Paul wrote that " all Scripture is given by inspiration of God" (2 Timothy 3:16). "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." It was not so. He has unsuccessfully attempted to write Beatrice a love sonnet according to the flowery and ornamental conventions of Renaissance love poetry. Glory would be displayed in its day. It is not that He denies the truth of what they were thus desiring and attached to. In John He is One who could be described as Son of man who is in heaven; but He belonged to heaven, because He was divine. John 7:25-31) He is going where they cannot come, and never guessed (for unbelief thinks of the dispersed among the Greeks of anything rather than of God). Difficulty understanding words, especially against background noise or in a crowd. PRESENT_____ FUTURE_____ . "The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came ( ) by Jesus Christ." E-Book Overview. Just as distinct and beyond comparison is His testimony who, coming from heaven and above all, testifies what He saw and heard, however it might be rejected. This language is said of both, but most strongly of the latter. The Moral Soul Jesus is making the profound statement that salvation is a free gift from God for those who believe in his Son, Jesus Christ. (Verses John 4:31-38). As the new birth for the kingdom of God, so the cross is absolutely necessary for eternal life. (VerseJohn 4:1; John 4:1) It was strange to her that a Jew should thus humble himself: what would it have been, had she seen in Him Jesus the Son of God? (Ver. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life. God's Word provides assurance for our everyday lives And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. The term "pro-life" spans beyond ending abortion and makes sure women and babies get the care that reflects their dignity and celebrates life in all circumstances. Rest is not the question now at all; but the flow of the Spirit's power while Jesus is on high. Schizophrenia causes psychosis and is associated with considerable disability and may affect all areas of life including personal, family, social, educational, and occupational functioning. Nevertheless, Christ did come to His own things, His proper, peculiar possession; for there were special relationships. When the man that had been healed obeyed Christ's instruction and picked up his bed to carry it home, it was construed as work, and they accused Jesus of violating their laws. With many Brazilians believing they just suffered their own 9/11 or January 6, all power centers know that the perfect time to seize new authoritarian powers and abridge core liberties is when the population is in a state . In 1 Peter 3:18, how did Peter explain what God has done to bring men to Himself? John gives us this point of contact with them, though in an incident peculiar to himself. God's glory is His essential and intrinsic splendor. through "sin." Thus, as in the former case the Lord's dealing in Galilee was a type of the future, this appears to be significant of His then present path of grace in that despised quarter of the land. (Ver. How could either light or love rest in a scene of sin, darkness, and misery? First, we must worship, if at all, in spirit and in truth. 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 The allusion to the fig-tree confirms this. "Master, eat," said they. But what we learn is, that our Lord (viewed as having entered into heaven as man on the ground of redemption, i.e., ascended, after having passed through death, into glory) from that glory confers meanwhile the Holy Ghost on him that believes, instead of bringing in at once the final feast of gladness for the Jews and the world, as He will do by-and-by when the anti-typical harvest and vintage has been fulfilled. So we see in the attractive power, afterwards dealing with individual souls. What a witness all this to His person! d. are open to new information. 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. (VersesJohn 5:8-12; John 5:8-12), But were the Jews mistaken after all in thinking that the seal of the first covenant was virtually broken in that deliberate word and warranty of Jesus? Rate this: Share this: God hearing and answering Jesus didn't mean salvation from the cross, but salvation through the cross. To stand though the days are evil (Ephesians 5:16) and full of sin, error, subtle heretical seducers and sharp persecutions (2Timothy 3:13-14; Matthew 24:12-13). This plan centered on the sacrificial death of His only Son, Jesus Christ. None the less did the result of His death proclaim His Deity. No man hath seen God at any time. 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 The scripture text that brother Michael is preaching from is John 5:24-25 and the audio is 53 minutes long. Granted He was the Son of man; but as such, He had all judgment given Him, and would judge. 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. Here, then, we have a remarkable display of that which preceded His Galilean ministry, or public manifestation. After this we have, suitably to this gospel, John's connection with the Lord Jesus. Deut. Jesus saw the man, and knowing that he was long thus, prompts the desire of healing, but brings out the despondency of unbelief. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. Do any believe on His name? Those who believe will repent and put their faith in Christ and begin living. The addition of "unto him" detracts, to my mind, from the exceeding preciousness of what seems to be, at least, left open. He explained that His whole life was to do the will of the Father and to carry it out in the power of the Spirit so asto please the Father, by only saying and doing the things that He heard from the Father. But his ways were higher. It was no longer a moot-point whether God could trust man; for, indeed, He could not. They would fall a prey to Antichrist, and meanwhile are accused of Moses, in whom they trusted, without believing him; else they would have believed Christ, of whom he wrote. Did the dead (for so men are treated, not as alive under law) did they hear the voice of the Son of God? This will be displayed in the millennium, when the marriage will be celebrated, as well as the judgment executed (Jerusalem and its temple being the central point then). Remark, too, the extent of the work involved in verse 29. 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. This statement (verse John 1:15) is a parenthesis, though confirmatory of verse John 1:14, and connects John's testimony with this new section of Christ's manifestation in flesh; as we saw John introduced in the earlier verses, which treated abstractly of Christ's nature as the Word. 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. "Whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life." - John 5:24 Hearing His Word Jesus said, "Whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life," so we must hear what Jesus says to us, but more importantly, we must do what He says (Matt 25:40). 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. How little they conceived of what was then said and done! (ver. It was worldliness in its worst shape, even to the point of turning the glory of Christ to a present account. Psychologist Albert Bandura described these beliefs as determinants of how people think, behave, and feel. This He does in verses 16-19. There is the need of another nature, and the only way in which this nature is communicated is by being born of water and the Spirit the employment of the word of God in the quickening energy of the Holy Ghost. For evidently it is the theme of worship in its Christian fulness, the fruit of the manifestation of God, and of the Father known in grace. 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that . Nor was it yet complete. "But He said to them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of." "He Who Has the Son Has Life" 7. In a certain sense, the principle of John 4:1-54 was made true in the woman of Samaria, and in others who received Christ then. For though the Son (that eternal life who was with the Father) was a man, in that very position had the Father given Him to have life in Himself, and to execute judgment also, because He is Son of man. John 5:25 "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live." John 5:30 "I can do nothing on my own. 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 judgment; but is passed from death unto life. In the first three weeks of 2023, crime rates in the city have skyrocketed by 61%, compared to last year, according to Chicago police. #2 whoever hears my word and believes We are saved by hearing the truth of the gospel of Christ (Rom 10:17). Law, means, ordinances, could not meet the need no pool, nor angel nothing but the Son working in grace, the Son quickening. But the chapter does not close without a further contrast. So, while all are dead in Adam (1 Cor 15:22) by virtue of our inherited sinfulness and the sins we have committed as a result, those who believe pass out of death, and into life, and life eternal. What love! But let them beware how they perverted it. He will have all honour the Son, even as Himself. God heard his Son in his time of crisis, but he didn't let the cup pass. The resurrection of the Lord is not more truly a demonstration of His power and glory, than the only deliverance for disciples from the thraldom of Jewish influence. 3. Then He rebukes the carnality of His brethren. The contrasts are as strong, at least, as the resemblance with the healing of the centurion's servant in Matthew 13:1-58 and Luke 7:1-50, which some ancients and moderns have confounded with this, as they did Mary's anointing of Jesus with the sinful woman's in Luke 7:1-50. 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. Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 44:3, Isaiah 59:21, Ezekiel 36:25-27 ought to have made the Lord's meaning plain to an intelligent Jew. infinite truth! To see Jesus is to see His Father (John 14:9). All of the above. Christ was the true sanctuary, not that on which man had laboured so long in Jerusalem. Was this false and blasphemous in their eyes? It is thus strikingly an anticipation of the result in glory. It is there that we found the Lord, in the other synoptic gospels, fulfilling His ordinary ministry. (Verses John 3:1-6), But the Lord goes farther, and bids Nicodemus not wonder at His insisting on this need. The distinctiveness of such a testimony to the Saviour's glory need hardly be pointed out. The word hear is a present active imperative verb. Let them learn, then, that as Son of man (for which nature they despised Him, and denied His essential personal glory) He will judge; and this judgment will be no passing visitation, such as God has accomplished by angels or men in times past. Though He could not, would not deny Himself (and He was the Son, and Word, and God), yet had He taken the place of a man, of a servant. He is a divine person; His manhood brought no attainder to His rights as God. The first four chapters of John precede in point of time the notices of His ministry in the other gospels. What more glorious proof than that the Holy Ghost is given not a certain defined power or gift, but the Holy Ghost Himself; for God gives not the Spirit by measure! Nevertheless the Son had taken the place of being the sent One, the place of subordination in the earth, in which He would say, "My Father is greater than I." He acts as such. (Ver. And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven." No charge could be remoter from the truth. It is not a question of the law, but of hearing Christ's word, and believing Him who sent Christ: he that does so has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from death unto life. Since you have been given these ears I command you to faithfully hear the word of the kingdom. John 1:17; John 1:17) The law, thus given, was in itself no giver, but an exacter; Jesus, full of grace and truth, gave, instead of requiring or receiving; and He Himself has said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. it was no lack of testimony; their will was for present honour, and hostile to the glory of the only God. Hearing, Swing, and Believing in the Gosl of John 329 John 1,19-51 The narrative portion of the gospel tegins with an interchange between John and a delegation from Jerusalem (1,19-28), an account of John's testimony to Jesus and its effect on two of his own disci- pies (1,29-39), and a description,of the effect of their words and There was sentence of death pronounced on their system, and they felt accordingly. Jesus finally summed up this important teaching that spelt out the clear message of His eternal deity before saying: "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. On this basisJohn 7:1-53; John 7:1-53 proceeds. . 5 17. #4 has eternal life and will not be judged The believer has begun eternal life upon salvation. (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? Neither does the Spirit say exactly as the English Bible says "sons," but children. 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.". WONDERFUL PRIVILEGE: HEARING THE WORD OF GOD. He is ever God; He is the Son; He quickens and raises from the dead. "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. How, indeed, could it be stayed within narrow limits? Hence the Son, being in this ineffable nearness of love, has declared not God only, but the Father. 05:08. There He supposes His full rejection and death. For the astonishing thought is, not merely that Jesus receives the Holy Ghost without measure, but that God gives the Spirit also, and not by measure, through Him to others. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me." John 5:37 10 It is our judgment, despite a popular view that the specific signs number seven, the author, in fact, did not intend a catalog comprised of any specific number. The two acts (new birth and faith) are so closely connected that in experience we cannot distinguish them. (VersesJohn 3:7-8; John 3:7-8), It is hardly necessary to furnish detailed disproof of the crude, ill-considered notion (originated by the fathers), that baptism is in question. (Ver. How were they not enjoyed in despised Samaria those two days with the Son of God among them! John 5:24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life. A comparable passage to John 5:24 is probably John 10:27-29. The one, like the other, contributes to this great end, whether the Son of man necessarily lifted up, or the only begotten Son of God given in His love. He mentioned him in John 11:16 in conjunction with the resurrection of Lazaros, and again in John 14:5-6. Nothing less than everlasting life in Christ can deliver: otherwise there remains judgment. (Ver. God is in infallible control over life, death, sickness, and health (cf. Your faith can be a hindrance or a blessing. None but a divine being could thus deal with the world. 32:39); for He "works all things after the counsel of His will" (cf. Even when it becomes 3:00, the belief doesn't fix itself. John 5:24, NASB: 'Truly, truly, I say to you, the one 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. Alas! It is not denunciation, but the most solemn sentence in the calmest manner. The hearing has ended. The rejection of Christ is the contempt of God Himself, in that of which He is most jealous, the honour of the Saviour, His Son. John 5:24 Context. Trouble hearing consonants. Coming after John as to date, He is necessarily preferred before him in dignity; for He was ( ) [not come into being ( )] before Him. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. Later He was determined to be Son of God with power by resurrection of the dead. In these two points of view, more particularly, John gives testimony to Christ; He is the lamb as the taker away of the world's sin; the same is He who baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. They knew what they worshipped, but not the Father, nor were they "true." The disciples of John dispute with a Jew about purification; but John himself renders a bright witness to the glory of the Lord Jesus. (Psalms 132:1-18) Then they wanted to make Him a king. Thus in one way or the other all must honour the Son. One must be born again. Nobody had gone up to heaven: God had taken more than one; but no one had gone there as of right. Nicodemus remonstrates but is spurned; all retire to their home Jesus, who had none, to the mount of Olives. Her testimony bore the impress of what had penetrated her soul, and would make way for all the rest in due time. But as many as received him, to them gave he power [rather, authority, right, or title] to become children of God." Now, it is no longer a question of nature, but of relationship; and hence it is not said simply the Word, but the Son, and the Son in the highest possible character, the only-begotten Son, distinguishing Him thus from any other who might, in a subordinate sense, be son of God "the only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father." 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. We were dead in our trespasses and sins, walking in darkness (Eph 2:1). "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. 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. It is our evangelist's way of indicating His Galilean sojourn; and this miracle is the particular subject that John was led by the Holy Ghost to take up. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." Bear in mind that one of the points of instruction in this first part of our gospel is the action of the Son of God before His regular Galilean ministry. Her life is laid before her by His voice, and she confesses to Him that God Himself spoke to her in His words: "Sir [said she], I perceive that thou art a prophet." As you listen, use the following three steps to help yourself learn the passage. "The retina takes a three-dimensional world and collapses it into signals. It is His person as incarnate first, then in redemption giving His flesh to be eaten and His blood to be drank. I don't realize until the next morning that it's completely insane to think any of this. It means that the Christian does not wait for eternal life to begin at death or when Christ returns, as he promises to in this passage. It finds, of course, a present application, and links itself with that activity of grace in which God is now sending out the gospel to any sinner and every sinner. His glorious person would have none now in relation to God but members of the family. The refusal of His precious blood will, on the contrary, make their case incomparably worse than that of the heathen who never heard the good news. Here the Lord was really owned by the multitudes as the great Prophet that should come; and this in consequence of His works, especially that one which Scripture itself had connected with the Son of David. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life., ESV Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. John 1:20-25) John does not even speak of Him as one who, on His rejection as Messiah, would step into a larger glory.