Not only is there no healing to be extracted from the law by a sinner, but the law makes more evident the disease, if it does not also aggravate the symptoms. Not Jacob was there, but the Son of God in nothing but grace; and thus to the Samaritan woman, not to the teachers of Israel, are made those wonderful communications which unfold to us with incomparable depth and beauty the real source, power, and character of that worship which supersedes, not merely schismatic and rebellious Samaria, but Judaism at its best. As an experienced minister, Alistair shares his approach to preaching. 1 John 4:19, NLT: We love each other because he loved us first. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? The woman saith, Sir, I perceive thou art a prophet To find a person who was a perfect stranger, and who, on account of the national animosity, could not be suspected of Nicodemus remonstrates but is spurned; all retire to their home Jesus, who had none, to the mount of Olives. (VersesJohn 3:20-21; John 3:20-21). This is indispensable; for God is a Spirit, and so it cannot but be. 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. Web1 John 4:16 (KJV) - Forerunner Commentary. God is love. Under all changes, outwardly, He abode as from eternity the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father. 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. 1 John 4:19, NASB: We love, because He first loved us. It is the wider, universal glory of the Son of man (according toPsalms 8:1-9; Psalms 8:1-9); but the most striking part of it verified from that actual moment because of the glory of His person, which needed not the day of glory to command the attendance of the angels of God this mark, as Son of man. Do they receive Him not? He is a divine person; His manhood brought no attainder to His rights as God. How withering the words! But the Spirit would not confine His operations to such bounds, but go out freely like the wind. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. Accordingly there is a four-fold testimony to Jesus: the testimony of John the Baptist; the Lord's own works; the voice of the Father from heaven; and finally, the written word which the Jews had in their own hands. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. What sayest thou of thyself? Instead, Pilate has Jesus flogged (John 19:1). The character is wholly different from the position and glory of Messiah in Israel, according to promise and prophecy. For if the Son (cast out, we may say, in principle from Judaism) visited Samaria, and deigned to talk with one of the most worthless of that worthless race, it could not be a mere rehearsal of what others did. John 3:1-36 follows this up. but they go down into the depths of God, lifting burdens off the heart of humanity, turning duty into delight, and changing the aspect of all things. Jan 16, 2023 at 9:27 am. Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. Visit our library of inductive Bible studies for more in depth inductive studies on this and other books of the Bible you can use in your small group. 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). Here the unlimited scene is in view; not Israel, but the world. 17 This is how love is made complete 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. 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. Observe: not which was, but "which is." If His time was not yet come, their time was always ready. John was not yet cast into prison. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." Art thou that prophet? They crown Jesus with thorns and dress him in a purple robe. If believers genuinely love God they will also obey his commandments. 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. As the Lamb of God (of the Father it is not said), He has to do with the world. 19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. This is all perfectly true, of course; and we have it elsewhere. Were the Jews zealously keeping the sabbath? Truth and grace were not sought nor found in man, but began to subsist here below by Jesus Christ. 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. Nay, therefore it was they, reasoning, denied Him to be God. These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him." Law, means, ordinances, could not meet the need no pool, nor angel nothing but the Son working in grace, the Son quickening. "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." 1. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. If believers genuinely love God they will also obey his commandments. Jesus said to her, You are right when you say you have no husband. a male mule, or more This testimony differs from the rest in having a more permanent character. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in 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. (John 12:48). 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. The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. 6 There came a man who was sent from God. Of course, the experience will still be intense. How was this? Copy Print Similar Verses Save Share This Verse: Translation Details for John 4:16 (VersesJohn 5:8-12; John 5:8-12), But were the Jews mistaken after all in thinking that the seal of the first covenant was virtually broken in that deliberate word and warranty of Jesus? WebThis summary of the Gospel of John provides information about the title, author(s), date of writing, chronology, theme, theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the Gospel of John. (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. Still the Lord refused the crown then: it was not the time or state for His reign. To have righteousness we Here, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." This we have had fully before. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. There is but one unfailing test the Son of God God's testimony to Him. But they learn that it was his divine Physician who had not only healed, but so directed him. He wanted nothing; He came to give yea, the very best, so to speak, that God has. John gives us this point of contact with them, though in an incident peculiar to himself. 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. That is an average increase of $1.49 trillion per year. First, we must worship, if at all, in spirit and in truth. He could have healed the man without the smallest outward act to shock their zeal for the law. 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. No doubt He must become a man, in order, amongst other reasons, to be a sufferer, and to die. 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. This will be displayed in the millennium, when the marriage will be celebrated, as well as the judgment executed (Jerusalem and its temple being the central point then). 17 This way, love has the run of the house, becomes at home and mature in us, so that we're free of worry on Judgment Day - our standing in the world is identical with Christ's. 17 This is how love is 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. The Son had not come to execute the judgments of the law they knew, nor even to promulgate a new and higher law. 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." (Verses John 7:19-23) What judgment could be less righteous? John 3:14-15; John 3:14-15) It is not a question simply of the Son of God, nor is He spoken of here as the Word made flesh. 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. How little they conceived of what was then said and done! In a certain sense, the principle of John 4:1-54 was made true in the woman of Samaria, and in others who received Christ then. John 3:19; John 3:19) Other things, the merest trifles, may serve to indicate a man's condition; but a new responsibility is created by this infinite display of divine goodness in Christ, and the evidence is decisive and final, that the unbeliever is already judged before God. Hence the Son, being in this ineffable nearness of love, has declared not God only, but the Father. Notably He is now applying it to the reconciliation of a people, who are also baptized by the Holy Ghost into one body. He gave them title to take the place of children of God, even to those that believe on His name. Here again, apart from this divine insight, the change or gift of the name marks His glory. (e.g. They knew what they worshipped, but not the Father, nor were they "true." 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." He that feareth is not made perfect in love. He would apply himself more to preaching work, which was the more excellent, 1 Cor 1 17. Had it been meant, it was no wonder that Nicodemus did not know how these things could be. (Verses John 7:40-53). This is the marked effect on the third day (ver. All is in the character of the Son of man. 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. "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." No argument can be drawn from Luke 4:23 against the view that the incidents are different, for therein a ministry at Capernaum would already be presupposed (Schleiermacher, Kern, de Wette, Weiss, Bleek, Holtzmann, and others), as This statement (verse John 1:15) is a parenthesis, though confirmatory of verse John 1:14, and connects John's testimony with this new section of Christ's manifestation in flesh; as we saw John introduced in the earlier verses, which treated abstractly of Christ's nature as the Word. There is no changing or bettering the old man; and, thanks be to God, the new does not degenerate or pass away. It is thus strikingly an anticipation of the result in glory. The Lord meets him at once with the strongest assertion of the absolute necessity that a man should be born anew in order to see the kingdom of God. It was sabbath-day. The apostle attests this. The brethren of the Lord Jesus, who could see the astonishing power that was in Him, but whose hearts were carnal, at once discerned that it might be an uncommon good thing for them, as well as for Him, in this world. Web40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. In John He is One who could be described as Son of man who is in heaven; but He belonged to heaven, because He was divine. WebPulpit Commentary Verse 19. The issue of all is, that the will of man is the real cause and spring of enmity. he might be; and this, too, as the expression of the true and full grace of God in His only-begotten Son given. Here there could not be more, and He would not give less: even "grace upon grace." Then said they unto him, Who art thou? It finds, of course, a present application, and links itself with that activity of grace in which God is now sending out the gospel to any sinner and every sinner. 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. He will have all honour the Son, even as Himself. "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." (Ver. John 4:1-6; John 4:1-6) What a picture of rejection and humiliation! 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. As a present fact, the Lord justifies the judicial act before their eyes by His relationship with God as His Father, and gives the Jews a sign in the temple of His body, as the witness of His resurrection power. Except one were born of water and of the Spirit, he could not enter the kingdom of God. 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. Just as in John 4:1-54, so here it is a question of power in the Holy Ghost, and not simply of Christ's person. for he knew He was the Christ. 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. 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. 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. Realizing that the woman would have to see her personal sin before she could see her spiritual need, Jesus began to speak of her marital affairs. Observe, it is not (as is often very erroneously said or sung) a question of sins, but of the "sin" of the world. and the more manifest from His lips to one who was a real impersonation of sin, misery, blindness, degradation. 42). They could not deny Him to be man Son of man. (sometimes initial capital letter) a fellow; guy. In John 6:1-71 our Lord sets aside Israel in another point of view. 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. All disciplinary action, every probationary process, disappears. (Ver. Heavenly things are set in evident contradistinction, and link themselves immediately here, as everywhere, with the cross as their correlative. God orders matters so that a favoured teacher of men, favoured as none others were in Israel, should come to Jesus by night. But let them beware how they perverted it. Nevertheless, the heavenly part is little dwelt on, as John's gospel displays our Lord more as the expression of God revealed on earth, than as Man ascended to heaven, which fell far more to the province of the apostle of the Gentiles. Man was judged: another Man was there, the Lord from heaven, soon to stand in resurrection. Could they, then, reject the Son, and merely miss this infinite blessing of life in Him? Thus solemnly does the meek Lord Jesus unfold these two truths. Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 44:3, Isaiah 59:21, Ezekiel 36:25-27 ought to have made the Lord's meaning plain to an intelligent Jew. 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