Did they charge Jesus with self-exaltation? It is not merely or most of all a great prophet or witness: He is the Son; and the Father has given all things to be in His hand. This would make all manifest. . For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. To see Jesus is to see His Father (John 14:9). Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. It is not only the nature, but the model and fulness of the blessing in the Son, who declared the Father. Thus it is not the Spirit of God simply giving a new nature; neither is it the Holy Ghost given as the power of worship and communion with His God and Father. Hence, then, we have the Lord Jesus alluding to this fresh necessity, if man was to be blessed according to God. Needing to turn up the volume of the television or radio. John 5:24 Context. 5 17. John 3:19; John 3:19) Other things, the merest trifles, may serve to indicate a man's condition; but a new responsibility is created by this infinite display of divine goodness in Christ, and the evidence is decisive and final, that the unbeliever is already judged before God. This is the marked effect on the third day (ver. A greater work was in hand; and this, as the rest of the chapter shows us, not a Messiah lifted up, but the true bread given He who comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world; a dying, not a reigning, Son of man. In short, the riches of God's grace are here according to the glory of the Son, and in the power of the Holy Ghost. Gospel According to John, fourth of the four New Testament narratives recounting the life and death of Jesus Christ. 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above . John, therefore, who had been the honoured witness before of God's call, "the voice," etc., does now by the outpouring of his heart's delight, as well as testimony, turn over, so to say, his disciples to Jesus. ", Jesus laid out this truth veryemphatically by starting what He said with the words verily, verily: "Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes Him who sent me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. Those who believe will repent and put their faith in Christ and begin living. (Verses John 6:59-71) What and if they should see Him, who came down and died in this world, ascend up where He was before? Could they, then, reject the Son, and merely miss this infinite blessing of life in Him? 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. "He came unto his own [things], and his own [people] received him not. It is thus strikingly an anticipation of the result in glory. John 7:6-8) They belonged to the world. In John 6:1-71 our Lord sets aside Israel in another point of view. He that believes on the Son has everlasting life; and he that disobeys the Son, in the sense of not being subject to His person, "shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him" Such is the issue of the Son of God present in this world an everlasting one for every man, flowing from the glory of His person, the character of His testimony, and the Father's counsels respecting Him. God heard his Son in his time of crisis, but he didn't let the cup pass. It is not denunciation, but the most solemn sentence in the calmest manner. The character is wholly different from the position and glory of Messiah in Israel, according to promise and prophecy. None but a divine being could thus deal with the world. God's glory is His essential and intrinsic splendor. Expressly had He told the man to take up his couch and walk, as well as to rise. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. The result immediately follows. To this last the Lord attaches the deepest importance. Nor would the rejected Christ, the Son of man; for if lifted up on the cross, instead of having the throne of David, the result would be not merely earthly blessing for His people according to prophecy, but eternal life for the believer, whoever. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." (Ver. Scripture is, or may be, before man always. In his most famous and controversial experiment, known today as the "Little Albert" experiment, John Watson and a graduate assistant named Rosalie Rayner conditioned a small child to fear a white rat. John 5:24, NLT: 'I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. Jesus is announcing His role as the One Who reverses the judgement passed on mankind [Adam & Eve] in the Garden of Eden. Here we see Him accepting, not as fellow-servant, but as Lord, those souls who had been under the training of the predicted messenger of Jehovah that was to prepare His way before, His face. Neither does the Spirit say exactly as the English Bible says "sons," but children. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. infinite truth! (Ver. I apprehend the words the Authorised Version gives in italics should disappear. The disciples come; the woman goes into the city, leaving her waterpot, but carrying with her the unspeakable gift of God. John 7:24) They reason and are in utter uncertainty. "John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This is he of whom I spake: He that cometh after me is preferred before me, for he was before me." No doubt Jesus Himself had the Holy Ghost given to Him, as it was meet that He in all things should have the pre-eminence; but it shows yet more both the personal glory of Christ and the efficacy of His work, that He now gives the same Spirit to those who receive His testimony, and set to their seal that God is true. (Ver. Melissa and . At once their malice drops the beneficent power of God in the case, provoked at the fancied wrong done to the seventh day. If we believe "thatChrist died for our sins according to the Scriptures that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures," then we have heard His Word, believed the Father Who sent Him, and "are given eternal life, and will not come under judgment but have passed from death to life.". He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. What can be conceived more notably standing out in contrast with the governmental system God had set up, and man had known in times past? (Psalms 132:1-18) Then they wanted to make Him a king. I don't realize until the next morning that it's completely insane to think any of this. Proud member John 11:43-44). But this, however worthy of God, and indispensable for man, could not of itself give an adequate expression of what God is; because in this alone, neither His own love nor the glory of His Son finds due display. This language is said of both, but most strongly of the latter. Details are not called for now, but just the outline of the truth. I do not mean by this all individuals, but creation; for nothing can be more certain, than that those who do not receive the Son of God are so much the worse for having heard the gospel. Then, with the new nature of God, he sees Christ for who he really is, and freely receives Christ for all that he is. So on the last day, that great day of the feast (the eighth day, which witnessed of a resurrection glory outside this creation, now to be made good in the power of the Spirit before anything appears to sight), the Lord stands and cries, saying, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." John 5:24 (NASB) Verse Thoughts Jesus had just healed a man at the pool of Bethsaida, but He did this healing on the Sabbath. Later He was determined to be Son of God with power by resurrection of the dead. It is no question here of every man, but of such as believe. Frequently asking others to speak more slowly, clearly and loudly. by which is meant the Gospel, and is so called, both because it is spoken by Christ, and first began to be spoken by him; and because he is spoken of in it; his person, office, and work, peace, pardon, righteousness, life, and salvation by him, being the sum and substance of it: and by "hearing" it is meant, not a bare external hearing it; for so it was no lack of testimony; their will was for present honour, and hostile to the glory of the only God. Your faith can be a hindrance or a blessing. This is an audio sermon by Michael Pickett titled "Hearing and Believing" The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is John 5:24-25 and the audio is 53 minutes long. (VersesJohn 6:1-21; John 6:1-21). Man, under law, proved powerless; and the greater the need, the less the ability to avail himself of such merciful intervention as God still, from time to time, kept up throughout the legal system. Here, accordingly, it is not so much the means by which life is communicated, as the revelation of the full blessing of grace and communion with the Father and His Son by the Holy Ghost, in whom we are blessed. He reminds them of his previous disclaimer of any place beyond one sent before Jesus. But this is not the question of grace: not what she was, but what He is who was there to win and bless her, manifesting God and the Father withal, practically and in detail. (ver. Thus we have traced, first, hearts not only attracted to Him, but fresh souls called to follow Him; then, in type, the call of Israel by-and-by; finally, the disappearance of the sign of moral purifying for the joy of the new covenant, when Messiah's time comes to bless the needy earth; but along with this the execution of judgment in Jerusalem, and its long defiled temple. The Literary Theory Handbook introduces students to the history and scope of literary theory, showing them how to perform literary analysis, and providing a greater understanding of the historical contexts for different theories.. A new edition of this highly successful text, which includes updated and refined chapters, and new sections on contemporary theories But as many as received him, to them gave he power [rather, authority, right, or title] to become children of God." However, this great gift of salvation is conditional. He is a divine person; His manhood brought no attainder to His rights as God. So does his confession: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God: thou art the King of Israel. "Truly I tell you, anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life. But his ways were higher. The Jews, with all their privileges, were strangers here. "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. So bright was His glory, so concerned was the Father in maintaining it, so immense the blessing if received, so tremendous the stake involved in its loss, that God vouchsafed the amplest and clearest witnesses. And herein is that true saying, One soweth, and another reapeth. Further, John attests that he saw the Spirit descending like a dove, and abiding on Him the appointed token that He it is who baptizes with the Holy Ghost even the Son of God. They had no common thoughts, feelings, or ways with the Father and the Son. The man went off, and told the Jews that it was Jesus: and for this they persecuted Him, because He had done these things on the sabbath. He entered this world, became flesh, as born of woman; but there was no diminution of His own glory, when He, born of the virgin, walked on earth, or when rejected of man, cut off as Messiah, He was forsaken of God for sin our sin on the cross. The Central Theology in John According to John 20:30-31, the signs which Jesus performed were many. (Ver. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life., KJV Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life., NKJV Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life., Bible Commentary Bible Verses Devotionals Faith Prayers Coloring Pages Pros and Cons, 40 Most Powerful Bible Scriptures on Motivation, 30 Encouraging Bible Scriptures on Never Giving Up, 50 Biblically Accurate Facts About Angels in the Bible, 50 Most Profitable Youth Group Fundraising Ideas for Your Church, 250 Ice Breaker Questions for Teen Youth Groups, 25 Important Examples of Pride in the Bible, Why Jesus Wept and 11 Lessons from His Tears, 25 Different Ways to Worship God and Praise the Lord. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. It would not suit God, if it would suit man, that He, seeing all, should just pronounce on man's corruption, and then forthwith let him off with a bare pardon. FIVE WONDERFUL THINGS John 5:24 Intro. A comparable passage to John 5:24 is probably John 10:27-29. It was not so. Nobody had gone up to heaven: God had taken more than one; but no one had gone there as of right. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours." There is no changing or bettering the old man; and, thanks be to God, the new does not degenerate or pass away. He speaks of Himself as the Son of man in death; for there could be no eating of His flesh, no drinking of His blood, as a living man. Observe, it is not (as is often very erroneously said or sung) a question of sins, but of the "sin" of the world. It was God's great gift of love, mercy and grace (John 3:16; Ephesians 2:4-9). The Jews had so misinterpreted the Law of Moses about the Sabbath day that they considered the miracles that Jesus carried out on the Sabbath, violated their strict rules. Thus it is a kind of transitional fact for a most important part of our gospel, though still introductory. (Verses John 4:31-38). Background: thThe 5 chapter of John opens with a feast of the Jews in Jerusalem. John 7:37) It is not a question of eating the bread of God, or, when Christ died, of eating His flesh and drinking His blood. Rate this: Share this: Difficulty understanding words, especially against background noise or in a crowd. 11:33-36. He could, therefore, tell them of heavenly things as readily as of earthly things; but the incredulity about the latter, shown in the wondering ignorance of the new birth as a requisite for God's kingdom, proved it was useless to tell of the former. 1. What I believe is very important. Thus, manifestly, the whole question is terminated at the very starting-point of our gospel; and this is characteristic of John all through: manifestly all is decided. For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. and he cometh not to judgment, but has passed from the death, into the life. Had it been meant, it was no wonder that Nicodemus did not know how these things could be. Hence it is that here the Son, according to the grace of God the Father, gives the Holy Ghost eternal life in the power of the Spirit. If she turned aside to questions of religion, with a mixture of desire to learn what had concerned and perplexed her, and of willingness to escape such a searching of her ways and heart, He did not refrain graciously to vouchsafe the revelation of God, that earthly worship was doomed, that the Father was to be worshipped, not an Unknown. What can be more evident, or more instructive? Thus we feed on Him and drink into Him, as man, unto life everlasting life in Him. The Jews had so misinterpreted the Law of Moses about the Sabbath day that they considered the miracles that Jesus carried out on the Sabbath, violated their strict rules. As the new birth for the kingdom of God, so the cross is absolutely necessary for eternal life. This He does in verses 16-19. This closes the various aspects of the Lord Jesus, completely blotting out Judaism, viewed as resting in a system of law and ordinances, as looking to a Messiah with present ease, and as hoping for the display of Messianic glory then in the world. To stay connected to their parent stock, as a branch and be fruitful (John . Here there is no John proclaiming Jesus as the One who was about to introduce the kingdom of heaven. (Verses John 5:13-16), A graver issue, however, was to be tried; for Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Also one of the two thus drawn to Him first finds his own brother Simon (with the words, We have found the Messiah), and led him to Jesus, who forthwith gave him his new name in terms which surveyed, with equal ease and certainty, past, present, and future. He didn't spare him death. The incarnate Word was here full of grace and truth. John 4:1-6; John 4:1-6) What a picture of rejection and humiliation! 2. It is not John's business here to call attention to His Messiahship, not even when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask, Who art thou? Such is God's vindication of His outraged rights; and the judgment will be proportionate to the glory that has been set at nought. He is viewed as retaining the same perfect intimacy with the Father, entirely unimpaired by local or any other circumstances He had entered. "The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came ( ) by Jesus Christ." This, of course, supposes the setting aside of Jerusalem, its people and house, as they now are, and is justified by the great fact of Christ's death and resurrection, which is the key to all, though not yet intelligible even to the disciples. The Son gives life, as the Father does; and not merely to whom the Father will, but to whom He will. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. In truth, Christian baptism did not yet exist, but only such as the disciples used, like John the Baptist; it was not instituted of Christ till after His resurrection, as it sets forth His death. not the Jews only; for, as far as intelligence went, it was little better with the disciples till He rose from the dead. Nicodemus, not understanding in the least such a want for himself, expresses his wonder, and hears our Lord increasing in the strength of the requirement. 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