Their refusal to come to Jesus was despite their searching of the Scriptures ( John 5:39 ). (VersesJohn 6:1-21; John 6:1-21). 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. Such are the grand emphatic points to which the Lord leads. 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. 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. 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. Then (ver. How Daniels Prophecy of 70 Weeks Connects to the End Times. The distinctiveness of such a testimony to the Saviour's glory need hardly be pointed out. Jesus urged them to search those Scriptures with more diligence and attention. "He must, increase, but I decrease." You may be familiar with the story: "The Princess and the Pea". Verse 39. Heavenly things, therefore, could not but be natural to Him, if one may so say. 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. This is indispensable; for God is a Spirit, and so it cannot but be. (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. They knew what they worshipped, but not the Father, nor were they "true." Her testimony bore the impress of what had penetrated her soul, and would make way for all the rest in due time. John 5:39-40New King James Version. Such is God's vindication of His outraged rights; and the judgment will be proportionate to the glory that has been set at nought. 4.16.5 Fixed unsafe RegExp . Verse 41. John 1:26-27; John 1:26-27) For himself he was not the Christ, but for Jesus he says no more. (Ver. He saw him under the fig tree. So it was, as the multitude pressed about Him to hear the word of God, that He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone from them and were washing their nets.Then He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out . Thus we feed on Him and drink into Him, as man, unto life everlasting life in Him. It is not simply the new birth such as a saint might, and always must, have had, in order to vital relations with God at any time. And he answered, No. John 1:11-12; John 1:11-12) It was not a question now of Jehovah and His servants. 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. 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? The first four chapters of John precede in point of time the notices of His ministry in the other gospels. John 1:35-40) Our Lord acts as One fully conscious of His glory, as indeed He ever was. 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. How were they not enjoyed in despised Samaria those two days with the Son of God among them! It is evident that the failure of many men to find Christ is not from any deficiency in the means of discovering 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. Christ was the true sanctuary, not that on which man had laboured so long in Jerusalem. Besides this, goodness overflows, in that the Father is gathering children, and making worshippers. 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. When we use the term "Scriptures," we are referring to the entire Bible. First, a new nature is insisted on the Holy Ghost's quickening of each soul who is vitally related to God's kingdom; next, the Spirit of God takes an active part not as source or character only, but acting sovereignly, which opens the way not only for a Jew, but for "every one." Some thoughts on today's scripture. How little they conceived of what was then said and done! 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. John 5:24 . It is not denunciation, but the most solemn sentence in the calmest manner. You can discuss each week 's commentary and lesson at the . Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible. 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. As to Himself, He does not go at that time to the feast of tabernacles; but later on He goes up "not openly, but as it were in secret" (verseJohn 7:10; John 7:10), and taught. (Ver. 39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me. Nor could any question be more momentous. After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. One needs no more than to read, as believers, these wonderful expressions of the Holy Ghost, where we cannot but feel that we are on ground wholly different from that of the other gospels. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 53rd verse of chapter 39 ( srat l-zumar ). Thus it is a kind of transitional fact for a most important part of our gospel, though still introductory. That these words are commonly read in the imperative mood is sufficiently known; but this reading can never accord well with . ON THE AIR. "Ye do search the Scriptures," and ye do well to do so. In verses 37 and 38, Jesus criticized the local religious leaders for never hearing the voice of God. 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. Bumps browserslist from 4.8.3 to 4.16.6. 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. He reminds them of his previous disclaimer of any place beyond one sent before Jesus. Of course it is the revelation of Christ; but here He was simply revealing the sources of this indispensable new birth. (39) You study the Scriptures diligently, because you think that eternal life is found in them. The result immediately follows. Sermon Brainwave 891: Second Sunday In Lent - March 5, 2023. And as life is in the person of the Son, so God in sending Him meant not that the smallest uncertainty should exist for aught so momentous. Accordingly, we have in this chapter a miracle and a sermon. 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. His Unity with the Father. 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. Clarke's Commentary. 4.16.6 Fixed npm-shrinkwrap.json support in --update-db (by Geoff Newman). John 4:27-38 The Harvest is Ready. Do I need to pray the prayer again?On this episode, we address the question, "Can You Lose Your Salvation?" We start by looking at some tough Scriptures and using the rest of the Bible as a commentary to understand some passages in Hebrews. John. Granted He was the Son of man; but as such, He had all judgment given Him, and would judge. Verses 5:5, 6, 7, 8. 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. Indeed, He was the great Prophet, as He was the great King, and as He is now the great Priest on high. Practical Bible study on John 5:19-47. John 5:39(NASB) Verse Thoughts. And they are they which testify concerning me. 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 . Nothing is said about the fan in His hand; nothing of His burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire. "For God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world through him might be saved." We have in the gospels a faithful record of all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, Acts 1 1. 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. It was not the time now to demonstrate in public power these coming, yea, then present truths. 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. Was this false and blasphemous in their eyes? 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. Later He was determined to be Son of God with power by resurrection of the dead. Fritzsche, p. 21). John 5:39-40. 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. "They search the Scriptures, but they will not come to Jesus. He that comes from above from heaven is above all. Had it been meant, it was no wonder that Nicodemus did not know how these things could be. 5. The judgment, all of it, whether for quick or dead, is consigned to Him, because He is Son of man. It passes over all question of dispensations, until it accomplishes, in all its extent, that purpose for which He thus died. John 5:39New International Version. 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. 41 "I do not accept glory from human beings, 42 but I know you. And worship is viewed both in moral nature and in the joy of communion doubly. Art thou that prophet? Governmental healing even from Him might only end in "some worse thing" coming. He wanted nothing; He came to give yea, the very best, so to speak, that God has. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. His exaltation there is not without notice in the gospel, but exceptionally. Verse 5:4. Here He is not portrayed as the Son of man who must be lifted up, but as the Son of God who was given. 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. In the Word was life, and the life was the light of men. ( ) flesh, and dwelt among us." "He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. Verse (39:53) - English Translation. 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. John 4:39-45 Jesus' time with the Samaritans. he would not. Nor was it from any indistinctness in the record, or in him who gave it. Lhetetn 5-7 arkipivss. he might be; and this, too, as the expression of the true and full grace of God in His only-begotten Son given. One of the peculiarities of our gospel is, that we see the Lord from time to time (and, indeed, chiefly) in or near Jerusalem. So rich and transparently divine was the grace: not some souls, more meritorious than the rest, rewarded according to a graduated scale of honour, but "of his fulness have all we received." I apprehend the words the Authorised Version gives in italics should disappear. (VersesJohn 7:33-36; John 7:33-36) Jesus was returning to Him that sent Him, and the Holy Ghost would be given. (Ver. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and 115718567810 "Ye do search the Scriptures," and ye do well to do so. The chapter pursues this subject, showing that it is not only God who thus deals first, with the necessity of man before His own immutable nature; next, blessing according to the riches of His grace but, further, that man's state morally is detected yet more awfully in presence of such grace as well as holiness in Christ. What Does It Mean That There Is No One Holy Like God? Deeper questions demanded solution. He also stated he had engaged several contractors, one of which was supposedly set to begin work "in the next week or two.". John 5:39-40 Searching Scripture and finding Christ I. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? (Verses John 1:44-51). But He, being God, was manifesting and, on the contrary, maintaining the divine glory here below. "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 1:29; John 1:29John 1:34; John 1:34) of John Baptist's testimony here named; the first day (ver. 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. This would make all manifest. He was God. It was not intended for other beings it was God's free gift to man, to the believer, of course. Thus it is not the Spirit of God simply giving a new nature; neither is it the Holy Ghost given as the power of worship and communion with His God and Father. (e.g. 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 . John 4:1-54 presents the Lord Jesus outside Jerusalem outside the people of promise among Samaritans, with whom Jews had no intercourse. (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. And Jesus answers, "I that speak unto thee am he." (Verses John 7:19-23) What judgment could be less righteous? It is now eternal reality, and the name of Jesus Christ is that which puts all things to a final test. What Does It Really Mean That Your Body Is a Temple? He speaks of Himself as the Son of man in death; for there could be no eating of His flesh, no drinking of His blood, as a living man. No doubt He must become a man, in order, amongst other reasons, to be a sufferer, and to die. (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? (Verses John 7:40-53). Resurrection will be the proof; the two-fold rising of the dead, not one, but two resurrections. Thus former things pass away; the old man is judged, dead, and clean gone. Still the Lord refused the crown then: it was not the time or state for His reign. "No man hath seen God at any time: the only-begotten Son," etc. "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." In the five porches, then, of this pool lay a great multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. Verse 39. Details are not called for now, but just the outline of the truth. 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. What love! This, of course, supposes the setting aside of Jerusalem, its people and house, as they now are, and is justified by the great fact of Christ's death and resurrection, which is the key to all, though not yet intelligible even to the disciples. It is His person as incarnate first, then in redemption giving His flesh to be eaten and His blood to be drank. 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. Thus, manifestly, the whole question is terminated at the very starting-point of our gospel; and this is characteristic of John all through: manifestly all is decided. John 5. The character is wholly different from the position and glory of Messiah in Israel, according to promise and prophecy. (ver. 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. John Chapter 5 Bible Study Questions (Handout) JOHN 5:1-2 1 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. John 5:39-40. Before the manner of His manifestation comes before us in verse 14, we have the secret explained why some, and not all, received Christ. For He who spoke was divine. Verse 42. 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). infinite truth! The Father and the Son were at work. (Verses John 7:3-5) The Lord intimates the impossibility of anticipating the time of God; but then He does it as connected with His own personal glory. 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. 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. Scripture is, or may be, before man always. All this, however, was abstract, whether as to the nature of the Word or as to the place of the Christian. (Ed. (Ver. 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. In the beginning of the chapter it was rather an essential indispensable action of the Holy Ghost required; here it is the privilege of the Holy Ghost given. 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. The close of the chapter shows us the Lord in Galilee. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Further, it is connected intimately with the evidence of man's ruin by sin. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him." 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. 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. This we have had fully before. . 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. (Ver. The looking for signs and wonders is rebuked; but mortality is arrested. There He supposes His full rejection and death. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 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? Jesus saw the man, and knowing that he was long thus, prompts the desire of healing, but brings out the despondency of unbelief. Verse 40. 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. Thus it is not only the person of our Lord viewed as divine, and coming down into the world. One must be born again. John 3:1-36 follows this up. I. Art thou Elias? Law, means, ordinances, could not meet the need no pool, nor angel nothing but the Son working in grace, the Son quickening. As the new birth for the kingdom of God, so the cross is absolutely necessary for eternal life. "Come, see a man that told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" His glorious person would have none now in relation to God but members of the family. Neither does the Spirit say exactly as the English Bible says "sons," but children. They spoke of the world; the world might hear them.

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