4.16.6 Fixed npm-shrinkwrap.json support in --update-db (by Geoff Newman). Changelog Sourced from browserslist's changelog. If, on the contrary, a soul has been taught of God the glory of the person of Him who was made flesh, he receives in all simplicity, and rejoices in, the glorious truth, that He who was made flesh was not made flesh only to this end, but rather as a step toward another and deeper work the glorifying God, and becoming our food, in death. Robert Clayton (ISBN 9781170941003) osoitteesta Adlibris.fi. John 5:39-40 . Jesus gives us these contrasts - between old and new wine, between old and new garments - and this helps us to understand that the future will not be the same as the present. THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life . This is all perfectly true, of course; and we have it elsewhere. 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. As the new birth for the kingdom of God, so the cross is absolutely necessary for eternal life. You must be doing the will of the Father. Mark what, as such, He does declare Him. John 5:39-40. JOHN 5 COMMENTARY. So it must be now; for God is revealed; and the Father in grace seeks true worshippers (be they Samaritans or Jews) to worship Him. "The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came ( ) by Jesus Christ." Recorded via Riverside on Feb. 3, 2023, for Working Preacher. It is not that He denies the truth of what they were thus desiring and attached to. Coming after John as to date, He is necessarily preferred before him in dignity; for He was ( ) [not come into being ( )] before Him. They had the Scriptures, and they searched them. John 5:19-25 Father and Son. OUTLINE: [3 A The Book of the Seven Signs (2:1 -12:50)] . "Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water." Verse 5:4. John chapter 5. They could not deny Him to be man Son of man. Luke 5 - Disciples Are Called A. COMMENTARY ON THE Gospel of St. John by Anonymous - $70.39. Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:31-59. John 5:39 (KJV) - Forerunner Commentary. And worship is viewed both in moral nature and in the joy of communion doubly. You may be familiar with the story: "The Princess and the Pea". The effect is thus final, even as His person, witness, and glory are divine. There were many witnesses to Christ's claim to deity and His role as Redeemer. 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! Controversy with the " Jews" who Believed. Many are convinced by this appeal. 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. All is in the character of the Son of man. pokkari, 2010. 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. He is viewed as retaining the same perfect intimacy with the Father, entirely unimpaired by local or any other circumstances He had entered. John 1:11-12; John 1:11-12) It was not a question now of Jehovah and His servants. If a man looks at the Lord Jesus as One who entered the world in a general way, and calls this the incarnation, he will surely stumble over the cross. They knew what they worshipped, but not the Father, nor were they "true." Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. After these things there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 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. How could either light or love rest in a scene of sin, darkness, and misery? Thus it is a kind of transitional fact for a most important part of our gospel, though still introductory. They are rejecting Jesus and His message (John 5: . Furthermore, you do not have his word living in you; for you do not believe the one whom he sent. The great fact of the incarnation is brought before us "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father"). His corporeal presence was not necessary; His word was enough. They had no common thoughts, feelings, or ways with the Father and the Son. (3) Here a great number of disabled people used to liethe blind, the lame, the paralyzed. This He does in verses 16-19. Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with more diligence and attention. Verse 43. It is now eternal reality, and the name of Jesus Christ is that which puts all things to a final test. Amen. 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. The Lord, it is true, could and did go farther than the prophets: even if He taught on the same theme, He could speak with conscious divine dignity and knowledge (not merely what was assigned to an instrument or messenger). (John 12:48). He is ever God; He is the Son; He quickens and raises from the dead. He tells Philip to follow Him. 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. Hinta: 23,80 . And he answered, No. In verses 37 and 38, Jesus criticized the local religious leaders for never hearing the voice of God. he would not. It was impossible that there should not be righteous dealing with human evil against God, in its sources and its streams. Neither does the Spirit say exactly as the English Bible says "sons," but children. He acts as such. Deeper questions demanded solution. It occurs within the context of a family Jesus loved Mary, Martha and Lazarus. When we use the term "Scriptures," we are referring to the entire Bible. Thus solemnly does the meek Lord Jesus unfold these two truths. Still, such is the effect on man under law, that he could not take advantage of an adequate remedy. Lastly, closing this part, we have another most remarkable contrast. Sermon Bible Commentary. 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. John 5:14-18 Jesus Claims to be God. Under all changes, outwardly, He abode as from eternity the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father. At once their malice drops the beneficent power of God in the case, provoked at the fancied wrong done to the seventh day. Sermon Brainwave 891: Second Sunday In Lent - March 5, 2023. 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. ( 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. In the five porches, then, of this pool lay a great multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. Nor was it from any indistinctness in the record, or in him who gave it. [Jesus continued,] "You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. John 5:39-47 Search the Scriptures. Do they receive Him not? Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. 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 the Lord refuses, and goes up the mountain to pray, His disciples being meanwhile exposed to a storm on the lake, and straining after the desired haven till He rejoins them, when immediately the ship was at the land whither they went. John 7:6-8) They belonged to the world. Commentary on John 5:39-44 (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. Verse . John 4:39-45 Jesus' time with the Samaritans. 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. but He, who is the Word made flesh, is the only-begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, and so competent to declare, as in fact He has. We look at how God defines salvation and work through the . (Ver. 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. 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. Alas! "And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John was not yet cast into prison. Nothing less than everlasting life in Christ can deliver: otherwise there remains judgment. 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. Here was a meeting, indeed, between such an one and Him, the Son, true God and eternal life. 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. Thus we feed on Him and drink into Him, as man, unto life everlasting life in Him. Ye do search the Scriptures, and ye do well to do so. (Ver. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 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 how precious the grace, in presence of their hatred and proud self-complacency! Do any believe on His name? It is probably named after Robert J. Hanlon, who submitted the statement to Murphy's Law Book Two (1980). It is not now the revelation of God meeting man either in essential nature, or as manifested in flesh; nor is it the course of dispensational dealing presented in a parenthetic as well as mysterious form, beginning with John the Baptist's testimony, and going down to the millennium in the Son, full of grace and truth. "He came unto his own [things], and his own [people] received him not. 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. And so, in fact, it was and is. 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." 2 Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. John 5:1-13 Man Healed at the Pool of Bethesda. How withering the words! Verses 5:5, 6, 7, 8. If He judges, it is not without full warning. For "he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. The character is wholly different from the position and glory of Messiah in Israel, according to promise and prophecy. (Verses John 4:31-38). This testimony differs from the rest in having a more permanent character. (Verses John 5:13-16), A graver issue, however, was to be tried; for Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. What is there in God more truly divine than grace and truth? And they are they which testify concerning me. But as many as received him, to them gave he power [rather, authority, right, or title] to become children of God." Were the Jews zealously keeping the sabbath? 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. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. Verse John 1:29 opens John's testimony to his disciples. 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? * The best text omits other expressions, evidently derived from verses John 1:15; John 1:30John 1:30. God the Father forms a new family in, by, and for Christ. "He was in the world, and the world was made by him." "No man hath seen God at any time: the only-begotten Son," etc. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours." There was sentence of death pronounced on their system, and they felt accordingly. Indeed, it is the total eclipse, not merely of law and remedial mercies, but even of promised Messianic glory, by everlasting life and resurrection at the last day. John 4:1-6; John 4:1-6) What a picture of rejection and humiliation! 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. (Ver. 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. International Bible Study Commentary. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, Read full chapter. Sons they might have been in bare title; but these had the right of children. The question really is, whether man would trust God. (VersesJohn 6:1-21; John 6:1-21). All others prove not only that they are bad, but that they hate perfect goodness, and more than that, life and light the true light in the Word. 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. Blessed servant he of an infinitely blessed and blessing Master! 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. No such sounds, no such realities were ever heard or known in Israel. Accordingly, we have in this chapter a miracle and a sermon. It is not only the nature, but the model and fulness of the blessing in the Son, who declared the Father. The Scriptures teach the way of life, and it is our duty to study them. John 5:14-18 Go And Sin No More. But let them beware how they perverted it. The words may be rendered in the indicative, as an assertion, "ye do search the Scriptures": the Jews had the sacred oracles committed to them, and these they read, not only their kings, princes, and judges, but the common people, who brought up their children to the reading of them, and instructed them in them: and besides this, these writings were read, and expounded publicly in their synagogues every sabbath day; and at this time especially these records were examined, and particularly those of them which respected the Messiah, since there was now a general expectation of him: and certain it is, that the chief priests, Scribes, and elders, or the sanhedrim, were very much versed in the Scriptures, and could readily refer to those which concerned the Messiah; see an instance of this in ( Matthew 2:4-6 ) ; for in them ye think ye have eternal life; not the doctrine of eternal life, nor the promises of it, nor the way to it; though all these are contained in them, and pointed out by them: for though life and immortality are brought to light by the Gospel, and the promise of eternal life belongs to the covenant of grace, and the way of life and righteousness by Christ is manifested without the law, and not by it; yet there is much of the Gospel, and an exhibition of the covenant of grace, and its promises, and Christ, the way of life, is directed to typically by the tree of life, and the brazen serpent, and other things in those writings. Here the unlimited scene is in view; not Israel, but the world. . The question whether the mood is imperative or indicative, whether we have here a commandment to examine the writings of the Old Testament canon, or a reference to their habit of doing so, is one which has been discussed through the whole history of New Testament exposition, and one on which the opinion of those best qualified to . It was not the time now to demonstrate in public power these coming, yea, then present truths. "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." The issue of all is, that the will of man is the real cause and spring of enmity. 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. (Ver. and the more manifest from His lips to one who was a real impersonation of sin, misery, blindness, degradation. )7.30: Studio recital by Maurice Turley (boy singer). (1-3) Jesus teaches from a boat. 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. 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 the two disciples leave John for Jesus. He has not placed his salvation in sacraments, or books, or priests, but he has kept it in himself; and if you want to have it you must come to him." (Spurgeon) ii. Observe, it is not (as is often very erroneously said or sung) a question of sins, but of the "sin" of the world. How tiresome it is to hear people quote the Savior completely out of context . Now it is that the great question is decided; now it is that a man receives or refuses Christ. He could have healed the man without the smallest outward act to shock their zeal for the law. Thus, in His person, as well as in His work, they joined issue. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. (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. The hour was one for faith, or unbelief. Resurrection will be the proof; the two-fold rising of the dead, not one, but two resurrections. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. (Verses John 7:16-18) , The Jews kept not the law) and wished to kill Him who healed man in divine love. John 5:39New International Version. Her testimony bore the impress of what had penetrated her soul, and would make way for all the rest in due time. I. Do I lose my ticket to heaven if I sin too much? This should be translated, not in the imperative, but in the indicative mood - thus, Ye search the Scriptures diligently. 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. They should have understood more about Him those that were specially favoured. (2) Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Hebrew is called Bethesda, and that is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 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. "For God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world through him might be saved." 5:39 The indicative of eJrauna'te fits the context better (indicative and imperative forms are the same here). "Ye will not come to me that ye might have life." This language is said of both, but most strongly of the latter. ( ) flesh, and dwelt among us." It is this which our Lord so emphatically marks in the case of the Jews. Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with more diligence and attention. 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. He also stated he had engaged several contractors, one of which was supposedly set to begin work "in the next week or two.". What Does It Mean That There Is No One Holy Like God? 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. Did the dead (for so men are treated, not as alive under law) did they hear the voice of the Son of God? This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and 115718567810 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. (Verses John 4:20-30), The disciples marvelled that He spoke with the woman. No charge could be remoter from the truth. What Does It Really Mean That Your Body Is a Temple? By and by He will apply it to "that nation," the Jews, as to others also, and finally (always excepting the unbelieving and evil) to the entire system, the world. "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. The result immediately follows. Practical Bible study on John 5:19-47. There is difference of manner for the world and His own ignorance and rejection. But the Scriptures point to me! I fear that many of you who hear my voice week after week, and have learned the scriptures, are relying on faithful attendance on Sunday morning, and your knowledge of the scriptures that you have gained for your salvation. No mere man, nor angel, not the highest, the archangel, but the Son. Details are not called for now, but just the outline of the truth. Free current stock price quotes and data for Umpqua Holdings Corp (UMPQ). 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. John 4:27-38 The Harvest is Ready. The results for the believer or unbeliever are eternal in good or in evil. Bible sermons, Evidence that Jesus Christ is God, John 5:36-40. Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with more diligence and attention. 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. John 5:19-29 Four Types of Resurrections. Grab your favorite trucker hat/baseball cap, and settle in for this episode where Jeff picks Meb Faber's @MebFaber brain on everything from skiing to picking an investment advisor because they can get you on at Riviera Country Club. 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. His earthly rights are just where they should be; but not here, where the only-begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father has His appropriate place. (ver. No doubt there are intervening applications; but such is the ultimate result of His work as the Lamb of God. Without it there is no divine understanding of Christ, or of His word, or of Scripture. He gave them title to take the place of children of God, even to those that believe on His name. International Bible Study Forum. Verse 39. Nobody had gone up to heaven: God had taken more than one; but no one had gone there as of right. Governmental healing even from Him might only end in "some worse thing" coming. 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. (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. 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. But Jesus finds him in the temple, and said, "Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." John 5:30-47 Blindness to the Truth of the Scriptures. " Known in several other forms, it is a philosophical razor that suggests a way of eliminating unlikely explanations for human behavior. 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. What sayest thou of thyself? There is the nicest care to maintain His personal glory, no matter what the subject may be. infinite truth! Except one were born of water and of the Spirit, he could not enter the kingdom of God. By . They wonder, as they had murmured before (John 7:12-15); but Jesus shows that the desire to do God's will is the condition of spiritual understanding. His exaltation there is not without notice in the gospel, but exceptionally. Jesus heals an invalid on the SabbathHe explains why men must honor the SonJesus promises to take the gospel to the deadMan is resurrected, judged, and assigned his glory by the SonJesus obeys the divine law of witnesses. Then (ver. Still the eternal day alone will show out the full virtue of that which belongs to Jesus as the Lamb of God, who takes away the world's sin.