Fourth Gospel Of John

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In the fourth Gospel, John’s purpose was to proclaim that “you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God and that by believing you may have life in His name” (20:31). Therefore, John presents Christ as the Son of God (1:34, 49); who was sent from God (3:2; 6:46;, etc.) and always spoke the message God gave Him (3:34; 7:16-17). Knowing and understanding this Gospel, it has its divine purpose of words, such as, “life” and “believe,” and the titles “Son” and “Son of God,” are used many more times than in the Synoptic Gospels. However, there are other characteristic words of John are “true,” “truth,” “love,” “witness,” and “world.” However, used forty-two times in the New Testament, “Son of God” affirms the deity of Christ.
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