Jesus Christ in the Writings of John, Introduction

Introduction
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The purpose for writing the fourth Gospel is clearly stated in John 20:30, 31. John had in mind both the person who needed to accept Jesus as Lord and Christ and the believer whose faith needed strengthening.

The fourth Gospel begins with a prologue about the Logos, which emphasizes the divine nature of Jesus and makes clear His role in the creation of all things. It then teaches that this same Logos, none other than Jesus, "became flesh and dwelt among us" (1:14). He lived and worked with real people in the first century A.D. John wants his readers to understand that the death of Jesus was a real event, which took place in a real historical setting. Furthermore, he insists that event had eyewitnesses, as did the fact of His resurrection (19:35; 20:1-8, 11-29; 21:1-25). This story is not historical fiction!

The Logos (the Word) discussed above is only one of the many ways Jesus is described in this Gospel. Note below some of the ways:

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Throughout John's magnificent work his desire is to emphasize the genuine humanity of Jesus and at the same time, as stated earlier, to make sure that the reader has understood that He is the Christ, the Son of God.