Till then the Holy Ghost could not be so given only when Jesus was glorified, after redemption was a fact. To this last the Lord attaches the deepest importance. But the Lord reproaches him, the master of Israel, with not knowing these things: that is, as a teacher, with Israel for his scholar, he ought to have known them objectively, at least, if not consciously. Hence the Lord, while fully owning the labours of all preceding labourers, has before His eyes the whole boundless expanse of grace, the mighty harvest which His apostles were to reap in due time. 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. Nothing less than everlasting life in Christ can deliver: otherwise there remains judgment. And he saith, I am not. But let them beware how they perverted it. Clarke's Commentary. 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). 3 In these lay a multitude of invalidsblind, lame, and paralyzed. And they asked him, What then? But the Spirit would not confine His operations to such bounds, but go out freely like the wind. 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. 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. He bows to, as he explains, the sovereign will of God. But the meaning here is, that they imagined, by having these writings in their hands, and by their reading them, and hearing them expounded every sabbath day, they should obtain and inherit everlasting life: hence they call F18 the law eternal life, and say F19 concerning the reading of it, that. Proud member Robert Clayton (ISBN 9781170941003) osoitteesta Adlibris.fi. 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. WITNESS. It is now eternal reality, and the name of Jesus Christ is that which puts all things to a final test. 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. (Verses John 5:1-7), On the other hand, the Lord speaks but the word: "Rise, take up thy couch and walk." They had the mine, and they dug in that mine in quest of the eternal riches. "He came unto his own [things], and his own [people] received him not. "Master, eat," said they. He was God. It was not so. It passes over all question of dispensations, until it accomplishes, in all its extent, that purpose for which He thus died. Expressly had He told the man to take up his couch and walk, as well as to rise. 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. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? Here was a meeting, indeed, between such an one and Him, the Son, true God and eternal life. If He judges, it is not without full warning. This is the marked effect on the third day (ver. 38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he . 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. But the Scriptures point to me! Thus the Holy Ghost, given by the Son in humiliation (according to God, not acting on law, but according to the gift of grace in the gospel), was fully set forth; but the woman, though interested, and asking, only apprehended a boon for this life to save herself trouble here below. We have seen already that thus light was shed on men. He is ever God; He is the Son; He quickens and raises from the dead. Both of them were in relation to man on the earth; the one while He was here, the other from above. for he knew He was the Christ. You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me. What can be more evident, or more instructive? John noted, "Jesus loved Martha, her sister and Lazarus" (John 11:5). It is not denunciation, but the most solemn sentence in the calmest manner. From the series: Commentary on the Gospel of John PREVIOUS PAGE | NEXT PAGE 8. 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 results for the believer or unbeliever are eternal in good or in evil. pokkari, 2010. It is no question here of every man, but of such as believe. b. "Ye do search the Scriptures," and ye do well to do so. Choose a verse from 'John 5' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org . Verse 40. 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. How tiresome it is to hear people quote the Savior completely out of context . But as many as received him, to them gave he power [rather, authority, right, or title] to become children of God." How truly it is man under law! Yet before a miracle, as well as in the working of those which set forth His glory, it is evident that so far from its being a gradual growth, as it were, in His mind, He had, all simple and lowly though He were, the deep, calm, constant consciousness that He was God. They were not to wonder then at what He says and does now; for an hour was coming in which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; those that have done good to resurrection of life, and those that have done evil to resurrection of judgment. The dreadful truth comes out: the Lord did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all men. Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:31-59. By . 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. Her testimony bore the impress of what had penetrated her soul, and would make way for all the rest in due time. 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. This He does in verses 16-19. The Scriptures teach the way of life, and it is our duty to study them. And this in consequence of divine influx, so that whoever receives the knowledges of good and truth with his supreme affection, or love, experiences purification from evil, and restoration of spiritual life. You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Si nous voulons avoir cognoissance de Christ. Thus, in fact, we have the Lord setting aside what was merely Messianic by the grand truths of the incarnation, and, above all, of the atonement, with which man must have vital association: he must eat yea, eat and drink. God does not here condescend to call it His, though, of course, it was His and holy, just, and good, both in itself and in its use, if used lawfully. 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. He who owns the reality of Christ's incarnation, receives most thankfully and adoringly from God the truth of redemption; he, on the contrary, who stumbles at redemption, has not really taken in the incarnation according to God's mind. 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. Matthew, Mark, and Luke start, as far as regards the public labours of the Lord, with John cast into prison. After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Heavenly things, therefore, could not but be natural to Him, if one may so say. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. (Ver. COMMENTARY ON THE Gospel of St. John by Anonymous - $70.39. " Known in several other forms, it is a philosophical razor that suggests a way of eliminating unlikely explanations for human behavior. Coe took up music after spending much of his early life in reform schools and prisons, and first became notable for busking in Nashville.He initially played mostly in the blues style, before transitioning to country music, becoming a major part of the 1970s outlaw country scene. Recorded via Riverside on Feb. 3, 2023, for Working Preacher. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours." He would have every soul to know assuredly how he stands for eternity as well as now. It was meet that so it should be; for, as a question of right, none could claim; and grace surpasses all expectation or thought of man, most of all of men accustomed to a round of religious ceremonial. And He did accept that place thoroughly, and in all its consequences. No such sounds, no such realities were ever heard or known in Israel. Jesus not only could go up, as He did later, but He had come down thence, and, even though man, He was the Son of man that is in heaven. 39 You study[ a] the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. (Verse John 3:16), Let it not be passed by, that while the new birth or regeneration is declared to be essential to a part in the kingdom of God, the Lord in urging this intimates that He had not gone beyond the earthly things of that kingdom. Governmental healing even from Him might only end in "some worse thing" coming. Robert, Lord Bishop of Clogher. Shakespeare's explanation was good John Kennedy, but my favourite is still the 5 year old's explanation of the dangers of email, e.g. Two resurrections, one of life, and another of judgment, would be the manifestation of faith and unbelief, or rather, of those who believe, and of those who reject the Son. 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. But here it was not God's purpose to record it. 1 After this there was a a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. It was not the time now to demonstrate in public power these coming, yea, then present truths. 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. The effect is thus final, even as His person, witness, and glory are divine. Coming after John as to date, He is necessarily preferred before him in dignity; for He was ( ) [not come into being ( )] before Him. 1. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. Jesus is the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world, but withal, as he had said, the eternal One, yet in view of His manifestation to Israel (and, therefore, John was come baptizing with water a reason here given, but not to the Pharisees in verses 25-27). Thus solemnly does the meek Lord Jesus unfold these two truths. How singularly is the glory of the Lord Jesus thus viewed, as invested with the testimony of God and its crown! The following section summarises the teaching by which Jesus tried to bring the more favourably disposed of the " Jewish" party to a fuller faith. Thus a despised Christ is not merely a crucified Son of man, and given Son of God, as in John 3:1-36, but Himself a divine giver in communion with the Father, and in the power of the Holy Ghost who is given to the believer, the source of worship, as their God and Father is its object for the worshippers in spirit and truth (though surely not to the exclusion of the Son, Hebrews 1:1-14). What Does It Mean That There Is No One Holy Like God? At once their malice drops the beneficent power of God in the case, provoked at the fancied wrong done to the seventh day. "For God," He says, "so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life." Such shall live. FOR SALE! "But He said to them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of." Verses 5:5, 6, 7, 8. This we have had fully before. In the Word was life, and the life was the light of men. . It was worldliness in its worst shape, even to the point of turning the glory of Christ to a present account. 4. Ye do search the Scriptures, and ye do well to do so. 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. and the more manifest from His lips to one who was a real impersonation of sin, misery, blindness, degradation. Here He is not portrayed as the Son of man who must be lifted up, but as the Son of God who was given. THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL Truth and grace were not sought nor found in man, but began to subsist here below by Jesus Christ. (Verse John 1:9) The world therefore surely ought to have known its Maker. Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment." But there was this difference from the former occasion, that, at the marriage in Cana (John 2:1-25), the change of the water into wine was clearly millennial in its typical aspect. 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. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life . 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Of course they are just as truly inspired as John's; but for that very reason they were not inspired to give the same testimony. Honored (1-3) John 11 presents the longest miracle narrative in the Gospel of John. ( 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. Such is God's vindication of His outraged rights; and the judgment will be proportionate to the glory that has been set at nought. Resume Prayer. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." They should have understood more about Him those that were specially favoured. The Father did not judge, but committed all judgment into the hands of the Son, because He is the Son of man. Was my salvation real in the first place? 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. "And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary; John; Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary John 5. 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. How, indeed, could it be stayed within narrow limits? This should be translated, not in the imperative, but in the indicative mood - thus, Ye search the Scriptures diligently. International Bible Study Forum. "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life." John 1:29; John 1:29John 1:34; John 1:34) of John Baptist's testimony here named; the first day (ver. It was impossible that there should not be righteous dealing with human evil against God, in its sources and its streams. 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. Verse (39:53) - English Translation. It is probably named after Robert J. Hanlon, who submitted the statement to Murphy's Law Book Two (1980). This is the truth; but the Jews had the law, and hated the truth. If He put forth His power, it was not only beyond man's measure, but unequivocally divine, however also the humblest and most dependent of men. 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. (Verses John 5:13-16), A graver issue, however, was to be tried; for Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. I. 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. It was not that they were better than their neighbours. (Read John 5:39-44) The Jews considered that eternal life was revealed to them in their Scriptures, and that they had it, because they had the word of God in their hands. The Son gives life, as the Father does; and not merely to whom the Father will, but to whom He will. But the chapter does not close without a further contrast. I would render John 5:39 this way: The context makes it unmistakably clear that is Jesus' observation about the current occupation of those to whom he is speaking, not his instruction for them to go and be so occupied.. One has to be careful not to coerce the scriptures to support personal points of view. The addition of "unto him" detracts, to my mind, from the exceeding preciousness of what seems to be, at least, left open. Not only is there no healing to be extracted from the law by a sinner, but the law makes more evident the disease, if it does not also aggravate the symptoms. It was not intended for other beings it was God's free gift to man, to the believer, of course. John 5:39 (KJV) - Forerunner Commentary. 00:00:00 / 00:29:15. John 5:24 . The family later hosted a dinner for the honored . And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. The law works no deliverance; it puts a man in chains, prison, darkness, and under condemnation; it renders him a patient, or a criminal incompetent to avail himself of the displays of God's goodness. 29) on which, as it were, Jesus speaks and acts in His grace as here shown on the earth. Heavenly things are set in evident contradistinction, and link themselves immediately here, as everywhere, with the cross as their correlative.
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