Relevant Verses: John 6:1–15, 26–36; 11

Theme: Signs of Divinity

Leading Question: What persuades you about Jesus as a divine being?

Nowhere in the New Testament is Jesus presented as more thoroughly human and more thoroughly divine than in the Gospel of John. Consider these polarities pointed out by Prof. Paul N. Anderson, The Riddles of the Fourth Gospel (p. 26-27):

On one hand, Jesus’ divinity is pronounced in John:

The glory of Jesus is testified to from the beginning of the Gospel (1:4; 2:11; 11:4; 14:13; 17:1) and his “glorification” is emphasized extensively (1:51; 3:14; 6:62; 8:28; 12:23, 34; 13:1)

Jesus is ...