Reference: John, Theology Of
Hastings
It is the object of this article to give a brief account of St. John's teaching as contained in his Gospel and Epistles. Without prejudging in any way the authorship of the Apocalypse, it will be more convenient that the doctrine of that book should be considered separately. Enough if it be said here that, despite the obvious and very striking difference in the form and style of the book, the underlying similarities between it and those to be now considered are no less remarkable. Careful students, not blinded by the symbolism and other peculiarities of the Revelation, who have concentrated attention upon its main ideas and principles, have come to the conclusion that if it did not proceed from the same pen that wrote the Gospel and Epistles, it belongs to the same school of Christian thought. See Revelation [Book of].
1. Some general characteristics of the teaching of St. John.
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By the word of the LORD the heavens were made; all the heavenly bodies by the breath of his mouth.
so will my message be that goes out of my mouth it won't return to me empty. Instead, it will accomplish what I desire, and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life. Because God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world would be saved through him.
The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.
God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."
Just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to those he chooses. The Father judges no one, but has given all authority to judge to the Son, read more. so that everyone may honor the Son as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
Don't be amazed at this, because the time is approaching when everyone in their graves will hear the Son of Man's voice and will come out those who have done what is good to the resurrection that leads to life, and those who have practiced what is evil to the resurrection that ends in condemnation.
and will come out those who have done what is good to the resurrection that leads to life, and those who have practiced what is evil to the resurrection that ends in condemnation.
How can you believe when you accept each other's praise and do not look for the praise that comes from the only God?
And this is the will of the one who sent me, that I should not lose anything that he has given me, but should raise it to life on the last day. This is my Father's will: That everyone who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the last day."
I'm the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he'll live forever. And the bread I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
So Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I'll raise him to life on the last day, read more. because my flesh is real food, and my blood is real drink. The person who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.
He told them, "You are from below, I'm from above. You are of this world, but I'm not of this world.
Then the Jewish leaders told him, "Now we really know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets, but you say, "If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.'
I give them eternal life, they'll never be lost, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
Martha told him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day." Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The person who believes in me, even though he dies, will live.
Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The person who believes in me, even though he dies, will live.
Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out.
Now is the time for the judgment of this world to begin. Now the ruler of this world will be thrown out. As for me, if I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw all people to myself."
The one who rejects me and doesn't receive my words has something to judge him: The word that I've spoken will judge him on the last day,
And since I'm going away to prepare a place for you, I'll come back again and welcome you into my presence, so that you may be where I am.
I'm not going to forsake you like orphans. I will come back to you.
Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. Then my Father will love him, and we will go to him and make our home within him.
You have heard me tell you, "I'm going away, but I'm coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I'm going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.
Just as the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. So abide in my love.
And this is eternal life: to know you, the only true God, and the one whom you sent Jesus the Messiah.
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I don't belong to the world.
so that they may all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be one in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me. "I have given them the glory that you gave me, so that they may be one, just as we are one. read more. I am in them, and you are in me. May they be completely one, so that the world may know that you sent me and that you have loved them as you loved me.
"Righteous Father, the world has never known you. Yet I have known you, and these men have known that you sent me.
Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom belonged to this world, my servants would fight to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish leaders. But for now my kingdom is not from here."
Jesus told him, "If it's my will for him to remain until I come back, how does that concern you? You must keep following me!"
By doing this they store up a treasure for themselves that is a good foundation for the future, so that they can keep their hold on the life that is real.
What existed from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we observed and touched with our own hands this is the Word of life!
This is the message that we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness none at all!
But if we keep living in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
It is he who is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world's.
The person who says that he is in the light but hates his brother is still in the darkness. The person who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no reason for him to stumble.
Stop loving the world and the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, the Father's love is not in him.
Stop loving the world and the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, the Father's love is not in him. For everything that is in the world the desire for fleshly gratification, the desire for possessions, and worldly arrogance is not from the Father but is from the world.
For everything that is in the world the desire for fleshly gratification, the desire for possessions, and worldly arrogance is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world and its desires are fading away, but the person who does God's will remains forever. read more. Little children, it is the last hour. Just as you heard that an antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.
Even now, little children, abide in him. Then, when he appears, we will have confidence and will not turn away from him in shame when he comes. Since you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by God.
See what kind of love the Father has given us: We are called God's children and that is what we are! For this reason the world does not recognize us, because it did not recognize him, either. Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we will be like has not been revealed yet. We know that when the Messiah is revealed, we will be like him, because we will see him as he is.
Everyone who keeps living in sin also practices disobedience. In fact, sin is disobedience.
The person who practices sin belongs to the evil one, because the Devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason that the Son of God was revealed was to destroy what the Devil has been doing. No one who has been born from God practices sin, because God's seed abides in him. Indeed, he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born from God.
No one who has been born from God practices sin, because God's seed abides in him. Indeed, he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born from God.
Do not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because what he was doing was evil and his brother's actions were righteous.
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life present in him.
Whoever has earthly possessions and notices a brother in need and yet withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God be present in him? Little children, we must stop expressing love merely by our words and manner of speech; we must love also in action and in truth.
The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
This is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
We have come to know and rely on the love that God has for us. God is love, and the person who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. This is how love has been perfected among us: we will have confidence on the day of judgment because, during our time in this world, we are just like him.
Whoever says, "I love God," but hates his brother is a liar. The one who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love the God whom he has not seen.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Messiah has been born from God, and everyone who loves the parent also loves the child.
because everyone who is born from God has overcome the world. Our faith is the victory that overcomes the world.
We know that the person who has been born from God does not go on sinning. Rather, the Son of God protects them, and the evil one cannot harm them.
We know that the person who has been born from God does not go on sinning. Rather, the Son of God protects them, and the evil one cannot harm them.
He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God.