In reading John according to his perspective I am under the understanding that John portrays Jesus in His deity in order to spark hearts for Christ. We can know that John began following Jesus and because he followed Jesus has firsthand experience. John portrays Jesus as being the Son of God and that He is the savior of the world. It is by Jesus alone that we have life. Even talking in class today sometimes people get so confused on salvation. People get the idea that salvation is by work, and by good deeds I believe that John portrays very nicely that Jesus is the only way to God. He also reminds us especially in John 3 that God loves us enormously in so much that He created a son and had him crucified so we wouldn't have to pay for our sins.
