Paul demonstrates why the promise to Abraham is contingent not on obedience to the Law, but on faith and how that sets the pattern for our own salvation.

The religious leaders confront the Lord Jesus Christ demanding a sign of his authority to cleanse the temple. Jesus both offers them a sign while at the same time refusing to yield to their demands.

Paul demonstrates how the gospel is consistent with God's salvation of His people in the Old Testament.

In the first Passover recorded in John's Gospel (John 2:12-17), the Lord visits the Temple and cleanses it of those profaning it with business as he signals both His authority over the Temple and His power to cleanse the people of God.

Having shown the universal condemnation of mankind and the powerlessness of the Law to justify sinners, Paul explores how sinners may be justified before God in Romans 3:21-31.

The Lord performs His first sign in John 2:1-11: turning water into wine at a wedding in Cana, which signals the impending dawn of the New Age of Messianic in Christ's Second Advent.

Two additional disciples begin following Jesus as John the Evangelist brings all we know about the Lord so far to a culmination: He is the Son of God and King of Israel who calls Himself the Son of Man.

Paul proves his point from scripture regarding the universal sinfulness of humanity in Romans 3:9-20.

Two of John's disciples follow after Jesus in John 1:35-42

John announces Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world, which shows us the vital significance of Jesus' ministry.