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The earlier gospels leave some doubt as to just how divine Jesus was. Mark's Gospel says that Jesus was a human with divine powers, adopted by God as his Son, at his baptism. The next two gospels, Matthew and Luke say that Jesus was born of a virgin and truly was the Son of God. Only John actually says that Jesus was God and that he was present in the beginning of creation, and only John has Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead.

By reading John's Gospel first, the new convert understands that modern Christians regard Jesus as God, in the same way as his Father.

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