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. 1 John 4:19, NASB: We love, because He first loved us. 8 He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. The judgment, all of it, whether for quick or dead, is consigned to Him, because He is Son of man. Judgment is the alternative for man: for God it is the resource to make good the glory of the Son, and in that nature, in and for which man blind to his own highest dignity dares to despise Him. Nor would the rejected Christ, the Son of man; for if lifted up on the cross, instead of having the throne of David, the result would be not merely earthly blessing for His people according to prophecy, but eternal life for the believer, whoever. (Psalms 132:1-18) Then they wanted to make Him a king. For "he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. New Living Translation. 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. 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. There was sentence of death pronounced on their system, and they felt accordingly. (e.g. They spoke of the world; the world might hear them. None but a divine being could thus deal with the world. And they asked him, What then? It is the revelation of God yea, of the Father and the Son, and not merely the detecter of man. All disciplinary action, every probationary process, disappears. * The best text omits other expressions, evidently derived from verses John 1:15; John 1:30John 1:30. This would make all manifest. They entered not into His words more than His grace, but thought and spoke, like the Samaritan woman, about things of this life. WebJesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: 18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. 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. 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. He has given us the spirit of adoption by which we call Him, Abba, father! My wifes dad was a chiropractor and when she got to be old enough, he gave her an opportunity to be a receptionist at his clinic. Remark, too, the extent of the work involved in verse 29. It seemed natural: He had fed the poor with bread, and why should not He take His place on the throne? 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. All is fitly closed by the declaration, that "the Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand." "He was in the world, and the world was made by him." Blessed servant he of an infinitely blessed and blessing Master! and the two disciples leave John for Jesus. Because he would put a difference between his baptism and that of John, who baptized all himself; for he baptized as a servant, Christ as a master. Web1. The account of Jesus calling the first disciples matches almost word for word the parallel account in Mark 1.1620. 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." For nothing can be more observable than the way in which He becomes the centre round whom those that belong to God are gathered. 17 And as we live a male mule, or more (Verses John 3:11-13) He (and He was not alone here) knew God, and the things of God, consciously in Himself, as surely as He knew all men, and what was in man objectively. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry commended World Economic Forum attendees on Tuesday, saying their efforts to combat climate change were "almost extraterrestrial." (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? What can be more evident, or more instructive? In vain did any come to the Baptist to report the widening circle around Christ. WebThe Witness of John. He exhorts the saints not to believe every man that came with a doctrine to them, but to try them, since there were many false teachers in the world; and gives a rule by which they may be tried and judged, as that whatever teacher owns Christ to be come in the flesh is of God, but he that does not is not of God, but is the spirit of antichrist that should come, and was in the world, 1Jo 4:1,2, but, for the comfort of those to whom he writes, he observes, that they were of God, and had overcome these false teachers, through the mighty power of the divine Spirit in them, who is greater than Satan, and all his emissaries, 1Jo 4:4. 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. But when the Lord speaks of His cross, and not God's judicial requirements only, but the gift of Himself in His true personal glory as the occasion for the grace of God to display itself to the utmost, then, and not till then, do we hear of eternal life, and this connected with both these points of view. Besides this, goodness overflows, in that the Father is gathering children, and making worshippers. 42). 9 The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world. Still the Lord refused the crown then: it was not the time or state for His reign. 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. Web1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 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. he might be; and this, too, as the expression of the true and full grace of God in His only-begotten Son given. 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. How was this? 17 This is how love is made complete 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. Web1 John 4:17. Glory would be displayed in its day. The author is the apostle John, "the disciple whom Jesus loved" (13:23 [see note there]; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7,20,24). : a Jewish prophet who according to Gospel accounts foretold Jesus' messianic ministry and baptized him. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. There is difference of manner for the world and His own ignorance and rejection. Whosoever denieth the Son hath not the Father; he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. It is our evangelist's way of indicating His Galilean sojourn; and this miracle is the particular subject that John was led by the Holy Ghost to take up. Here, then, we have a remarkable display of that which preceded His Galilean ministry, or public manifestation. "He that believeth on him is not judged: but he that believeth not is judged already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." 17 This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus. Johns answer goes down to the depths, for his notion of love is the response of the believing soul to the love of God which was manifested on the Cross of Calvary. (Verses John 1:41-44), On the morrow Jesus begins, directly and indirectly, to call others to follow Himself. 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. it was no lack of testimony; their will was for present honour, and hostile to the glory of the only God. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Heavenly things, therefore, could not but be natural to Him, if one may so say. As the Lamb of God (of the Father it is not said), He has to do with the world. As a weapon of conviction, most justly had it in the mind of the Lord Jesus the weightiest place, little as man thinks now-a-days of it. 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. (sometimes initial capital letter) a fellow; guy. The Son gives life, as the Father does; and not merely to whom the Father will, but to whom He will. "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. (Ver. (VersesJohn 7:33-36; John 7:33-36) Jesus was returning to Him that sent Him, and the Holy Ghost would be given. Had it been meant, it was no wonder that Nicodemus did not know how these things could be. From the very first, man, being a sinner, was wholly lost. Spite of the most express signs, and the manifest finger of God that wrote the ten words on tables of stone, the law sinks into comparative insignificance. It becomes a question of man's own condition, and how he stands in relation to the kingdom of God. ", 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, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, Tout ainsi que la terre, pour apporter fruict, sera menuisee et amollie par le soc de la charrue. 17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. Scripture is, or may be, before man always. (SeePsalms 2:1-12; Psalms 2:1-12) But the Lord tells him of greater things he, should see, and says to him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, henceforth (not "hereafter," but henceforth) ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 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. It is no question here of every man, but of such as believe. 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. Hence, after having first unmistakably laid down the necessity of the cross, He next shows the grace that was manifested in the gift of Jesus. This is all perfectly true, of course; and we have it elsewhere. We discuss being disciples not admirers of Christ. What is there in God more truly divine than grace and truth? (Ver. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. Web16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. Such is God's vindication of His outraged rights; and the judgment will be proportionate to the glory that has been set at nought. How truly it is man under law! "The law was given by Moses." Still, such is the effect on man under law, that he could not take advantage of an adequate remedy. He could be declared only by One who was a divine person in the intimacy of the Godhead, yea, was the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father. that we may give an answer to them that sent us. 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. 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. The first four chapters of John precede in point of time the notices of His ministry in the other gospels. Now, it is no longer a question of nature, but of relationship; and hence it is not said simply the Word, but the Son, and the Son in the highest possible character, the only-begotten Son, distinguishing Him thus from any other who might, in a subordinate sense, be son of God "the only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father." If she turned aside to questions of religion, with a mixture of desire to learn what had concerned and perplexed her, and of willingness to escape such a searching of her ways and heart, He did not refrain graciously to vouchsafe the revelation of God, that earthly worship was doomed, that the Father was to be worshipped, not an Unknown. Matthew, Mark, and Luke start, as far as regards the public labours of the Lord, with John cast into prison. It was worldliness in its worst shape, even to the point of turning the glory of Christ to a present account. But here it was not God's purpose to record it. (VerseJohn 4:10; John 4:10) Infinite grace! Web1 John 4:16 (KJV) - Forerunner Commentary. A person falling thousands of feet through the air would experience sheer terrorunless they knew a parachute would soon open. Henrys plan (1173) to assign to John, his favourite son (whom he had nicknamed Lackland), extensive lands upon his marriage with the daughter of Humbert III, count of Maurienne (Savoy), was defeated by the rebellion the proposal provoked among Johns elder brothers. WebFear of the unknown inspires intense fear. Who Is Lillith and Why Don't We Find Her in Our Bible? 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! 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 gave them title to take the place of children of God, even to those that believe on His name. Instead, Pilate has Jesus flogged (John 19:1). 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. He bows to, as he explains, the sovereign will of 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. (Verses John 1:44-51). He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. Jesus is crowned, clothed, and proclaimed king by Roman soldiers. Nay, the Father has given all judgment to the Son. "Ye will not come to me that ye might have life." The Jews, with all their privileges, were strangers here. Here there could not be more, and He would not give less: even "grace upon grace." The Spirit of God uses that word; it is thus invariably in conversion. 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. They had eyes, but they saw not; ears had they, but they heard not, nor did they understand His glory. If He judges, it is not without full warning. 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. "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." And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. 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. God loves us as a father loves his own son. 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. In this podcast we refer to Being Disciples by Rowan Williams, a terrific sermon by Rev Dr It was sabbath-day. Copy Print Similar Verses Save Share This Verse: Translation Details for John 4:16 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. (ver. Christ was the true sanctuary, not that on which man had laboured so long in Jerusalem. Hence it is that here the Son, according to the grace of God the Father, gives the Holy Ghost eternal life in the power of the Spirit. (Ver. "The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came ( ) by Jesus Christ." For this, therefore, the Jews sought the more to kill Him; because He added the greater offence of making Himself equal with God, by saying that God was His own Father. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in 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. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. Nothing is said about the fan in His hand; nothing of His burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire. Heavenly things are set in evident contradistinction, and link themselves immediately here, as everywhere, with the cross as their correlative. John 1:29; John 1:29John 1:34; John 1:34) of John Baptist's testimony here named; the first day (ver. In the five porches, then, of this pool lay a great multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. They had no common thoughts, feelings, or ways with the Father and the Son. This gives occasion to Jesus to teach us the lesson that conscience must be reached, and sense of sin produced, before grace is understood and brings forth fruit. (Verses John 5:13-16), A graver issue, however, was to be tried; for Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. for he knew He was the Christ. He wanted nothing; He came to give yea, the very best, so to speak, that God has. (Verse John 1:9) The world therefore surely ought to have known its Maker. 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. John 7:6-8) They belonged to the world. But there was a man who had been infirm for thirty and eight years. (Ed. None else could do either work: for here we see His great work on earth, and His heavenly power. Coming after John as to date, He is necessarily preferred before him in dignity; for He was ( ) [not come into being ( )] before Him. (Ver. John, therefore, who had been the honoured witness before of God's call, "the voice," etc., does now by the outpouring of his heart's delight, as well as testimony, turn over, so to say, his disciples to Jesus. through "sin." At once their malice drops the beneficent power of God in the case, provoked at the fancied wrong done to the seventh day. (Ver. 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