Tuesday Bible Study at 10am at All Souls

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Outline for Tuesday Bible Study

The Gospel of John

A common theme in 1:1-4:54 is the idea of newness. In Jesus something new happened. Actually newness is the theme of the whole Gospel not only in John but in the '-New-' Testament as well. It is a change in perspective. There has been a shift, a replacement of the old with the new, a new revelation from the physical to the spiritual, from Law to heart, from institution to relationship, from 12 tribes (bloodline) to 12 disciples (heartline). The point is that newness is every person's experience every day. How do we place ourselves in it's reality? It's all in the Spirit:
1. a new word (1:1)
2. a new humanity (1:14)
3. a new truth (1:14)
4. a new atmosphere, grace (1:14)
5. a new witness (1:23)
6. a new baptism (1:33)
7. a new discipleship (1:35-50)
8. a new sign, first of seven
a. wine in place of water, (2:1-11)
b. healing of official’s son (2:43-54)
c. healing of invalid at Bethesda pool (5:1-15)
d. feeding of the 5000 (6:1-15)
e. walks on water (6:16-21)
f. healing of blind man (9:1-34)
g. raising of Lazarus (11:1-44)
9. a new temple (2:14-19)
10. a new birth and life (3:1-21)
11. a new well of water (4:7-15)
12. a new worship (4:16-26)
13. a new dimension, spiritual (4:24)
14. a new inclusion (4:39, 46-47)

Thus, these passages reveal for every disciple in every next moment a newness in the way to think (believe-mind), newness in the way to trust (make decisions-heart) and newness in the way to have faith (motivated to act-spirit). “New every morning, new every morning, great is Thy faithfulness O Lord.”

What new things have happened to you in your life since Jesus began to make sense to you?
Are there other new ideas that you see in these verses as we have viewed them?
How can we apply the idea of spiritual newness in a physical world?
Bottom line question:
Are we looking forward, being expectant, anticipating the Spirit's prompting our next move?