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Week 36: The of Jesus (Selections from the Four )

A is defined in current dictionaries as a phenomenal or supernatural event in the physical world that surpasses all known human or natural powers, which more often than not, is incapable of being explained by the laws of nature. However, God never operates contrary to His Word or to the laws of nature which He has established. But He has the prerogative to supersede them. The miracles, then, are not against nature, but rather, beside and beyond nature.

Christ’s object in doing miracles was not merely to astonish those who witnessed them. When asked by the religious leaders for a sign from , refused to oblige (Lk. 11:16-17). He was not a magician or an illusionist. Herod discovered that he could not command Jesus to perform a miracle to satisfy his curiosity. But had foretold that Christ would exercise miraculous power (Isa. 35:4-6; 42:7). So when began to doubt while in prison, he asked for a sign of the . Jesus assures him: “The blind receive their sight and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the preached to them.”

But the greatest miracle of all is the Incarnation. All else, including miracles, follows naturally after it. Christ came into the world as God manifest in flesh. He was Himself a miracle in human form, and His miraculous works are bound up inseparably with His life. It is no wonder that He whose name is “Wonderful” (Isa. 9:6) does works of wonders. These mighty works are simply the fruit after its kind which the Divine Tree brings forth.

Table JESUS’ LAST EVENING 8 of 11

Description Matthew Mark Luke John

Very Last Evening

30ad The 26:20-29 14:17-25 22:14-23 -- -- The Question of the Greatest in the Kingdom ------22:24-30 -- -- Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet ------13:1-20 Jesus Predicts His Betrayal & Peter’s Denial 26:31-35 14:27-31 22:31-34 13:21-38 Jesus’ Final Instructions ------22:35-38 -- -- Jesus Comforts His Disciples ------14:1-4 Jesus the Way to the Father ------14:5-14 Jesus Promises the ------14:15-31a They Leave the Upper Room 26:30 14:26 22:39 14:31b Jesus the Vine, We Are the Branches ------15:1-11 Love One Another ------15:12-17 Expect Persecution from the World ------15:18-25 The Promise of the Holy Spirit ------15:26-16:15 Jesus’ Death and Foretold ------16:16-22 The Discourse on Prayer ------16:23-33 30ad Jesus’ Prayer for Himself, the Disciples, & All Believers ------17:1-26 Chapter Chapter 1 JOHN – Son of God 21

John—The Universal & Unique Gospel (90%) } Does not contain birth, , temptation, transfiguration, demons, agony in garden, ascension

Topics Signs Sermons

Time 3+ years 1

Place &

Jesus’ Personal Ministry Public Ministry Private Ministry Passion Ministry Chapters 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 The Word is God & became flesh (3) Word The Cleansing (4) Temple Wine, to Water & John the Baptist (5) son (7) Official’s Well, at the Woman of Bethesda (5) Healing at the Pool (8) Water on Walks Jesus 5,000 Fed, Division among the people (5) caught in adultery (5) Woman Heals the man born blind (4) The (7) Raising Lazarus from the dead (9) Entry (10) The Triumphal Jesus washes the disciples feet (1) UR, Promise of the Holy Spirit (7) UR, Vine (0) Abide in the UR, of the Holy Spirit (4) Work UR, for His disciples (3) Prayer Jesus’ UR, Arrest and Denial (0) Betrayal, Death & (1) Trials, (6) (0) of Peter m m m mm m m m “But these things are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, Theme and that by believing you may have life in His name.” —:31 UR=Upper Room; m=miracle; Keyword=Believe (appears 94 times in John)

Week Thirty-Six Reading Plan Good Shepherd :35-5:43 Power Over Nature, door Demons, Disease & Death sheep :11 of the :14-56 Feeding 5,000 & John 10:9 resurrection a Stroll on the Sea

and the :24-8:10, 22-26 Delicious Crumbs,

Jesus Christ :25 of the Wonderful Wet Willie, the Son of God life Catering Service, is the eternal Spit in the Eye world :12 light :14-29; 10:46-52 Unbelief Cured, Persistence of Bartimaeus Ex. 3:13-15 bread :1-26 Catch of Fish, of John 8:56-58 :35 life Leper Cleansed, &

True a Paralytic Forgiven Vine the way, :1-17 Roman Centurion’s Slave :1 the truth & a Poor Widow’s Son & the life :11-19 Ten Lepers Cleansed, :6 One Gives Thanks