What is saving faith according to John's Gospel? Answer: Simply looking at Christ crucified. John says, "We have seen his glory" (John 1:14) - glory seen most clearly at the Cross where we have received grace on grace. John the Baptist says, " Behold , the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world " (John 1:29). Jesus says, "Come and see " (John 1:39). Philip says, "Come and see " (John 1:46). The Samaritan woman says, "Come and see " (John 4:29). The Greeks say, "We want to see Jesus" (IJohn 12:21). Isaiah " saw his glory" - high and lifted up (John 12:41, Isaiah 6). At the crucifixion itself the final Scripture to be fulfilled is Zechariah 12:10 - "They will look on the one they have pierced ." Perhaps the clearest a best passage on this in the whole Gospel is John 3:14-15: "Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that ever...
Living and preaching at the foot of the Cross