Nevertheless, Christ did come to His own things, His proper, peculiar possession; for there were special relationships. 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. (Ver. (Ver. Truth and grace were not sought nor found in man, but began to subsist here below by Jesus Christ. No such sounds, no such realities were ever heard or known in Israel. It is the revelation of God yea, of the Father and the Son, and not merely the detecter of man. that we may give an answer to them that sent us. But Jesus replied, "My Father is working until now, and I Myselfam working. Sons they might have been in bare title; but these had the right of children. But even this sufficed not: the Son of man must be lifted up. It was much, yet was it little of the glory that was His; but at least it was real; and to the one that has shall be given. It is evident, that were He not God, it would be an interference with His glory, a place taken inconsistent with His sole authority, no less than it must be also, and for that reason, altogether ruinous to man. Observe: not which was, but "which is." After this we have, suitably to this gospel, John's connection with the Lord Jesus. John 3:17; John 3:17) This decides all before the execution of judgment, Every man's lot is made manifest by his attitude toward God's testimony concerning His Son. (Verses John 1:44-51). The Son gives life, as the Father does; and not merely to whom the Father will, but to whom He will. And let him that is athirst come. 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. Man was judged: another Man was there, the Lord from heaven, soon to stand in resurrection. Judgment has been given on Christ on the cross, so the believer will face no judgment for his or her sins. 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. The same God who did not leave Himself without witness among the heathen, doing good, and giving from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, did not fail, in the low estate of the Jews, to work by providential power at intervals; and, by the troubled waters of Bethesda, invited the sick, and healed the first who stepped in of whatever disease he had. Was this false and blasphemous in their eyes? Background: thThe 5 chapter of John opens with a feast of the Jews in Jerusalem. Jesus saw the man, and knowing that he was long thus, prompts the desire of healing, but brings out the despondency of unbelief. John 1:29-34) How rich it is, and how marvellously in keeping with our gospel! Man might pull Him down destroy Him, as far as man could, and surely to be the basis in God's hand of better blessing; but He was God, and in three days He would raise up this temple. God orders matters so that a favoured teacher of men, favoured as none others were in Israel, should come to Jesus by night. John 5:24 NIV "Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. (Verses John 4:20-30), The disciples marvelled that He spoke with the woman. The dreadful truth comes out: the Lord did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all men. THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL This He does in verses 16-19. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. Such was Jesus in person, contrasted with all who belong to the earth. Because of God's deep love for man He devised a plan to remove his sin and save his soul eternally. The ignorance of the world has been proved, the rejection of Israel is complete: then only is it that we hear of this new place of children. he might be; and this, too, as the expression of the true and full grace of God in His only-begotten Son given. Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? So does his confession: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God: thou art the King of Israel. "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." How, indeed, could it be stayed within narrow limits? The Jews, with all their privileges, were strangers here. But if the Spirit speaks of the Son of God, the law dwindles at once into the smallest possible proportions: everything yields to the honour the Father puts oil the Son. #2 whoever hears my word and believes We are saved by hearing the truth of the gospel of Christ (Rom 10:17). 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. , , . 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). Here there is no John proclaiming Jesus as the One who was about to introduce the kingdom of heaven. 1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. "Master, eat," said they. 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. And he answered, No. The Lord, in the latter part of the chapter (verses John 6:27-58), contrasts the presentation of the truth of God in His person and work with all that pertained to the promises of Messiah. 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. Such is God's vindication of His outraged rights; and the judgment will be proportionate to the glory that has been set at nought. Here, then, we have a remarkable display of that which preceded His Galilean ministry, or public manifestation. The panel focused on how former President Donald Trump and his allies . The truth is, the design of manifesting His glory governs all; place or people was a matter of no consequence. "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. not the Jews only; for, as far as intelligence went, it was little better with the disciples till He rose from the dead. Thus we all not only receive of His fulness, (and what fulness illimitable was there not in Him!) 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. This doesnt mean that what he is about to say is more true, only that it is more important. 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. Out-of-body experiences, meanwhile, are now accepted neurological phenomena, while certain visual illusions could confound the healthy brain and create mythical beings. Such are the grand emphatic points to which the Lord leads. B. Inviting other members of the emergency management team to discuss common goals. 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. (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. In both instances Thomas appears as a person loyal to Jesus and ready to die with him, but, at the same time, skeptical, stubborn, and realist in a somehow negative way. It seemed natural: He had fed the poor with bread, and why should not He take His place on the throne? and the two disciples leave John for Jesus. Self-efficacy is a person's belief in their ability to succeed in a particular situation. If he receives Him, it is everlasting life, and Christ is thus honoured by him; if not, judgment remains which will compel the honour of Christ, but to his own ruin for ever. Hence, then, we have the Lord Jesus alluding to this fresh necessity, if man was to be blessed according to God. Nehemiah 9:5-8 (NLT) 5 Then the leaders of the Levitescalled out to the people: "Stand up and praise the Lord your God, for he lives from everlasting to everlasting!" Then they prayed: "May your glorious name be praised! But hath passed out of death into life Christ's Discourse with the Jews; All Judgment Committed to Christ; The Christian Charter. 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. As John said (1:14), "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth." In heaven, we will see Jesus' glory in all its fullness (17:24). He bows to, as he explains, the sovereign will of God. 4 5 One who was . Do they receive Him not? ", Faith comes by hearing and so the more we hear the gospel, the more it becomes a part of our being and the more we truly trust the Word of God. May it be exalted above all blessing and praise! In Him was life for this scene of death; and it is of faith that it might be by grace. 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. 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. hath everlasting life; not only in the purpose of God, and in the covenant of his grace, and in the hands of Christ, and in faith and hope; but he has a right unto it, and a claim of it, according to the declaration of the Gospel; and besides, has the principle of it in himself, the grace of God, which springs up into, is the beginning of, and issues in eternal life; he has also a meetness for it, and has the pledge and earnest of it, the Spirit of God, and shall certainly enjoy it: and shall not come into condemnation; neither for original sin, though judgment has passed upon all men unto condemnation for it; nor for actual sins and transgressions: for though everyone deserves condemnation, yet were there as many sentences of condemnation issued out as sins committed, not one of them could be executed on such who are in Christ Jesus, as he that believes in him is openly and manifestatively in him: the reason is, because the death of Christ is a security against all condemnation; and whoever believes in him shall not be condemned, but saved; and though he may come into judgment, yet not into condemnation: he shall stand in judgment, and be acquitted by the righteousness of Christ, which he, by faith, receives as his justifying righteousness. and the more manifest from His lips to one who was a real impersonation of sin, misery, blindness, degradation. It is here we learn in what condition of His person God was to be revealed and the work done; not what He was in nature, but what He became. I praise and thank You thatI have passed from death to life, by believing on Jesus. (ver. 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. "Ye will not come to me that ye might have life." 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. He didn't spare him death. (VersesJohn 6:1-21; John 6:1-21). A comparable passage to John 5:24 is probably John 10:27-29. behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. We have seen already that thus light was shed on men. It is now eternal reality, and the name of Jesus Christ is that which puts all things to a final test. 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. 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. . Nothing less than everlasting life in Christ can deliver: otherwise there remains judgment. "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me :" ~ Ps 66:18. Assurance of Salvation has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. it was no lack of testimony; their will was for present honour, and hostile to the glory of the only God. Natural birth had nothing to do with this new thing; it was a new nature altogether in those who received Him: "Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." John 7:38; John 7:38) And then we have the comment of the Holy Ghost: "(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified)" There is, first, the thirsty soul coming to Jesus and drinking; then there is the power of the Spirit flowing forth from the inner man of the believer in refreshment to others. Beholding Him as He walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God! 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. For example, one young. His own love and person were warrant enough for the simple to lift the veil for a season, and fill the hearts which had received Himself into the conscious enjoyment of divine grace, and of Him who revealed it to them. (Page 61; 1989). 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. * The best text omits other expressions, evidently derived from verses John 1:15; John 1:30John 1:30. Neither does the Spirit say exactly as the English Bible says "sons," but children. Astonishingly, it is not that they will pass from death to life, but that they have already. The Three-Part Soul The soul consists of three parts: appetitive (appetites or urges), spirited (emotional), and rational. They accomplished this by repeatedly pairing the white rat with a loud, frightening clanging noise. This is the marked effect on the third day (ver. THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL "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. What Jesus said in essence is that some of you have been given ears that can continually hear. Rate this: Share this: (Ver. To LEARN a passage of Scripture, like 1 John 5:11-13, use these four time-tested steps: 1. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. Did the dead (for so men are treated, not as alive under law) did they hear the voice of the Son of God? How truly it is man under law! It was but preliminary, of course; still it was a deep reality, the then present grace in the person of the Son, the Saviour of the world, who filled their once dark hearts with light and joy. So in the baptism with the Holy Ghost, who would pretend to such a power? There was sentence of death pronounced on their system, and they felt accordingly. (Ver. His aspect as thus tabernacling among the disciples was "full of grace and truth." 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. 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