Small Group Questions
John 1:1-18
ENGAGE
- If you had one question you could ask God, what would you ask Him?
READ
- Read or summarize the passage.
- Share any observations or questions from the passage or the sermon.
REFLECT
- How is John’s Gospel different from Matthew, Mark, and Luke in the way it introduces Jesus and his ministry? Why do you think it is important for John to focus on this beginning and not the beginning of Jesus’ earthly life?
- What similarities are there between verses 1-5, and Genesis 1:1-3? What is John’s purpose of linking these passages?
- RESPOND
- Consider what it means for Jesus to be both fully God and fully human.
- Why is it significant that the Word takes on flesh in verse 14?
- Read Hebrews 4:14–16. What does Jesus’ Incarnation allow us to do?
- The Greek word used for “dwelt” is the same word used to translate the word “tabernacle” in the Old Testament. What was the significance of the Tabernacle in the Old Testament (Exodus 40:34-38)?
- How does the Exodus story of the tabernacle “prefigure” or look forward to Christ?
- In what way is Jesus’ incarnation similar to the tabernacle of the Old Testament? In which ways is it different?
- Suppose a friend asks whether Jesus was eternal or was a created being. How could you use John 1 to answer the question?
- PRAY
- Adoration
- Confession
- Thanksgiving
- Supplication
