New Life Bible Fellowship Church
10-6-24
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      • Psalm 34:15–18NKJV

  • Wonderful Merciful Savior
  • Jesus Shall Reign

      • Psalm 107ESV

  • Doxology

  • Introduction:

    Last week we saw how, the healing of an invalid man whose hope was refocused from the legendary Pool of Bethesda, to the true healing done by Jesus the Christ, caused much controversy with the Jewish religious leaders because Jesus healed on the Sabbath which was against their traditions. Jesus, in defense of his act of healing on the Sabbath, declared to the religious leaders that he was doing what his Father was doing. As his Father upholds the universe, even on the Sabbath, thus Jesus had the right to make a man whole on the Sabbath. The reaction of the religious leaders over Jesus’ response is seen in the last verse we looked at last week, and is the segue to this week’s sermon:
    John 5:18 ESV
    18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
    In the eyes of the Jews, Jesus was adding to his alleged crimes against the Jewish religious system by not only violating the Sabbath traditions, but, they sought all the more to kill him for his supposed blasphemy, making himself equal with God. It is in this context that Jesus launches into a lengthly discourse in which he shows in a detailed way his relationship with God the Father. We shall look this week, as part of that discourse, The Authority of Jesus, the Son, from John 5:19-29.

    Text: John 5:19-29

    John 5:19–29 ESV
    19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, 23 that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 24 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life. 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. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

    Main Idea: Since Jesus is both God and Man, he has the authority to grant life as God, and rule all humanity as Man.

    I. Unity of Father and Son (19-21)

    A. Unity in Purpose (19)

    (19) So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.
    Truly, truly, I say to you, (used 3x in this passage)- Jesus is stating an emphatic truth of such importance, that he doubles the Greek word amen (indeed, it is true), for emphasis.
    Jesus’ claim that the Son can do nothing of his own accord, taken with vv. 17–18, but does not express personal inability, but emphasizes the complete unity of purpose among the persons of the Trinity, and by so doing, affirms two themes:
    (1) Jesus is equal to God, i.e., he is fully divine (vv. 17–18);
    (2) the Father and the Son have different functions and roles (v. 19), and in his role, the Son is subject to the Father in everything he does, yet they are fundamentally equal.
    Only what he sees the Father doing may imply that Jesus, even in his humanity, had a unique ability to see the Father’s providential activities in the events of everyday life, activities that are ordinarily invisible to human beings.

    B. Unity in Works (20-21)

    (20) For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel.
    For - further explanation is needed…
    the Father loves the Son - the eternal love of the Father for his Son Jesus seems to be at the core of Jesus explanation.
    The Father shows to Jesus all that he himself is doing—i.e., Jesus perceives God’s hand and purpose in every event in this world.
    The greater works are initially the raising of the dead (11:1–45). Even more, they include Jesus’ own death and resurrection (chs. 18–20), then the voice of this same Jesus summoning all mankind to final resurrection and judgment (5:27–30).
    so that (hina [conjunction] - for the purpose of) you may marvel (thaumazo [pre, act, ind] - to be amazed, filled with wonder) - this will be something that goes beyond human comprehension; beyond the natural system they had become accustomed to…
    (21) For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
    For - again drilling down into further explanation.
    As the Father raises the dead. Raising the dead is possible only for God, and as the Father is God...
    so also the Son also gives life to whom he will is another claim to deity, showing that Jesus does what only God can do, for the OT makes clear that raising the dead and giving life are the sole prerogatives of God (cf. Deut. 32:39).
    Deuteronomy 32:39 ESV
    39 “ ‘See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
    This “life” that Jesus gives, is both the new “life” now given to believers and the resurrection of the body at Christ’s second coming.

    II. Honor of the Son (22-24)

    A. Honor in Judgment (22-23)

    (22) For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
    Jesus’ assertion that the Father … has given all judgment to the Son is yet another claim to deity, since judgment is the exclusive prerogative of God. The Father has delegated the work of final judgment to the Son.
    (23) that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.
    that - links verse 22 with verse 23, and introduces the purpose statement that follows…
    all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Here “honor” is the holy fear of God awakened by the knowledge of coming judgment (v. 22). The Son, no less than the Father, is one to whom all will give an account, and in effect, establishes Jesus’ right to be worshiped and also amounts to a claim to deity.
    Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him - this statement shows that any religion; any system of worship that considers Jesus merely a great prophet does not represent the truth about God, because they fail to worship and honor Jesus. Therefore, any religion that does not worship Jesus with the same honor and intensity as they worship God the Father, is a false religion.

    B. Honor to Give Life (24)

    (24) Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
    Truly, truly, I say to you - second use of this emphatic phase…listen up!
    whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me - those who hear and believe are those to whom the Son gives life as was mentioned in verse 21.
    has eternal life. Salvation is not only an object of hope for the future, but a present reality for the believer; such a one has passed from death to life (cf. 6:47). The phrase “eternal life” is a direct allusion to Dan. 12:2, which speaks of believers who “shall awake ... to everlasting life” in the final resurrection. Wherever this phrase occurs in John’s writings, it has this OT background and thus refers to an end-time eternal-resurrection-life that begins spiritually in this age, when one believes, he has life, and that life is consummated at the final physical resurrection on the last day.
    We see that the Father and the Son are unified in purpose, and that Jesus is to be honored in the same way as the Father is honored, now finally, we will again talk in more detail of the …

    III. Authority of the Son (25-29)

    A. Authority to Grant Life (25-26)

    (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.
    Truly, truly, I say to you, - Again Jesus begins with this wake-up-and-listen emphatic truth as he did in verse 19 & 24.
    Here Jesus is not emphasizing the final resurrection but the present reality and experience of eternal life to the spiritually dead who hear Jesus’ message and believe.
    The dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. The hour “is now here” when those who are spiritually dead hear Jesus’ voice (that is, “hears my word and believes,” v. 24) and pass into spiritual life.
    In Eph. 2:1–10, Paul describes conversion as God’s supernatural and gracious act, imparting life to those dead in trespasses and sins and raising them up with Christ.
    Ephesians 2:1–6 ESV
    1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
    (26) For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.
    For. This verse explains why the voice of Jesus is able to speak to dead people and grant them life. Just as the Father was never created and was never given his life by someone else, but has life in himself so that he can impart that life to others, so the Son has life in himself and is able to call the dead to life.
    He has granted the Son does not mean that the Father created the Son but that the Father authorized the Son to be able to give life to other people who do not have life, since the Son’s life is inherent within him as being God.
    This statement about life in himself echoes the affirmation in the prologue that “in him [Jesus] was life” (1:4; see also 3:15–16; 11:25; and note on 14:6).
    John 1:4 ESV
    4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
    John 3:15–16 ESV
    15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

    B. Authority to Execute Judgment (27-29)

    (27) And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.
    the Son of Man echoes Dan. 7:13. Because Jesus is not only the divine Son of God but also the truly human Son of Man who is the eternal world ruler prophesied in Dan. 7:13–14, the Father has given him authority to carry out the final judgment of every human being.
    Daniel 7:13–14 ESV
    13 “I saw in the night visions, and behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man, and he came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before him. 14 And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.
    (28) Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice (29) and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
    Do not marvel at this - verse 20 tells us that we will marvel, now what Jesus is saying is that we must not think that this is so amazing that it is impossible to happen.
    all who are in the tombs will hear his voice. In the “hour that is coming,” Jesus’ voice will summon the physically dead from their graves, either to enjoy eternal life or to endure condemnation. Verses 28, 29 are a clear reference to Dan. 12:1, 2, which here refers to the physical consummation of the latter-day resurrection that has begun spiritually in Jesus’ followers.
    Daniel 12:1–2 ESV
    1 “At that time shall arise Michael, the great prince who has charge of your people. And there shall be a time of trouble, such as never has been since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the book. 2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
    Jesus reaffirms the resurrection on the last day. Cf. Dan. 12:2. Those who have done good … those who have done evil does not imply that people’s deeds in this life are the basis on which judgment is pronounced. Instead, good works function as evidence of true faith, and if good works are lacking they show an absence of true faith. All those who truly believe will be brought “from death to life” (v. 24) and as a consequence will do good and will therefore enjoy the resurrection of life.
    Ephesians 2:10 ESV
    10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

    So What?

    Do we understand that Jesus, the Christ has the same right to be worshipped as God the Father does?
    Do we understand that unless we believe that Jesus is the eternal God in the flesh, we cannot be saved?
    Do we understand that Jesus as God, has the authority to give eternal life, and as Man he has the authority to rule over humanity?

      • John 5:18ESV

      • John 5:19–29ESV

      • John 5:19ESV

      • John 5:20–21ESV

      • Deuteronomy 32:39ESV

      • John 5:22–23ESV

      • John 5:24ESV

      • John 5:25–26ESV

      • Ephesians 2:1–6ESV

      • John 1:4ESV

      • John 3:15–16ESV

      • John 5:27–29ESV

      • Daniel 7:13–14ESV

      • Daniel 12:1–2ESV

      • Ephesians 2:10ESV

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