NT221 The Wisdom of John: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Johannine Literature (Biblia.com)

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Why is the Johannine literature—Gospel of John, 1–3 John, and Revelation—so different from the other books in the New Testament? What does the style of these books tell us about Jesus and his message to the church? Dr. Ben Witherington III—one the world’s top evangelical scholars—walks through one-third of the New Testament and covers several genres so you will encounter these familiar books with...

What happens when you have this kind of presentation of the gospel is that Jesus Himself is presented—not only as a sage who conveys wisdom, but He’s presented as the wisdom of God come in the flesh. He is God’s wisdom incarnate: the logos, the Word; i.e., the wisdom, the mind of God come in person. The whole of this Gospel is suffused with the recognition that that’s who He is—the incarnate Word, or [the] wisdom of God come in person. This really changes the way that the presentation of Jesus happens.

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