Jensens survey of the old testament adam 421
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John’s gospel, read Merrill C. Tenney, John:
The Gospel of Belief, pp. 25-53; and William
H end rik s en, Exposition of the Gospel
According to John, pp. 64-66.
15. The reasons for beginning divisions at
these points will be seen later.
16. In most instances in the gospels, the
w o r d Jews, in context of opposition to
Jesus, refers to the Jewish rulers.
17. Some Bible students prefer to regard
13:31-38 as part of this rst discourse. The
content is not affected either way.
18. It is di cult to say where the second
discourse ends and the third begins because
of the constantly recurring subjects that
Jesus spoke about in this informal
conversation with His disciples. Actually all
three farewell discourses could be called
one discourse, because they are so
intimately related.
19. John makes only the brief mention of
Jesus’ entering the Garden of Gethsemane
with His disciples (18:1).
This is one of Jesus’s own claims to deity.
Only God Himself can rightfully claim deity.
Since Jesus is God, He could make such a
claim.
Part 2
THE SEQUEL
The Church, Christ’s Body
Broadly speaking, the group of people that
is the main object of attention in the New
Testament is the church. The gospels present
Christ as the Foundation and Head of the
church. The book of Acts records the
beginning and early history of the church.
The epistles o er instructions for the
church, and the book of Revelation
prophesies end times and describes the
eternal reign of the church with Christ.
The above capsule sketch shows how
important Acts is in the full canon of the
New Testament.
Acts
9Acts: The Beginnings of the Christian
Church
Acts is the church’s standard textbook on
the rst three decades of its history and its
ageless global task of evangelization. The
book is clearly the sequel to the gospels; its
story of the church is the wonderful
continuation of the unique and fantastic
story of Christ’s earthly life. Beyond this,
Acts provides the key for the fuller
understanding of the epistles, which follow
Acts in the New Testament canon and
interpret the gospel that Christ lived and
preached.
I. PREPARATION FOR STUDY
Re ect on the core of the gospels’ history:
Jesus came from heaven and then returned
to heaven, accomplishing His Father’s will
while He was here on earth. That was His
