(based largely on Kysar, John the Maverick Gospel, Mark Allan Powell, Fortress Introduction to the Gospels and http://www.introducingnt.com/images/hyperlinks/html/hyperlink-08-03.html, Norman Perrin, The New Testament: An Introduction, and Barr)

1. Jesus is the Logos. Related to the Logos as Torah, Logos as Reason, Logos as Wisdom.  See Barr's excellent discussion.

2. Jesus is the Logos incarnate. The divine has pitched a tent in flesh. He is a descending/ascending redeemer. This is established in the Prologue as the reader begins the gospel. (See Coloss 1:15-20, and perhaps Philipp 2:6-11 for similar incarnational Christology)

3. Jesus is the Lamb. (1:29,36) In the background: passover lamb, sacrificial lamb, lamb as an apocalyptic figure as in Rev 5. The suffering servant of Isaiah also appears as a lamb in Is 53:7. (Kysar 36-37).

4. Jesus is the Son of Man in 1:51, 3:13-15; 5:27; 6:27; 6:53, 62; 8:28; 9:35-38; 12:23; 12:34-36; 13:31.   Kysar:  "The Son of Man originates in that heavenly home, descends into the human world, and will once again ascend after the completion of his task (3:13; 6:62; 16:28) "[40].  God sends the Son of Man. (3:34; 4:34; 8:26; 9:4; 17:3).  The Son of Man is honored and glorified through his death.  See the irony of his being lifted up in #9 below.  See 3:13-15; 8:28; 12:32-36. 

5. Jesus is the Son in relation to the Father. 3:16-17, 31-35; 4:34; 5:19-23; 5:37; 6:29; 6:38; 6:40-46; 7:16, 28-29; 8:16, 36-38, 42, 54; 10:17, 30-38; 12:45-49; 14:8-11; 14:20, 28; 16:5, 28; 17:18; 17:11-24. "The Son is one with the Father but not identical. He is divine, yet he is in a sense subordinate to God." (Kysar 44). "Christ is divine and participates in the very being of God, but is distinct and subordinate to the Father. He is the expressive dimension of God’s being, or the Son who is fully obedient to and sent by the Father." (Kysar 56).

6. Jesus reveals who God is. (14:8-9). God sends Jesus as messenger. Jesus will return to God. See 3:4; 7:28-29; 17:8; 7:33-34; 13:1,3-4. "Jesus refers to God regularly–a total of twenty-three times–as ‘the one [or the Father] who sent me." (Powell, 131).

7. Jesus is the "I am" guy. See 8:24, 28, 58; 13:19, and 18:5; 6:35; 6:51; 8:12, 18, 23; 9:5; 10:7, 9, 11, 14; 11:25; 14:6; 15:1-5. With and without predicates. With predicates: bread of life (6:35,51); light of the world (8:12 [9:5]); gate (10:7,9); shepherd (10:11, 14); resurrection and the life (11:25); way, the truth, and the life (14:6); vine (15:1, 5). See Raymond E. Brown, The Gospel According to John 1-12. Anchor Bible Vol. 29. (Doubleday, 1966) 533-38.

8. Jesus does seven "signs", but their meaning goes beyond the visible. Simple signs faith in Jesus is not enough.

9. Crucifixion is Glorification.  Jesus is the one who is "lifted up." The cross is the hour of glorification. What is glorification? See12:23; 13:31; 3:13-15. Being "lifted up" in Greek can mean lifting persons up on a cross or exaltation, honoring someone. What will happen when Jesus is lifted up is discussed in 8:28 and 12:34-36. Jesus is in charge. The cross is also an act of love (Jn 15:13). It reveals the "Truth."  Irony is an important feature of the gospel.  Ironically, the cross is in fact the moment of Jesus' glorification.

10. Jesus and the Paraclete. Paraclete will take Jesus' place.  14:15-17, 25-26; 15:26-27; 16:7-15.

Discipleship

The disciples are to unite with Jesus, the Father, and one another. Perrin suggests that the Gospel of John and the Johannine letters are "the charter of Christian mysticism." (308)

Love unites the faithful with one another, Jesus, and God.  Love is a commandment in 13:34–35

Faith must go beyond a simple signs faith.  Faith is active.

Jesus enables his followers to have life and eternal life.