Motivations and Urgency of Evangelism - Evangelism Unlimited

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b. Justification by faith alone being a corollary theme to the Gospel, Rom 1:16-17
i. No justification through works, Rom 3:4, 20
ii. Justification as a gift, Rom 3:24-4:5
iii. However, full and immediate justification by faith, Rom 4:23-5:2, as is the evident
purpose for Christ’s death and resurrection (cf. Luke 24:46-47)
8. In John:
a. The Gospel of John is the Gospel of belief:
i. The verb pisteu,w is found 100 times in 86 verses in the Gospel of John
b. Belief is related to the object of belief; in the book of John the object of belief is:
i. Verbal confessions of faith:
1) “I believe,” John 9:38
2) “Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the
world,” John 11:27
ii. In an question:
1) “Do you believe this?” John 11:26
2) “Did I not say to you, if you believe, you will see the glory of God?” John 11:40
3) “Do you now believe?” John 16:31
iii. Dealing with Christ:
1) In Him, John 1:7; 3:15, 16, 18; 4:39; 5:46; 6:35, 40, 47; 7:38, 39; 8:31; 9:36; 10:42; 11:25, 26,
48; 12:42, 46; 14:12; 17:20
2) “In Me,” John 12:44; 14:1
3) In His name, John 1:12; 2:23
4) The name of the only begotten Son of God, John 3:18
5) You are the holy One of God, John 6:69
6) Jesus is the Christ the Son of God, John 20:31
7) That “I am,” John 8:24; 13:19
8) In the Son, John 3:36
9) In the Son of man, John 9:35
10) In Jesus, John 12:11
11) That the Father is in Me and I in Him, John 10:38 (not found in NA27); 14:10, 11
12) In the light, John 12:36
13) The word of Christ, John 1:50; 2:22; 4:21, 41, 42, 50; 8:30; 12:47 (not found in NA27); 14:29
14) Because of His signs, John 2:11, 23; 4:48, 53; 7:31; 10:37, 38; 11:45; 14:11
15) Christ’s ability to raise the dead, John 10:15
16) The empty tomb, John 20:8
17) Because of seeing the resurrected Christ, John 20:29
18) Believe though not seeing the resurrected Christ, John 20:29
iv. Dealing with the Scriptures:
1) Believing the Scriptures, John 2:22
2) Believing Moses, John 5:46
3) In the testimony of John, John 19:35
v. Dealing with God:
1) In God, John 14:1
vi. Dealing with God sending Jesus:
1) Believing in the One who sent Jesus, John 5:24; 6:29; 12:44
2) Not believing the One God sent, John 5:38
3) That God sent Jesus, John 10:42; 17:8, 21
4) Christ came forth from God, John 16:27, 30
vii. Dealing with unbelief
1) Of Nicodemus’ unbelief, John 3:12
2) Of brothers’ unbelief, John 7:5
3) Of the rulers and Pharisees not believing, John 7:48
4) Jews not believing in the healing of the blind man, John 9:18
5) Due to receiving glory from man, John 5:44
6) Disbelief in the Scriptures, John 5:47