tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105572371299801773.post2801608390554131214..comments2021-10-14T09:25:16.894-04:00Comments on PCC: Easter Soul Prep Day 8: Would the REAL Bible please stand up!Brian C. Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14913614448878574559noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105572371299801773.post-21312263558229359442011-04-10T16:58:59.308-04:002011-04-10T16:58:59.308-04:00Most scholars believe that John's Gospel was w...Most scholars believe that John's Gospel was written to combat a problem called gnosticism. (pronounced Nost-icism) We get our word 'knowledge' from the root word of 'gnostic'. Gnostics believed that all flesh was evil. Therefore, God would not come 'in the flesh' because God could not embody evil. Jesus, then, was not real. He looked like a man, but was more like a hologram. You could put your finger through him. God could not be flesh.<br /><br />John wants to put this myth to rest. Jesus was flesh and blood - he was real. Jesus' repeated statements about being God and frustration about them not getting it is a reflection of what John is trying to communicate. <br /><br />There is a LOT written about this and you can find a lot of material on it if you want to go deeper here.Brian C. Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14913614448878574559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4105572371299801773.post-76954444764384529552011-04-08T20:41:59.398-04:002011-04-08T20:41:59.398-04:00I was really struck in this chapter by how many ti...I was really struck in this chapter by how many times Jesus claimed to be "I am". I'm not sure he was implying he was God...he was outright announcing it.<br /><br />I don't know if it just the way I'm interpreting things for this read through John, but Jesus comes across almost irritated to me in most of his conversations...especially about who he is. I feel like he's saying, "Why don't they get it? Don't they know God at all?" For me, it the first time i've notice the...frustration...in his conversations.Gingernoreply@blogger.com