John Book VIII

The Heavenly Citizens series serves as a tool to help the Christian understand not only what the Bible teaches us, but also how to study the Bible. Explaining what the Bible teaches is like giving someone a fish to eat. Teaching him how to study the Bible is like teaching someone how to fish so he can feed himself. Both approaches are essential to developing spiritual maturity.

John Part 1 is the twenty-seventh volume in the "Heavenly Citizens" series. John was a Jew, a disciple of Jesus, and one of His twelve apostles. Of the four Gospel accounts-Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John-only John emphasizes Jesus as the Son of God. The other three Gospel writers emphasize Jesus as the Son of Man. Jesus is always God. He also became fuly Man circa 7 B.C. In studying the Book of John, we will get much more out of it by looking for the many occasions which lucidly reveal that Messiah Jesus is the Son of God.

Don't miss out on these details and much more. Enter through the front book cover and begin your trek, not in time and space, but in eternity prior to human history. Meet the eternal Son of God who, as is Father God and Holy Spirit God, Himself always is. Keep moving forward on this trek and discover how the eternal Son of God, the Word, became flesh and dwelt among the other human beings in the 1st Century A.D.

Along the way, we will meet the strange water that lives, a Person whose name is I AM, and the Light of the world which lightens every person ever. As we approach the last stretch of this fantastic journey, we encounter some bread and wine which is actually a Person's flesh and blood. As if that doesn't stun our sensitivities, we are instructed to actually eat this flesh and blood of a real human male!

Before we exit through the back cover, we will have to pass a hill known as The Skull, where we will pause to mourn over three crosses and the outrageous injustice done there. Not to fret though. Three days later a sealed tomb is unsealed, only to discover that a dead body which was once in it is no more. Truth be told, the dead body is no longer dead! Wow!

The approach for John, and for every volume in the Heavenly Citizens series, is to teach the student the meaning of Scripture. We also teach him or her how to study the Bible on his/her own. We do this in two ways: we provide a few rules by which to govern our Bible study, and we demonstrate by example how to study the Bible. Experience is an outstanding teacher. We practice in our books the rules for Bible study. By walking through the Bible with us, the reader experiences firsthand what our method of study is like.

We believe the student will come out of our studies with both an understanding of the Bible, and the ability to truthfully understand the Bible on his/her own-but with the Holy Spirit as His Guide. The path lies before you. Walk through the gate and join the journey with us! And may the blessings of the Lord Jesus Christ be yours in abundance.