Why is the Johannine literature important to the New Testament?

Answer 1

The first four books are biographies of Jesus. These are called the Gospels. The rest are accounts and letters concerning the building of the church based on the teachings of Jesus, with some prophesies provided by the Holy Spirit after His crucifixion.. It is the definitive founding account of Christianity, and to Christians, the final answer and conclusion of the Old Testament.

Answer 2

A:The Johannine literature consists of John's gospel, and the epistles of 1 John, 2 John and 3 John. Together, they tell scholars some important facts about early second-century Christianity. The books are called 'Johannine' because of their traditional association with the apostle John, although they were actually written anonymously, and modern New Testament scholars say that the author of John's Gospel was not an eyewitness to the events portrayed.

The Gospel of John is the only gospel that calls Jesus divine and pre-existing. This was an important development, making Jesus so much more than a human son of God, conceived by the Holy Spirit from the virgin Mary.

The First Epistle of John, in particular, enables scholars to understand the split that occurred in the Johannine community shortly after the Gospel was written. The author wanted to charge his opponents with being sinners (1 John 1:8-10), but since his new soteriology (doctrine of salvation) was about sin and forgiveness, the topic could backfire. He did not want to offer his opponents the promise of forgiveness. This made it necessary to engage in a bit of logical casuistry with regard to sins for which forgiveness was possible rather than those for which it was not (1 John 2:1-2, 3:4-10).

2 and 3 John are alike in their letter format and both describe the writer as "the presbyter" ( or "the elder"). 2 John has similarities of content to 1 John, which has no letter format. Thus, though the writer of 1 John does not identify himself, most scholars think that the presbyter composed all three works.

Answer 3

First we have the four Gospels which gives us the virgin birth and ministry of Jesus the Messiah. He (Jesus) is the one who is all important to the world. He is the Son of God and through out the New Testament this is proclaimed. With the death of Jesus on the cross and His resurrection the New Covenant was established. Prior to that time the Old Covenant was in existence. The Old Covenant was an aid to point us to the coming Messiah, but was powerless to give us Salvation. God wanted people to be reconciled back to Him. So the New Covenant was instituted by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. By believing on Jesus Christ a person can be brought back to God and spend an eternity with Him. The New Testament tells us all we need to know doctrinally and it give us all we need to know so that we can live the kind of life God wants us to live. To the Christian the New Testament is an extension of the Old Testament.

Answer 4

The new testament is important as it contains the teaching of Jesus, it also tells us of the last days.

Answer 5

The Bible is impotant because it is the guide to go to heaven and be a godly person and have eternal life.