Bart Erman's Weekly Update

John is a really complicated gospel and people read it as if it's very simple to understand. But the issues we've talked about are really crucial for understanding the gospel of John. And this last point, it may sound a little complicated, but it really is important to understand this gospel is preaching a different understanding of who Jesus is. He is not just the earthly Messiah ushering in a future kingdom on earth. It doesn't mean doing good things for other people the way it does in say in Matthew and other hospitals. Eternal life means believing that he's the one who came down. You got to be born from up there. You're going to see it.