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. and the more manifest from His lips to one who was a real impersonation of sin, misery, blindness, degradation. Nicodemus remonstrates but is spurned; all retire to their home Jesus, who had none, to the mount of Olives. Granted He was the Son of man; but as such, He had all judgment given Him, and would judge. ", 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. 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. Although the authorship of the Johannine works has traditionally been attributed to John the Apostle, only a minority of They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time WebPulpit Commentary Verse 19. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 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. (Ver. That means that under Biden's budget plan the federal debt would increase by $16.411 trillion or 57.8% in the 11 fiscal years from when he first took office in fiscal 2021 through fiscal 2032. Such is God's vindication of His outraged rights; and the judgment will be proportionate to the glory that has been set at nought. To this last the Lord attaches the deepest importance. 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). He is viewed as retaining the same perfect intimacy with the Father, entirely unimpaired by local or any other circumstances He had entered. Herein is our loveb made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 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. The sacrificial death of Him who is God goes far beyond the thought of Israel. 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." Governmental healing even from Him might only end in "some worse thing" coming. 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. This is indispensable; for God is a Spirit, and so it cannot but be. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. 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. (Ver. He is a divine person; His manhood brought no attainder to His rights as God. It was an extraordinary birth; of God, not man in any sort, or measure, but a new and divine nature (2 Peter 1:1-21) imparted to the believer wholly of grace. "Ye will not come to me that ye might have life." - Now Jesus knew (perceived by his Divine penetration of human thought here quickened by their anxious look and hurried whisperings) that they were wishing to question him, and he said to them, Are you inquiring among yourselves concerning this that I said, A little while, etc. Thus solemnly does the meek Lord Jesus unfold these two truths. All this clearly goes down to millennial days. 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. This is the more striking, because, as we have seen, the world and Israel, rejecting Him, are also themselves, as such, rejected from the first. This question is raised, or rather settled, by the Lord in Jerusalem, at the passover feast, where many believed on His name, beholding the signs He wrought. 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 1:29-34) How rich it is, and how marvellously in keeping with our gospel! Grace begins, glory descends; "Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink." "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." 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. 1. There is difference of manner for the world and His own ignorance and rejection. We discuss being disciples not admirers of Christ. No doubt there are intervening applications; but such is the ultimate result of His work as the Lamb of God. This only secures His honour in those that believe God's testimony to Him, the Son of God; and to these He gives life, everlasting life now, and exemption from judgment, in this acting in communion with the Father. 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. "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." The question really is, whether man would trust God. Do they receive Him not? He *said to her, "Go, call your husband and come here. He wanted nothing; He came to give yea, the very best, so to speak, that God has. A person falling thousands of feet through the air would experience sheer terrorunless they knew a parachute would soon open. 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. And herein is that true saying, One soweth, and another reapeth. Here, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." Nor will the full force of this expression be witnessed till the glorious result of His blood shedding sweep away the last trace of sin in the new heavens and the new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. The way you see God has everything to do with how you approach Him, how you relate to Him. It is His person as incarnate first, then in redemption giving His flesh to be eaten and His blood to be drank. What you have just said is quite true. The Word, in order to accomplish these infinite things, "was made. WebJohn repeats that people must believe in Jesus as the Son of God in order to be saved, and that love for God is inseparable from love for Gods people (5:1). God is love. John then declared his own waning before Christ, as we have seen, the issues of whose testimony, believed or not, are eternal; and this founded on the revelation of His glorious person as man and to man here below. The Father did not judge, but committed all judgment into the hands of the Son, because He is the Son of man. (Verses John 5:13-16), A graver issue, however, was to be tried; for Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 4:16-19 Commentary on John 4:4-26 (Read John 4:4-26) There was great hatred between the Samaritans and the Jews. Then He rebukes the carnality of His brethren. d. He said to His mother, Woman, behold your son : Jesus consciously cared for His ( ) flesh, and dwelt among us." It is not only the nature, but the model and fulness of the blessing in the Son, who declared the Father. (Ver. So does his confession: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God: thou art the King of Israel. One of the peculiarities of our gospel is, that we see the Lord from time to time (and, indeed, chiefly) in or near Jerusalem. 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. In Him was life for this scene of death; and it is of faith that it might be by grace. Therefore, it seems to me, He adds verse 24. Nicodemus, not understanding in the least such a want for himself, expresses his wonder, and hears our Lord increasing in the strength of the requirement. 1 John 4:16. (ver. But "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." 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. But there was a man who had been infirm for thirty and eight years. 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. 1. For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 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. Here there could not be more, and He would not give less: even "grace upon grace." 4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: How striking the omission! So on the last day, that great day of the feast (the eighth day, which witnessed of a resurrection glory outside this creation, now to be made good in the power of the Spirit before anything appears to sight), the Lord stands and cries, saying, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." We have had his name introduced into each part of the preface of our evangelist. How, indeed, could it be stayed within narrow limits? They had no common thoughts, feelings, or ways with the Father and the Son. They knew what they worshipped, but not the Father, nor were they "true." The healing of the courtier's son, sick and ready to die, is witness of what the Lord was actually doing among the despised of Israel. Under all changes, outwardly, He abode as from eternity the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father. Law, means, ordinances, could not meet the need no pool, nor angel nothing but the Son working in grace, the Son quickening. 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. 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. He was prominent in the early church but is not mentioned by name in this Gospel -- which would be natural if he wrote it, but hard to This language is said of both, but most strongly of the latter. (sometimes initial capital letter) a fellow; guy. And so, in fact, it was and is. NET John 4:16 He said to her, "Go call your husband and come back here." NLT John 4:16 "Go and get your husband," Jesus told her. ESV John 4:16 Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here." The man could not tell the Jews the name of his benefactor. Web1 John 4:17. It is the revelation of God yea, of the Father and the Son, and not merely the detecter of man. 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. Such are the grand emphatic points to which the Lord leads. This is all perfectly true, of course; and we have it elsewhere. Notably He is now applying it to the reconciliation of a people, who are also baptized by the Holy Ghost into one body. It is not denunciation, but the most solemn sentence in the calmest manner. 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