The Gospel Of John Research Paper

Is John Written to a Jewish Audience? While there is certainly debate about whether or not Jews were the primary audience for the gospel of John, there are many who do believe that John is the most Jewish of the four gospels. For example, Steve Wertheim, of Jews for Jesus related the following observation: “Not only is John 's gospel written for evangelism, it seems to be written particularly for Jewish evangelism. From the beginning, the book of John is geared to Jewish thinking. John 1:1 sounds very much like the beginning of Genesis, the first book of the Hebrew Scriptures Taken with the Genesis account that Elohim (God) created the heavens and the earth, the gospel of John reinforces the idea of Messiah as the Creator Himself. Genesis 1:26 records Elohim as saying, "Let Us make man in Our image.…" The Hebrew Elohim is a plural noun. It embodies a sense of composite unity which, seen in the context of the gospel accounts, relates to God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit working together in creation”2 After reading
In John 8.39 Jesus answers the Jews when they say that Abraham is their father, He says the following: “If you were Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then you would[d] do the things Abraham did. 40 As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things. 41 You are doing the things your own father (The devil) does.” Leon Morris, in his book Jesus is the Christ, states that “The Jews were looking for a list of good deeds that they might do to please God. Jesus answers with a statement about the necessity of faith.” In John 6.28, we find Jesus telling the Jews that it is through faith that you can attain eternal life. “ Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has