John 1:1-18 - Week One

  1. Read verses 1-5. Compare these verses with Gen. 1:1; Col. 1:15-17; Heb. 1:2-3.

What do you find as the common thread linking them?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Based upon the above passages, what would your argument be to someone that would say, "Jesus was just a good person or a prophet?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Compare John 1:3 to Col. 1:16. For what reason were all things made by Christ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Compare John 3:19-21; 8:12; 12:35,46 and 1 John 1:5-6 with John 1:45. Explain in your own words what is meant by the words "light" and "darkness" in John 1:4-5?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. From verses 6-8, what would you say was the purpose of John the Baptist’s life? What was his aim? (See Isaiah chapter 40:1-11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Explain what the True Light is from verse 9.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Application Questions: Try to make at least three applications questions from this week’s passage in John 1:1-18.

 

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  1. Read verse 10, "He came into His own, but his own did not receive Him." Who are his own?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why did they not receive him?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Compare verse 14 with 1 John 1:1. What similarities do you see relating to these verses?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. According to verse 18 no one has seen God. What do you say to people who say they have seen God, or visions of God or Christ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. John states that he was not that light but he was to bear witness of that light. How are you bearing witness of that light?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXTRA CHALLENGE: Memorize a passage from this section, such as verses 1-5!