Kress Biblical Resources :: Jesus Is the Giver of Eternal Life and Divine Light to All Who Come to Him (John 12:1-50)

Detailed Outline of John

The Word of God, Jesus Christ the Son of God has come to bring light and eternal life—believe in Him

2. The prominent signs and statements that confirm that Jesus Christ is God incarnate and eternal life (Jhn 1:19-12:50)
   2. The public ministry and teaching of the Son of God [largely to the multitudes] in the face of opposition (Jhn 5:1-12:50) (continued)
      8. Jesus is the Giver of eternal life and divine light to all who come to Him (Jhn 12:1-50)
         1. The costly anointing of Jesus, preparing the One Who is life for His burial (Jhn 12:1-9)
            1. The setting (Jhn 12:1-2)
            2. The startling act of devotion (Jhn 12:3)
            3. The sanctimonious objection of Judas (Jhn 12:4-6)
               1. His traitorous intentions and supposed concern for the poor (Jhn 12:4-5)
               2. His thievery and actual concern (Jhn 12:6)
            4. The Savior’s defense of Mary and the allusion to His burial (Jhn 12:7-8)
         2. The crowd’s curiosity and Jesus’ prophetically charged Triumphal Entry (Jhn 12:9-19)
            1. The crowd’s curiosity and the chief priests’ conspiracy (Jhn 12:9-11)
            2. The crowd’s cry for salvation and the coming of the King (Jhn 12:12-13)
            3. The coming on a colt and the King’s fulfillment of prophecy (Jhn 12:14-16; Zec 9:9)
            4. The crowd and the consternation of the Pharisees (Jhn 12:17-19)
         3. The commitment that is inherent to trusting Jesus as eternal life and divine light (Jhn 12:20-36)
            1. The request of some Gentiles to see Jesus (Jhn 12:20-22)
            2. The response of Jesus (Jhn 12:23-26)
               1. The coming of the Greeks signaled that the coming hour was at hand (Jhn 12:23)
               2. The coming fruit born out of death illustrated (Jhn 12:24)
               3. The commitment and culminating promises for those who would follow Jesus (Jhn 12:25-26)
            3. The reality of Jesus’ anguish and the Father’s public assurance (Jhn 12:27-30)
               1. The very real anguish and yet prayer of commitment (Jhn 12:27-28a)
               2. The voice of the Father for the sake of those listening (Jhn 12:28b-30)
            4. The request of the Greeks answered in the coming cross (Jhn 12:31-33)
               1. The cross brings judgment (Jhn 12:31)
               2. The cross brings Jews and Gentiles to Christ (Jhn 12:32)
               3. The cross brings death to the One Who is life (Jhn 12:33)
            5. The requirement of faith in Jesus is the only answer for spiritual darkness (Jhn 12:34-36)
               1. The confusion over the death of the Son of man (Jhn 12:34)
               2. The call to follow and trust in Jesus while the light was still shining (Jhn 12:35-36a)
               3. The cryptic departure that served to illustrate His point (Jhn 12:36b)
         4. The commentary on unbelief, and a concluding record of Jesus’ public appeal to believe in Him (Jhn 12:37-50)
            1. The commentary on unbelief and believing unbelief (Jhn 12:37-43)
               1. The persistent unbelief (Jhn 12:37)
               2. The prophetic Scriptures predicting that unbelief (Jhn 12:38-41; Isa 6:10; Isa 53:1)
                  • The rejection of the suffering Servant (Jhn 12:38; Isa 53:1)
                  • The reason was judicial blindness due to unbelief (Jhn 12:39-40; Isa 6:10)
                  • The revelation that Isaiah 6 was a revelation of the pre-incarnate Christ (Jhn 12:41)
               3. The problem of believing but not trusting (Jhn 12:42-43)
            2. The concluding call to faith, to light and life—from a Savior who was hidden from them (Jhn 12:44-50)
               1. Faith in Christ and the distinct Persons of the Father and the Son (Jhn 12:44)
               2. Faith in Christ and the unity of the Father and the Son (Jhn 12:45)
               3. Faith in Christ and the divine light to live (Jhn 12:46)
               4. Failure to hear and keep Christ’s words and the judgement of the Father (Jhn 12:47-50)
                  • The reason for the incarnation—to save (Jhn 12:47)
                  • The rejection of the Savior—the rejection of eternal life and the reality of judgment (Jhn 12:48-50)