You may have noticed, in the first few chapters of John’s gospel, that John spends a lot of time explaining who Jesus is. He wants his readers to be perfectly clear about this. And so, he begins his gospel with those memorable words, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” All through these first 3 chapters John has been striving to show us the truth about who Jesus is.

His reason for doing this is quite clear. If Jesus really is the Son of God come to earth; if Jesus really is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world; if He really is the Messiah who has come to save and the King who will come to judge – then it is critically important that we understand and believe these things. This isn’t something you can afford to get wrong.