Read it, teach it and write it down. Twenty-one chapters, each with a Four Voices deep dive, an O·I·A study, slides for your group and a journal for your week. Films are coming.
John tells us why he wrote: “so that you may believe … and that believing you may have life in His name” (20:31). The signs build to the cross, the upper room prepares the disciples for it, and the empty tomb crowns it. Pick any chapter to go deeper.
In the beginning was the Word — and the first disciples follow Him.
Water to wine, new birth, living water, life to the lame, bread for thousands.
Living water, the Light of the world, a blind man sees, the Good Shepherd.
Lazarus raised, Mary’s perfume, the King on a donkey — the hour has come.
The towel, the Way, the Vine, the Helper, and the prayer of the Son.
Arrest, trial and “It is finished.”
An empty tomb, “My Lord and my God,” and breakfast on the shore.
Narrated walks through each chapter with the verses on screen and the diagrams from the study. The films are coming; each chapter page has a place for its film.
No films yet — they will appear here as each one is made.
The Bereans “received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so” (Acts 17:11). The Berean Dashboard is a free study app built for that kind of reading: let the text speak before you do.
but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.
Each chapter has a Four Voices deep dive, an O·I·A study, slides for leading a group, a five-day journal to write in and a Berean import. Each page has a place for the chapter’s film, coming soon.
Jesus is the eternal Word who made everything, and He became flesh and pitched His tent among us so that men like me could see God and become His children. He is the Lamb who takes away the sin of the world, and He still says, “Come, and you will see.”
“And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.” John 1:14
Jesus came to give what the old ways could not — the best wine of joy in place of water for washing, and His own risen body in place of a temple of stone. He knows exactly what is in me, and He still calls me to do whatever He says.
“This beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.” John 2:11
No man gets into God’s kingdom on his first birth; he must be born from above by the Spirit, and that new life comes by looking to the Son lifted up on the cross. Once a man has seen Him, the right response is John’s: He must increase, and I must decrease.
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.” John 3:16
Jesus goes out of His way to find a thirsty outcast, tells her the truth about her life, and gives her water that ends thirst forever. Then He shows that the same word that saves a sinner at a well can heal a dying boy miles away — and all it asks of me is to believe Him.
“but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.” John 4:14
Jesus made a hopeless man well with a word, and when He was charged for it He claimed everything the Father does — giving life, judging, receiving honor. The evidence is overwhelming; the only question is whether I am willing to come to Him.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.” John 5:24
Jesus will not be the bread-king the crowd wants; He is the Bread Himself, given for the life of the world, and whoever comes to Him is never cast out. When His words get hard and others leave, there is still nowhere else to go.
“Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.’” John 6:35
Everyone at the feast had an opinion about Jesus, but opinions don’t quench thirst. He keeps His Father’s time, speaks His Father’s words, and on the great day calls me to come and drink — and the Spirit He gives flows out of me to others.
“Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.’” John 7:37
Jesus is who He says He is — the Light of the world, the Son who makes slaves free, the I AM who was before Abraham. The question John 8 asks me is not whether I have an opinion about Him, but whether I follow Him, stay in His word, and live like a son of the Father.
“Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, ‘I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.’” John 8:12
Jesus is the Light of the world, and He opens eyes nobody else can open. The man He healed saw more of Jesus with every hard question, while the men who were sure they could see went blind.
“He then answered, “Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” John 9:25
Jesus is the one door into God’s fold and the good Shepherd who laid down His life for His sheep by His own choice. His sheep hear His voice and follow Him, and no one can snatch them out of His hand or the Father’s.
“I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.” John 10:11
Jesus loves me enough to let me wait, weeps with me at the grave, and has the voice that empties tombs. He is the resurrection and the life — and the council’s plot shows what it cost Him to give that life away.
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?” John 11:25–26
The hour has come: the King rides in on a donkey and the grain of wheat goes into the ground to bear much fruit. I can pour out my life on Him like Mary, or hold it back like the rulers who loved men’s approval.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” John 12:24
Jesus loved His own to the end — enough to kneel at their feet, to wash a betrayer, and to warn a boaster. He tells me to receive His washing and then to love my brothers the same way He loved me.
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” John 13:34
On the night He was betrayed, Jesus told troubled men that He was going to prepare a place, that He Himself is the only way to the Father, and that He would not leave them alone. I can trust Him with my troubled heart because He gives me His Spirit now and His peace that the world cannot give.
“I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” John 14:6
Jesus is the true vine and I am a branch: my whole job is to stay in Him, and the fruit, the love and the courage come from Him. The world that hated Him will not love me, but I am His friend, chosen by Him, and His Spirit testifies beside me.
“I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5
Jesus told His friends the worst and the best on the same night: the world will hurt you, but My going brings the Spirit, your grief will turn to joy, and I have already won. I don’t get a trouble-free life; I get peace in Him and courage because He has overcome the world.
“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
On His last night Jesus prayed for His own glory, for the men in the room, and for me. He asks the Father to keep us, set us apart by the truth, make us one, and bring us home to see His glory.
“This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.” John 17:3
On the night He was betrayed, Jesus was never more in control than when He let Himself be bound. He traded Himself for His men, drank the Father’s cup, and told the truth to Pilate — while I see myself in Peter by the fire and in Barabbas set free.
“Therefore Pilate said to Him, “So You are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.” John 18:37
The Man Pilate could not condemn and the King the crowd would not have finished the work the Father gave Him. Every Scripture came true, every debt was paid, and the only question left is whether I will look on Him whom they pierced and believe.
“Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished!” And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.” John 19:30
The tomb is empty and the Lord is alive, and He comes to grieving, frightened and stubborn people with their names, His peace, His wounds and His Spirit. John wrote it all down so that I, who have not seen, may believe and have life in His name.
“but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.” John 20:31
The risen Jesus does not wait for failed men to find their way back; He comes to their shore, feeds them, and asks the one question that matters. He restores me by love, sends me to feed His sheep, and tells me to quit comparing and follow Him.
“He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, “Do you love Me?” And he said to Him, “Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Tend My sheep.” John 21:17
The four voices in these studies are David Guzik (Enduring Word), R.C. Sproul (Ligonier), C.H. Spurgeon and Matthew Henry. Scripture is quoted from the NASB 1995.