John 1 Things I have gathered about John the Baptist: - sent from God (v.6) - came as a witness to testify concerning the light (of men), so that through Him all might believe (v.7) - was NOT the light, only the witness to the light (v.8) - when the priests and Levites asked him who he was, he confessed freely that he was "not the Christ/Elijah/Prophet" and when finally they asked who he was, John replied "I am the voice of the one calling in the desert. 'Make straight the way for the Lord'." (v.19-23) - when asked why he still baptised with water when he was none of the above, John replied "I baptise with water. But among you stands one you do not know. He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie". That person is Jesus. (v.24-27) - John recognised Jesus: The Lamb of God who takes away the sing of the world (v.29) - reason why John came to baptise with water was so that Jesus could be revealed to the world (v.31) - John's testimony: "I saw the spirit come down from heaven like a dove and remain on Him. I would not have known him, except that the one who sent me to baptise with water told me: The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is he who will baptise with the Holy Spirit." therefore he saw and testified that he [Jesus] was the Son of God. (v.32-34)
Things about Jesus: - world did not recognize Him, did not receive Him. (v.10-11) - to those who received and believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God (v.12) - become children that are born not of natural descent, but OF GOD. (v. 13) - law was given through Moses, but grace and truth through Jesus Christ. (v.17) - Jesus invited John's two disciples to spend the day with him so that they could get to know Him better. (v.35-39) - Jesus named Andrew's brother Cephas (Peter) (v.40-42) - Nathanael did not believe that Jesus was THE one so he went to see Jesus, and he believed in Him just because Jesus saw him under a tree before Philip spoke to him. (v.46-49) - Last quote: "You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You shall see greater things than that. I tell you the truth, you shall see heaven open, and angels of God descending and ascending on the Son of Man." (v.50-51)
Questions: - what does seeing Nathanael under a fig tree make Nathanael believe?
haha ok so this is what i got from reading John 1 yesterday, so i decided to post it here (: