Life and Building in the Gospel of John

The Gospel of John occupies a special place in the Bible because it focuses on life. Its writer, the apostle John, had a specific burden related to life and building, and his ministry was fully focused on these two matters. His Gospel reveals that God is manifested as the Word and becomes the Spirit to enter into us in order to be our life, but this marvelous fact is not the goal; it is a procedure to achieve an ultimate goal. The Gospel of John says that the Word, who is God, became flesh and tabernacled among us. Life is the procedure, and the tabernacle is the goal. God came to be our life so that He might tabernacle in us and among us, that we might receive Him as life for the building up of the house of God.