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John: A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition is unavailable, but you can change that!

The purpose of the Gospel of John is “that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” Central to the Apostle John’s message is the idea of believing. Author Joe Dongell establishes that this believing does not call simply for optimism about life, nor a belief that God exists, but for faith and confidence in the truth that Jesus...

of the miracles themselves. Accordingly, the transformed wine pointed to the bounty of God’s salvation offered through His Messiah (see comments on 2:1–11); the restoration of the blind man’s physical vision pointed to the restoration of spiritual vision through faith in Jesus; and the resurrection of Lazarus pointed to the eternal life offered to all through the Son. It is a “spiritual” miracle, a miracle of value far surpassing the “physical” miracle, which Jesus wishes to perform through the prayers
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