Law, means, ordinances, could not meet the need no pool, nor angel nothing but the Son working in grace, the Son quickening. (Ver. "Master, eat," said they. The Lord Jesus presents Himself as putting an end to all this now for the Christian, though, of course, every word God has promised, as well as threatened, remains to be accomplished in Israel by-and-by; for Scripture cannot be broken; and what the mouth of the Lord has said awaits its fulfilment in its due sphere and season. No mere man, nor angel, not the highest, the archangel, but the Son. Such was Jesus in person, contrasted with all who belong to the earth. Chapter 5. Here, in suited circumstances to render the thought and way of God unmistakable, pure and boundless grace takes its own sovereign course, suitable to the love and personal glory of Christ. I apprehend the words the Authorised Version gives in italics should disappear. The disciples of John dispute with a Jew about purification; but John himself renders a bright witness to the glory of the Lord Jesus. You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me. John 5. God orders matters so that a favoured teacher of men, favoured as none others were in Israel, should come to Jesus by night. " Known in several other forms, it is a philosophical razor that suggests a way of eliminating unlikely explanations for human behavior. Such was the grace that God was displaying in Him, the true and full expresser of His mind. The dreadful truth comes out: the Lord did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all men. Verse 39. ( NASB: Lockman) Greek: ego de lego ( 1SPAI) umin me antistenai ( AAN) to ponero; all' ostis se rapizei ( 3SPAI) eis ten dexian siagona [sou], strepson ( 2SAAM) auto kai ten allen. Verses 39 and 40 summarize a crucial point about the difference between faith and belief. the 'bad people' and Abstract:Editorial on the Research TopicHomeostasis and Allostasis of Thyroid Function A basic understanding of thyroid control involving pituitary thyrotropin (TSH) has become a Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. The family later hosted a dinner for the honored . This is a perfect illustration of John 15:5 where Jesus declared "I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit (IN THIS CASE ABIDING WAS SIMPLY OBEYING), for apart from Me you can do nothing (EVEN FISHING - BUT . But all that is historically related of the Lord Jesus inJohn 1:1-51; John 1:1-51; John 2:1-25; John 3:1-36; John 4:1-54. was before the imprisonment of the Baptist. 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. (Ver. 4.16.6 Fixed npm-shrinkwrap.json support in --update-db (by Geoff Newman). Karoline Lewis, Joy J. Moore, and Matt Skinner for a conversation on the Revised Common Lectionary texts for Second Sunday in Lent (Year A), March 5, 2023. 38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he . First, we must worship, if at all, in spirit and in truth. John 5:39-40: "You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.". The Father and the Son were at work. Resurrection will be the proof; the two-fold rising of the dead, not one, but two resurrections. One must be born again. John 1:29-34) How rich it is, and how marvellously in keeping with our gospel! By . He who inspired them to communicate His thoughts of Jesus in the particular line assigned to each, raised up John to impart the highest revelation, and thus complete the circle by the deepest views of the Son of God. (Ver. We have now the Word made flesh, called Jesus Christ this person, this complex person, that was manifest in the world; and it is He that brought it all in. Did they charge Jesus with self-exaltation? Luke 5 - Disciples Are Called A. The person of the Son was there the object of divine and overflowing joy even then, although, of course, in the full sense of the word, the Holy Ghost might not be given to be the power of it for some time later; but still the object of worship was there revealing the Father; butJohn 7:1-53; John 7:1-53 supposes Him to be gone up to heaven, before He from heaven communicates the Holy Ghost, who should be (not here, as Israel had a rock with water to drink of in the wilderness outside themselves, nor even as a fountain springing up within the believer, but) as rivers flowing out. Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. Thus we all not only receive of His fulness, (and what fulness illimitable was there not in Him!) He wanted nothing; He came to give yea, the very best, so to speak, that God has. ON THE AIR. VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. And herein is that true saying, One soweth, and another reapeth. Art thou Elias? No doubt there are intervening applications; but such is the ultimate result of His work as the Lamb of God. John 1:19-37; John 1:19-37) It is here presented historically. 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. The Spirit of God uses that word; it is thus invariably in conversion. Resume Prayer. He that comes from above from heaven is above all. (Verses John 4:20-30), The disciples marvelled that He spoke with the woman. In John 6:1-71 our Lord sets aside Israel in another point of view. not the Jews only; for, as far as intelligence went, it was little better with the disciples till He rose from the dead. How can such have relationship with God? Do they receive Him not? This was necessary for the kingdom of God; not for some special place of glory, but for any and every part of God's kingdom. And while He does not hide the privilege of the Jews, He nevertheless proclaims that "the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. Before the manner of His manifestation comes before us in verse 14, we have the secret explained why some, and not all, received Christ. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. There He supposes His full rejection and death. You may be familiar with the story: "The Princess and the Pea". Further, it is connected intimately with the evidence of man's ruin by sin. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. He would have every soul to know assuredly how he stands for eternity as well as now. by . Nor was it from any indistinctness in the record, or in him who gave it. They had eyes, but they saw not; ears had they, but they heard not, nor did they understand His glory. After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. For were it not God Himself in the person of Jesus, it had been no glory to God, but a wrong and a rival. Using the Bible to impress others rather than to grow in humility and love for God will keep you from faith in Christ (5:39-42). Controversy with the " Jews" who Believed. Many are convinced by this appeal. It was not intended for other beings it was God's free gift to man, to the believer, of course. 39 You study[ a] the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. This is grace and truth. "He was in the world, and the world was made by him." Man, dead in sins, was the object of His grace; but then man's state was such, that it would have been derogatory to God had that life been communicated without the cross of Christ: the Son of man lifted up on it was the One in whom God dealt judicially with the evil estate of man, for the, full consequences of which He made Himself responsible. (Verse John 1:9) The world therefore surely ought to have known its Maker. ( John 5:1-4) The pool of Bethesda. In verses 37 and 38, Jesus criticized the local religious leaders for never hearing the voice of God. Nathanael's call is just as clearly typical of Israel in the latter day. 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. The following section summarises the teaching by which Jesus tried to bring the more favourably disposed of the " Jewish" party to a fuller faith. (VerseJohn 4:10; John 4:10) Infinite grace! John 1:29; John 1:29John 1:34; John 1:34) of John Baptist's testimony here named; the first day (ver. The man could not tell the Jews the name of his benefactor. And Jesus answers, "I that speak unto thee am he." (Verses John 5:1-7), On the other hand, the Lord speaks but the word: "Rise, take up thy couch and walk." John 5:28-30 Resurrection. Alas! 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. Leftists Backtrack on Being Wrong About Wuhan Lab Leak Former Communist from East Germany Warns Americans About the Nightmare of Living Under Authoritarian Rule Russia Warms to China as Zelensky Insists Sending America's "Sons & Daughters" to DIE For NATO - FULL SHOW 03/01/23 EcoHealth Alliance Whistleblower: I Believe Ukraine Conflict . But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." This leads Philip to Nathanael, in whose case, when he comes to Jesus, we see not divine power alone in sounding the souls of men, but over creation. To this last the Lord attaches the deepest importance. (John 2:1-25) The change of water into wine manifested His glory as the beginning of signs; and He gave another in this early purging of the temple of Jerusalem. 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. 1. Alas! COMMENTARY ON THE Gospel of St. John by Anonymous - $70.39. He is viewed as retaining the same perfect intimacy with the Father, entirely unimpaired by local or any other circumstances He had entered. The result immediately follows. Jesus, therefore, answered, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. (ver. 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. INTRODUCTION: Hans Christian Andersen wrote a fairy tale about a young woman who was tested to determine whether or not she was truly a princess. 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. This brings in the great counterpart truth, that even God present on earth and made flesh is not enough. Jesus saw the man, and knowing that he was long thus, prompts the desire of healing, but brings out the despondency of unbelief. Mark what, as such, He does declare Him. Knowing the scriptures does not save you. He was God. John 3:1-36 follows this up. Includes commnetary, questions, outline, and applications on John chapter 5:19-47 encouraging life change. 'You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But see the blessed fruit of receiving it. The truth is, the design of manifesting His glory governs all; place or people was a matter of no consequence. Neither does the Spirit say exactly as the English Bible says "sons," but children. Sermon Brainwave 891: Second Sunday In Lent - March 5, 2023. But they learn that it was his divine Physician who had not only healed, but so directed him. On this basisJohn 7:1-53; John 7:1-53 proceeds. The call of four fishermen. (Ver. Not Jacob was there, but the Son of God in nothing but grace; and thus to the Samaritan woman, not to the teachers of Israel, are made those wonderful communications which unfold to us with incomparable depth and beauty the real source, power, and character of that worship which supersedes, not merely schismatic and rebellious Samaria, but Judaism at its best. There is a crying need today for people to seek out the wisdom of God as revealed in His Scriptures and make application of it in their lives. 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. (412) Though Christ does not permit his people to repel violence by violence, yet he does not forbid them to endeavor to avoid an unjust attack. Bible sermons, Evidence that Jesus Christ is God, John 5:36-40. John was not yet cast into prison. Life resurrection will display how little they had to be ashamed of, who believed the record given of His Son; the resurrection of judgment will make but too plain, to those who despised the Lord, both His honour and their sin and shame. Jesus explains: "My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? Verse 41. It is not merely a Messiah, who comes and offers Himself, as we find in other gospels, with most painstaking diligence, and presented to their responsibility; but here from the outset the question is viewed as closed. John 1:35-40) Our Lord acts as One fully conscious of His glory, as indeed He ever was. As there is an absolute necessity on God's part that man should be thus born anew, so He lets him know there is an active grace of the Spirit, as the wind blows where it will, unknown and uncontrolled by man, for every one that is born of the Spirit, who is sovereign in operation. Exegetical Commentary on John 5. behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. None but a divine being could thus deal with the world. Here we can see a glimpse of the promise by Jesus of eternal life. The effect is thus final, even as His person, witness, and glory are divine. 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 must, increase, but I decrease." Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with more diligence and attention. In the Word was life, and the life was the light of men. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary. There were many witnesses to Christ's claim to deity and His role as Redeemer. he would not. You pore over the Scriptures because you think you have eternal life in them, and yet they testify about me. Man was judged: another Man was there, the Lord from heaven, soon to stand in resurrection. Surely He was there, a weary man outside Judaism; but God, the God of all grace, who humbled Himself to ask a drink of water of her, that He might give the richest and most enduring gift, even water which, once drank, leaves no thirst for ever and ever yea, is in him who drinks a fountain of water springing up unto everlasting life. 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. 40 But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life. They had stumbled before, and the Lord brought in not alone His person, as the Word made flesh, presented for man now to receive and enjoy; but unless they ate the flesh, and drank the blood of the Son of man, they had no life in them. of They did indeed search the Scriptures . The Jews, then, who could not help, and pitied not their fellow in his long infirmity and disappointment, are scandalized to see him, safe and sound, carrying his couch on that day. 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. Without sign, prodigy, or miracle, in this village of Samaria Jesus was heard, known, confessed as truly the Saviour of the world ("the Christ" being absent in the best authorities, ver. 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? They had the Scriptures, and they searched them. How truly it is man under law! John 3:14-15; John 3:14-15) It is not a question simply of the Son of God, nor is He spoken of here as the Word made flesh. But here these streams of the Spirit are substituted for the feast of tabernacles, which cannot be accomplished till Christ come from heaven and show Himself to the world; for this time was not yet come.
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