APPENDIX 6: DESCRIPTIONS OF LOSTNESS IN JOHN’S GOSPEL
© Rosemary Bardsley 2009
Ref. |
Description of lostness |
1:5; 8:12 ; 12:46 |
Darkness In the darkness |
1:18 ; 5:37 |
Not seen God |
3:3-7 |
Exclusion from the Kingdom |
3:3-7 |
In need of regeneration |
3:16 |
Perishing |
3:18 |
Condemned already |
3:20 |
Hates the light Will not come to the light |
3:36 |
God’s wrath remains on him |
4:13 |
Spiritually thirsty; not permanently satisfied |
5:29 |
Will be condemned |
5:37 |
Never heard God’s voice |
5:38 |
God’s word does not dwell in you |
5:42 |
Do not have the love of God in your hearts |
5:44 |
Make no effort to obtain the praise that comes from the only God |
6:46 |
No one has seen the Father |
6:50 |
Die |
6:53 |
Have no life in you |
8:19 |
Do not know Christ or his Father |
8:21 |
Cannot go where he was going |
8:21,24 |
Die in your sins |
8:43 |
Unable to hear what Christ says |
8:44 |
Father is the devil |
8:47 |
Do not belong to God |
9:41 |
Guilt remains |
10:26 |
Not Christ’s sheep |
12:48 |
Judged and condemned |
14:17 |
Cannot receive the Holy Spirit, does not see or know the Holy Spirit |
15:6 |
Like a branch that is thrown away and withers, is picked up and thrown into the fire and burned |
15:21; 16:3 |
They do not know the One who sent Christ |
16:8-11 |
Convicted of sin, righteousness and judgment by the Holy Spirit, because of their failure to believe in Christ |