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Why is John the book of the Bible that is the most often suggested to read?

When someone comes to Christ and is wondering what they do now, everyone says "read John." Why John? Why not say, "Start at the beginning of the Bible, work your way through, and pray to God to help you understand it, and learn things from it" ? Or ask the person what part of being saved they are skeptical about, or don't understand (if any), and then suggest a part of the Bible that might clear it up for them.

Why is John the only book of the Bible that people should read when they get saved?

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Why is John the book of the Bible that is the most often suggested to read?

When someone comes to Christ and is wondering what they do now, everyone says "read John." Why John? Why not say, "Start at the beginning of the Bible, work your way through, and pray to God to help you understand it, and learn things from it" ? Or ask the person what part of being saved they are skeptical about, or don't understand (if any), and then suggest a part of the Bible that might clear it up for them.

Why is John the only book of the Bible that people should read when they get saved?

Well...for me....personally, John is very descriptive on a spiritual level. Some I think even refer to John as the most spiritual point of view of the Gospels. What I think always made John so fascinating to me though, was that John ..if I am not mistaken...was supposed to be a doctor of Jesus' time. Seeing this practitioner's view or take of Jesus just...is inspirational to me as now days it is not uncommon to see so many doctors, scientists, and even historians trying to discredit God's one and only son as an ordinary man, or even worse a myth....

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Why is John the book of the Bible that is the most often suggested to read?

When someone comes to Christ and is wondering what they do now, everyone says "read John." Why John? Why not say, "Start at the beginning of the Bible, work your way through, and pray to God to help you understand it, and learn things from it" ? Or ask the person what part of being saved they are skeptical about, or don't understand (if any), and then suggest a part of the Bible that might clear it up for them.

Why is John the only book of the Bible that people should read when they get saved?

Well...for me....personally, John is very descriptive on a spiritual level. Some I think even refer to John as the most spiritual point of view of the Gospels. What I think always made John so fascinating to me though, was that John ..if I am not mistaken...was supposed to be a doctor of Jesus' time. Seeing this practitioner's view or take of Jesus just...is inspirational to me as now days it is not uncommon to see so many doctors, scientists, and even historians trying to discredit God's one and only son as an ordinary man, or even worse a myth....

hmmm.. i think luke was the doctor - but john is very descriptive

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The beautiful book of John introduces "The Word", Jesus Christ, God The Son as an absolute deity, one with God The Father and God The Holy Spirit. It explains the substance of the Gospel - who and why we put our faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. One can't study the book of John and afterwards claim that Jesus Christ was just a man, just a prophet, or just anything else except God. For these reasons and many others, I think that the book of John is uniquely suitable as a good start for any lost person or new Christian. As a perfect example, the first three Verses of John speak volumes about our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ:

John 1:1-3 KJV In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

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Why is John the book of the Bible that is the most often suggested to read?

When someone comes to Christ and is wondering what they do now, everyone says "read John." Why John? Why not say, "Start at the beginning of the Bible, work your way through, and pray to God to help you understand it, and learn things from it" ? Or ask the person what part of being saved they are skeptical about, or don't understand (if any), and then suggest a part of the Bible that might clear it up for them.

Why is John the only book of the Bible that people should read when they get saved?

Well...for me....personally, John is very descriptive on a spiritual level. Some I think even refer to John as the most spiritual point of view of the Gospels. What I think always made John so fascinating to me though, was that John ..if I am not mistaken...was supposed to be a doctor of Jesus' time. Seeing this practitioner's view or take of Jesus just...is inspirational to me as now days it is not uncommon to see so many doctors, scientists, and even historians trying to discredit God's one and only son as an ordinary man, or even worse a myth....

hmmm.. i think luke was the doctor - but john is very descriptive

I remember reading somewhere that John was a doctor (I could be wrong) but I do agree about John being descriptive. I've also heard some Christians tell seekers to read the New Testament before the Old Testament.

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I don't know anyone who says John is the ONLY book to read when you first get saved. I've pointed people to Mark (the shortest) and John (as it has more of a theological bent than the other gospels).

John is my personal favourite, but it's not the only gospel in the book and I cherish the whole thing :D.

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Why is John the book of the Bible that is the most often suggested to read?

I've heard it suggested to read first, not read only. John is suggested because John's purpose was "so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God ; and that believing you may have life in His name." (John 20:31) Thus it makes for a good intro. But yes, to truly understand what John wrote, one needs to know the Old Testament background, the culture, etc.

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I remember reading somewhere that John was a doctor (I could be wrong)

No, John was a Galilean fisherman. There is no indication he ever went to Greek school to learn medicine.

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Luke was the physician. John was undeniably Jesus' best friend and had the closest personal relationship with him. John understood the Logos concept (perhaps explained to him privately by Jesus?) and it dominates the first chapter of the book explaining how it is that God became a man.

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Luke was the physician. John was undeniably Jesus' best friend and had the closest personal relationship with him. John understood the Logos concept (perhaps explained to him privately by Jesus?) and it dominates the first chapter of the book explaining how it is that God became a man.

Quite right, after seeing the mention of Luke, I revisited my Bible. So my apologies on the misrepresentation. Still feel that John had a very deep spiritual understanding of Jesus in comparison to the other Gospel writers. This by no means, means that John is more important than any of the other books of the Bible.

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