Defense of the apostle John, disciple of Jesus, as the author of the fourth Gospel

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Ken Temple

http://www.whatswrongwiththeworld.net/2012/05/on_the_authorship_of_the_fourt.html

David Waltz had also put together an excellent introductory article on Defense of the Gospel of John with links to some of the same sources that Tim McGrew mentions.

About Ken Temple

I am a follower of Jesus Christ. I am a sinner who has been saved by the grace of God alone (Ephesians 2:8-9), through faith alone (Galatians 2:16; Romans 3:28; 4:1-16), in Christ alone (John 14:6). But a true faith does not stay alone, it should result in change, fruit, good works, and deeper levels of repentance and hatred of my own sins of selfishness and pride. I am not better than you! I still make mistakes and sin, but the Lord is working on me, conforming me to His character. (Romans 8:28-29; 2 Corinthians 3:16-18) When I do sin, I hate the sin as it is an affront to God, and seek His forgiveness in repentance. (Mark 1:15; 2 Corinthians 7:7-10; Colossians 3:5-16 ) Praise God for His love for sinners (Romans 5:8), shown by the voluntary coming of Christ and His freely laying down His life for us (John 10:18), becoming flesh/human (John 1:1-5; 1:14; Philippians 2:5-8), dying for sins of people from all nations, tribes, and cultures (Revelation 5:9), on the cross, in history, rising from the dead (Romans 10:9-10; Matthew 28, Mark 16:1-8; Luke 24; John 20-21; 1 Corinthians chapter 15). His resurrection from the dead proved that Jesus is the Messiah, the eternal Son of God, the word of God from eternity past; and that He was all the gospels say He was and that He is truth and the life and the way to salvation. (John 14:6)
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2 Responses to Defense of the apostle John, disciple of Jesus, as the author of the fourth Gospel

  1. Religious Freedom Quran 101 says:
    August 16, 2017 at 11:49 am

    Contrary to popular misconceptions, the theme of religious freedom is found in abundance in the Qurʾān. The Holy Book thus explains that, (Translations mostly from Abdel-Haleem, same for footnotes)

    1. Differences in people’s beliefs are bound to happen

    Verses that point out that the difference between people in matters of belief is a divine will from his Will, and hence it is something that happened and will continue to happen until the Day of Judgement.

    ________

    We favoured some of these messengers above others. God spoke to some; others He raised in rank; We gave Jesus, son of Mary, Our clear signs and strengthened him with the holy spirit. If God had so willed, their successors would not have fought each other after they had been brought clear signs. But they disagreed: some believed and some disbelieved. If God had so willed, they would not have fought each other, but God does what He will.

    Qurʾān — 2:253

    ________

    We sent to you [Muḥammad] the Scripture with the truth, confirming the Scriptures that came before it, and with final authority over them: so judge between them according to what God has sent down. Do not follow their whims, which deviate from the truth that has come to you. We have assigned a law and a path to each of you. If God had so willed, He would have made you one community, but He wanted to test you through that which He has given you, so race to do good: you will all return to God and He will make clear to you the matters you differed about.

    Qurʾān — 5:48

    edited because
    1. religious freedom is not the subject of this post.
    2. Your post was too long.
    3. Quoting Surah 5:48 without Surah 5:47 is wrong, as Surah 5:47 proves that the New Testament (the true Injeel, which includes the Gospel according to John, which is the subject of this post) is not corrupted.

    • Ken Temple says:
      August 16, 2017 at 3:04 pm

      edited because
      1. religious freedom is not the subject of this post.
      2. Your post was too long.
      3. Quoting Surah 5:48 without Surah 5:47 is wrong, as Surah 5:47 proves that the New Testament (the true Injeel, which includes the Gospel according to John, which is the subject of this post) is not corrupted.

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