
righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.”
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88)
What is the
change of status in the
o The slave to sin who has no permanent place in the
89)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 37 what is the incongruence between what he knew about the Jews who had believed him and what they
were seeking to do to him?
o Jesus knew that they were Abraham’s descendants.
o Yet they were looking for a way to kill him.
90)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 37 why were the Jews who had believed him looking for a way
to kill him?
o It is because they had no room for his word.
91)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 38 what is the contrast between what he was telling the Jews who had believed him and what they
were doing?
o Jesus was telling them what he had seen in the
Father’s presence.
o And they were doing what they had heard from their father.
92)
Who was the father
of the Jews who had believed Jesus that Jesus
was referring to, given verse 44?
o The devil.
93)
According to
verse 39 what did the Jews who had believed Jesus say to Jesus in rebuttal?
o “Abraham is our father,” they answered.
94)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 39 what would the
Jews who had believed Jesus do if they were Abraham’s children?
o They would do what Abraham did.
95)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 40 what was his accusation
of what the Jews who had believed him were
trying to do to him who had told them the truth he heard from God?
o They were looking for a way to kill Jesus.
96)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 40 what is the
incongruence between the Jews who had
believed him looking for a way to kill him and what Abraham did?
o Abraham did not do such things.
97)
What was Jesus’
view of the Jews who had believed him being Abraham’s
children in the physical and spiritual sense, given verses 37, 39 and 40?
o Physically they are Abraham’s children.
o Spiritually they are not.
98)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 41whose works did he conclude
that the Jews who had believed him were doing?
o They were doing the works of their own father who was not
Abraham.
99)
According to
verse 41 what was the protest of the Jews who had believed Jesus against his assessment
of who their father was?
o They were not illegitimate children.
o The only Father they had was God himself.
100) What were the Jews who had believed Jesus hinting at in
bringing up the matter of illegitimate children in the context of Jesus’ own
history?
o They were hinting at Jesus’ being an illegitimate
child.
101) What were the Jews who had believed Jesus implicitly
acknowledging by not insisting that Abraham was their father and instead
calling God their only Father, given verse 40?
o They were implicitly acknowledging that they were doing
things.
o That
o Abraham did not do.
102) What were the Jews who had believed Jesus implicitly
acknowledging that they were doing and that Abraham
did not do, given verse 40?
o They were looking for a way to kill Jesus.
103) According to what Jesus said in verse 42 what would the
Jews who had believed Jesus do if God were their Father?
o They would love Jesus.
104) In accordance with what Jesus said in verse 42 what did
the Jews who had believed him loving him
imply that they would not do to him?
o It implies that they would not be looking for a way to
kill Jesus.
105) According to what Jesus said in verse 42 why would the
Jews who had believed him love him if God were their Father?
o It is because Jesus had come from God.
106) According to what Jesus said in verse 42 had he come
on his own and why?
o No, because God
sent him.
107) According to what Jesus said in verse 43 why was his language
not clear to the Jews who had believed
him?
o It is because they were unable to hear what Jesus said.
108) According to what Jesus said in verse 44 who did he conclude
to be the spiritual father of the Jews who
had believed him?
o Their spiritual father was the devil.
109) According to what Jesus said in verse 44 what is the reality
of the devil in the context of the truth?
o He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to
the truth.
o For
o There is no truth in him.
110) According to what Jesus said in verse 44 what is the reality
of the devil in the context of lying?
o He speaks his native language.
o When
o He lies.
o For
o He is
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A liar.
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And the father of
lies.
111) According to what Jesus said in verse 44 what is consistent
between the Jews who had believed him looking
for a way to kill him and the reality of the devil?
o They wanted to carry out the desires of the devil to
kill Jesus.
o And they lied to cover it up.
112) According to what Jesus said in verse 45 why did the
Jews who had believed him actually not believe him?
o It is because Jesus told the truth.
113) According to what Jesus said in verse 46 what was his
challenge for the Jews who had believed
him?
o Jesus challenged them to prove him guilty of sin.
114) What was Jesus’ exact challenge for the Jews who had believed him in terms of his telling the truth
when he challenged them to prove him guilty of sin?
o Jesus challenged them to prove that he was not telling
the truth.
115) According to what Jesus said in verse 46 how did he question
the Jews who had believed him in the
context of believing him?
o Why didn’t they believe Jesus.
o If
o He was telling the truth.
116) According to what Jesus said in verse 47 who hears
what God says?
o Whoever belongs to God hears what God says.
117) According to what Jesus said in verse 47 why did the
Jews who had believed him not hear what
God says?
o The reason they did not hear was that they did not
belong to God.
118) What is the consequence of the Jews who had believed Jesus not hearing what God says, given verse 40?
o They could not
believe the truth from God.
o That
o Jesus told them.
119) What would be the consequence for the Jews who had
believed Jesus if they hear what God says?
o They would believe the truth from God.
o That
o Jesus told them.
120) How would the Jews who claimed that they belonged to
God treat the truth from God that Jesus told them if their claim was true?
o They would believe the truth from God.
o That
o Jesus told them.
121) What is the logical relationship between belonging to
God and believing the truth from God?
o Belonging to God is the sufficient condition for believing
the truth from God.
122) What is the logical relationship between belonging to
God and believing the truth from God in terms of the necessary condition?
o Believing the truth from God is the necessary
condition for belonging to God.
123) How did Jesus conclusively prove that the Jews who had believed him did not belong to God and that God
was not their Father?
o They could not
believe the truth from God.
o That
o Jesus told them.
o Therefore they did not belong to God.
124) What did Jesus do to the Jews who claimed that they believed him?
o Jesus sifted them.
125) What did Jesus sift the Jews who claimed that they believed him to reveal in terms
of their status of belief in him?
o Jesus sifted them to reveal that they
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Neither believed
him.
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Nor belonged to
God.
126) What was a practical reason Jesus sifted
the Jews who claimed that they believed
him in order to reveal that they actually neither believed him nor belonged to
God?
o Jesus could then focus more of his time and effort on
training those who actually believed him and belonged
to God.
127) According to verse 48 what was the quick and dirty
route that the Jews took to dismiss Jesus’ assessment of who their father was?
o They accused Jesus of being
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A Samaritan.
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And demon-possessed.
128) What were the Jews implicitly acknowledging in taking the
quick and dirty route to dismiss Jesus’ assessment of who their father was?
o They were implicitly acknowledging Jesus’ assessment.
o That
o Their father was indeed
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The devil.
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And not God.
129) According to what Jesus said in verse 49 how did he
refute the Jews’ accusation that he was demon-possessed?
o Jesus stated
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That he was not
possessed by a demon.
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But that he honored his Father.
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And that they dishonored
him.
130) Whom did the Jews dishonor when they dishonored Jesus,
given John 5:22-23?
o They dishonored the Father.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 5:22-23 that says,
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22Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the
Son,
23that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor
the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.
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131) According to what Jesus said in verse 50 who is the
judge?
o The Father is.
132) According to what Jesus said in verse 50 who is seeking
glory and who is not?
o Jesus is not seeking
glory for himself.
o But the Father who is the
judge is.
133) According to what Jesus said in verse 51 with what
level of certainty did he speak?
o Jesus spoke with the certainty of truth.
134) According to what Jesus said in verse 51 what happens
to those who obey his word?
o Whoever obeys Jesus’ word will never see death.
135) In accordance with what Jesus said in verse 51 what is
the incentive for entering into genuine obedience-based discipleship?
o Whoever enter into genuine
obedience-based discipleship will never see death.
136) According to verse 52 what did the Jews say they knew in
their exclamation about Jesus?
o They said they knew right then that Jesus was demon-possessed.
137) According to verses 52 and 53 what did the Jews
emphasize?
o They emphasized that
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Abraham died.
§
And so did the
prophets.
138) According to verses 52 and 53 what did the Jews find
preposterous about Jesus’ claim concerning those who obeyed his word?
o Jesus claimed that whoever
obeys his word will never taste death.
o With that claim the Jews considered him to be making himself
greater than their father Abraham.
o Because
o Abraham died.
o And so did the prophets.
139) According to verse 53 what did the Jews want to find
out about Jesus, given that they considered him to be making himself greater
than their father Abraham?
o They wanted to find out who Jesus thought he was.
140) What did the Jews expect from who Jesus said he was?
o They expected Jesus to make a self-aggrandizing
statement.
141) What did the Jews try to prove using Jesus’ self-aggrandizing
statement?
o They were trying to prove that Jesus was demon-possessed.
142) According to what Jesus said in verse 54 what is the
implication for his glory if he glorifies himself?
o Jesus’ glory means nothing.
143) In accordance with what Jesus said in verse 54 what makes
his glory meaningful?
o Jesus’ Father, whom the Jews claimed as their God, is
the one who glorifies him.
144) In accordance with what Jesus said in verse 54 how did
he refute the Jews’ claim that he was self aggrandizing?
o It is actually Jesus’ Father that
is glorifying him.
145) According to what Jesus said in verse 55 what is the
contrast between him and the Jews in terms of knowing the Father?
o Jesus knows the Father.
o Though
o The Jews did not
know him.
146) According to what Jesus said in verse 55 what did he
say he was if he said he did not know the Father?
o Jesus would be a liar like the Jews.
147) How did the Jews cover up their intent to kill Jesus?
o They lied to cover it up.
148) According to what Jesus said in verse 55 what does he do
in addition to knowing his Father?
o Jesus obeys his Father’s word.
149) According to what Jesus said in verse 56 what did the
Jews’ father Abraham rejoice at?
o He rejoiced at the thought of seeing Jesus’ day.
o He was glad.
o When
o He saw it.
150) What was the occasion when Abraham saw Jesus, given Genesis
18:1-8?
o Per Genesis 18:1-8 Abraham saw Jesus.
o When
o Jesus came as the Lord with two angels to visit him.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Genesis 18:1-8 that says,
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1The Lord appeared to Abraham
near the great trees of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent
in the heat of the day.
2Abraham looked up and saw
three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of
his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.
3He said, “If I have found
favor in your eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant by.
4Let a little water be brought,
and then you may all wash your feet and rest under this tree.
5Let me get you something to
eat, so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to
your servant.” “Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”
6So Abraham hurried into the
tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs of
the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”
7Then he ran to the herd and
selected a choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare
it.
8He then brought some curds
and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and set
these before them. While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.
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151) But doesn’t the bible say that no one has ever seen
God, given that John 1:14-18 and Hebrews 1:1-3?
o Per John 1:14-18 and Hebrews 1:1-3 no one has ever
seen God in his radiant glory.
o Until
o Jesus became a man and lived among people.
o So Jesus appeared as the Lord to Abraham but not in his
radiant glory.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 1:14-18 that says,
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14The Word became flesh and
made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and
only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and
truth.
…
18No one has ever seen God,
but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship
with the Father, has made him known.
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· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Hebrews 1:1-3 that says,
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1In the past God spoke to our
ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
2but in these last days he
has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of
all things, and through whom also he made the universe.
3The Son is the radiance of
God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by
his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at
the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
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152) According to verse 57 how did the Jews find Jesus’
claim of having seen Abraham incredible?
o Jesus was not yet fifty years old.
o Yet
o He had seen Abraham.
153) According to what Jesus said in verse 58 with what
level of certainty did he speak?
o Jesus spoke with the certainty of truth.
154) According to what Jesus said in verse 58 how did he
substantiate his claim of having seen Abraham?
o Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
155) In accordance with what Jesus said in verse 58 whom
did he declare himself to be, given Exodus 3:14-15?
o Jesus declared himself to be the Lord.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Exodus 3:14-15 that says,
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14God said to Moses, “I am
who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am
has sent me to you.’”
15God also said to Moses,
“Say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham,
the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob—has sent me to you.’ “This is my name
forever, the name you shall call me from generation to generation.
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156) According to verse 59 what did the Jews do upon
hearing Jesus’ declaration?
o They picked up stones to stone Jesus.
157) Why did the Jews pick up stones to stone Jesus?
o They realized that Jesus had just declared himself to
be the Lord.
158) According to verse 59 what did Jesus do in response?
o Jesus hid himself, slipping away from the temple
grounds.
159) What is the other occasion in the current gospel
account where Jesus declared himself to be God, given John 4:25-29?
o Jesus’ encounter with the Samaritan woman at the well.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 4:25-29 that says,
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(Young's Literal Translation)
25The woman saith to him, `I
have known that Messiah doth come, who is called Christ, when that one may
come, he will tell us all things;'
26Jesus saith to her, `I am [he], who am speaking to thee.'
27And upon this came his
disciples, and were wondering that with a woman he was speaking, no one,
however, said, `What seekest thou?' or `Why speakest thou with her?'
28The woman then left her
water-jug, and went away to the city, and saith to the men,
29`Come, see a man, who told
me all things -- as many as I did; is this the Christ?'
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160) What is the outcome of Jesus’ declaration of himself
as God in the current gospel account so far?
o Jesus’ declaration of himself as God
§
Was met with
belief by the Samaritan woman at the well.
§
But was met with
unbelief by the Jews in
161) Let’s review an earlier question: How does Jesus being
the light of the world in verse 12 testify to his identity, given John 1:1-4?
o It testifies to Jesus being God, the creator of all
things.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 1:1-4 that says,
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1In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2He was with God in the
beginning.
3Through him all things were
made; without him nothing was made that has been made.
4In him was life, and that
life was the light of all mankind.
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162) What did Jesus testifying to his being the light of
the world at the beginning of his current dialog with the Jews in verse 12 eventually
lead to at the end of the dialog in verse 58?
o It led to Jesus testifying to his being the Lord.
o Whom
o Abraham saw.
163) What is the message Jesus was driving home in his
current dialog with the Jews as recorded in verses 12 to 59?
o Jesus was driving home the message.
o That
o He is the Lord.
164) What purpose does the incident recorded in verses 1 to
11 of the woman caught in the act of adultery being brought to Jesus serve in conjunction with verses 12
to 59?
o It reinforces Jesus’ testimony of himself as the Lord.
165) How did Jesus once and for all completely and
thoroughly refute with his testimony of himself as the Lord the Jews’ claim
that he was engaged in self aggrandizement?
o The idea of self aggrandizement
does not apply to God.
o because
o God is infinitely great.
166) What would happen to the Jews if they did not believe
Jesus’ testimony of himself as the Lord, given verse 24?
o They would die in their sins.
167) What would happen to the Jews who believe Jesus’ testimony
of himself, given verses 31 to 36?
o They will
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Really be Jesus’ disciples.
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Know him as the Lord.
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Be set free from
sin by him.
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And become
sons in the
o If
o They hold to his teaching.
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John 8:12-59
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