Closing Thoughts on John

"Reader, I have now set before you your Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ, the true Son of God, who was begotten by the Father by an eternal and ineffable generation, consubstantial and co-equal with the Father in all things. In these last times, according to prophetic word, He was incarnate for us, suffered, died, rose again from the dead and was made King and Lord of all things. This is He who is appointed and given to us by God the Father as the fulness of all grace and truth, as the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world, as the ladder and door of heaven, as the serpent lifted up to render the poison of sin harmless, as the water which refreshes the thirsty, as the bread of life, as the light of the world, as the redeemer of God’s children, as the shepherd and door of the sheep, as the resurrection and the life, as the corn of wheat which springs up into much fruit, as the conqueror of the prince of this world, as the way, the truth and the life, as the true vine, and finally, as the redemption, salvation, satisfaction and righteousness of all the faithful in all the world, throughout all ages. Let us therefore pray God the Father that being taught by His gospel, we may know Him who is true and believe in Him in whom alone is salvation, and that believing, we may feel God living in us in this world and in the world to come may enjoy His eternal and most blessed fellowship.Amen and Amen."