Life Lessons

from THE INSPIRED WORD of GOD

BOOK of

JOHN

MAX LUCADO

General Editor

Life Lessons from the Inspired Word of God—Book of John

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ISBN: 08499-5247-6

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Table of Contents

How To Study The Bible

Introduction to the Book of John

Lesson 1 When God Became Man

Lesson 2 A Wedding in Cana

Lesson 3 The Woman at the Well

Lesson 4 Healing the Sick

Lesson 5 A Hungry Crowd

Lesson 6 A Guilty Woman

Lesson 7 A Man Born Blind

Lesson 8 The Loss of a Friend

Lesson 9 The Master Servant

Lesson 10 Jesus’ Prayer

Lesson 11 The Risen Christ

Lesson 12 Peter’s Second Chance

How To Study The Bible

By Max Lucado

This is a peculiar book you are holding. Words crafted in another language. Deeds done in a distant era. Events recorded in a far-off land. Counsel offered to a foreign people. This is a peculiar book.

It’s surprising that anyone reads it. It’s too old. Some of its writings date back five thousand years. It’s too bizarre. The book speaks of incredible floods, fires, earthquakes, and people with supernatural abilities. It’s too radical. The Bible calls for undying devotion to a carpenter who called himself God’s Son.

Logic says this book shouldn’t survive. Too old, too bizarre, too radical.

The Bible has been banned, burned, scoffed, and ridiculed. Scholars have mocked it as foolish. Kings have branded it as illegal. A thousand times over it the grave has been dug and the dirge has begun, but somehow the Bible never stays in the grave. Not only has it survived, it has thrived. It is the single most popular book in all of history. It has been the best-selling book in the world for years!

There is no way on earth to explain it. Which perhaps is the only explanation. The answer? The Bible’s durability is not found on earth; it is found in heaven. For the millions who have tested its claims and claimed its promises, there is but one answer—the Bible is God’s book and God’s voice.

As you read it, you would be wise to give some thought to two questions. What is the purpose of the Bible? and How do I study the Bible? Time spent reflecting on these two issues will greatly enhance your Bible study.

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