#4 John 1: 35-51
Leader: Have your Student write down the Passage and the Questions then they have a week to prepare.
Passage: John 1:35-51
Questions:
1) Who is Jesus?
2) List all the things that you have learned about who Jesus is from John 1.
Then, this week the Student will:
- Read the Passage every day!
- Handwrite the Passage
- Answer the questions
When you do meet again, you will go over this…
John 1:35-51
35 The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
37 When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. 38 Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”
They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
39 “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”
So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.
40 Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. 41 The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). 42 And he brought him to Jesus.
Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter).
43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”
44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
46 “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked.
“Come and see,” said Philip.
47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, “Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit.”
48 “How do you know me?” Nathanael asked.
Jesus answered, “I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you.”
49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.”
50 Jesus said, “You believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree. You will see greater things than that.” 51 He then added, “Very truly I tell you, you will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’ the Son of Man.”
Notes for Leader:
Open your time together with prayer. Be sure to ask the Holy Spirit to lead the conversation and teach what needs to be learned and heard during your discussion. He will give you the words that you need!
May you grow closer together and closer to Jesus.
Briefly review what you learned last week about who Jesus is. Now, let’s see what else we can discover about who Jesus is…
Yes, this week has the same question. This may seem repetitive, but John 1 is about who Jesus is… so let’s soak up all we can. (Next week, we will start asking other questions.)
Understanding who Jesus is, is one of the most important truths anyone can ever know. Jesus claimed to be God, so discovering who Jesus is allows us to get to a point where we either accept or reject his claim!
When we accept that Jesus is God, we can move forward in our relationship with Jesus. This foundational truth draws us into the arms of Jesus and now we can grow in loving Jesus deeply and well!
Here is what we noticed.
Who is Jesus?
v. 36 Lamb of God
v. 41 Messiah
v. 45 fulfillment of the Old Testament
v.37, 39 Rabbi = teacher = authority
v. 47 Jesus was written about in the law and by the prophets
v. 49 Son of God, King of Israel
v. 51 Son of Man — this refers to Daniel 7:13-14 (Look this up with your student and read it together)
**Jesus=Lamb of God
**Jesus=Messiah
**Jesus=fulfillment of the OT
**Jesus=Rabbi
**Jesus=Son of God
**Jesus=King of Israel
**Jesus=Son of Man
2) List all the things that you have learned about who Jesus is from John 1.
**Jesus=pre-existant v. 1, 2, 14, 18
**Jesus=the Word v. 1,14
**Jesus=God v. 1, 2, 14, 18, 34, 49
**Jesus=Man v. 14, 51
**Jesus=Light v. 5, 9
**Jesus=fulfillment of the Old Testament v. 17, 29, 45, 47
**Jesus=Creator v. 1, 2, 3, 10
**Jesus=Life v. 4
**Jesus=Savior/Connects God and man, our spiritual family v. 12, 13
**Jesus=the LORD v. 23
**Jesus=one who comes after John v. 26
**Jesus=greater than John v. 27
**Jesus=the Lamb of God v. 29, 35
**Jesus=baptizer with the Holy Spirit v. 33
**Jesus=God’s Chosen One v. 34
**Jesus=Messiah v. 41
**Jesus=Rabbi v. 37, 49
**Jesus=Son of God v. 18
**Jesus=King of Israel v. 49
**Jesus=Son of Man v. 51
Enjoy the conversation!
Now, look ahead to next week’s study and give your student the next passage and questions to prepare this coming week.