john 4:16 19 commentary

"He was in the world, and the world was made by him." a toilet or bathroom. 17 This is how love is made complete Do any believe on His name? Such was Jesus in person, contrasted with all who belong to the earth. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[ a] it. But the Spirit would not confine His operations to such bounds, but go out freely like the wind. The man could not tell the Jews the name of his benefactor. All is fitly closed by the declaration, that "the Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand." Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry commended World Economic Forum attendees on Tuesday, saying their efforts to combat climate change were "almost extraterrestrial." 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." 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. (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 The heart-searching issuing in perception of the prophetic rank of Jesus. "Master, eat," said they. There He supposes His full rejection and death. It was sabbath-day. 8 He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. 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. Here, then, we have a remarkable display of that which preceded His Galilean ministry, or public manifestation. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." One of the peculiarities of our gospel is, that we see the Lord from time to time (and, indeed, chiefly) in or near Jerusalem. Expressly had He told the man to take up his couch and walk, as well as to rise. Knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than Thus in one way or the other all must honour the Son. 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. And they asked him, What then? 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. So bright was His glory, so concerned was the Father in maintaining it, so immense the blessing if received, so tremendous the stake involved in its loss, that God vouchsafed the amplest and clearest witnesses. In this podcast we refer to Being Disciples by Rowan Williams, a terrific sermon by Rev Dr Flesh and world are judged morally. 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. Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. And he answered, No. At once their malice drops the beneficent power of God in the case, provoked at the fancied wrong done to the seventh day. At the end of fiscal 2032, it predicts, the total federal debt will be $44.797 trillion. Here there is no John proclaiming Jesus as the One who was about to introduce the kingdom of heaven. 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. He acts as such. 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. Mark what, as such, He does declare 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. And such was Jesus. 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. After this we have, suitably to this gospel, John's connection with the Lord Jesus. 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. (Verses John 5:1-7), On the other hand, the Lord speaks but the word: "Rise, take up thy couch and walk." Why should He not show Himself to the world? God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in Here (John 5:1-47) the first view given of Christ is His person in contrast with the law. Proud member Bible> Commentaries> John 4:16 John 4:16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. At first she tried to hide her sins, but Jesus 2. : an apostle who according to various Christian traditions wrote the fourth Gospel, the three Johannine Epistles, and the Book of Still, such is the effect on man under law, that he could not take advantage of an adequate remedy. 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. The great fact of the incarnation is brought before us "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father"). 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." Nothing less than everlasting life in Christ can deliver: otherwise there remains judgment. 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. 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. There is no changing or bettering the old man; and, thanks be to God, the new does not degenerate or pass away. Still the Lord refused the crown then: it was not the time or state for His reign. 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. 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. Neither does the Spirit say exactly as the English Bible says "sons," but children. The disciples come; the woman goes into the city, leaving her waterpot, but carrying with her the unspeakable gift of God. There is the nicest care to maintain His personal glory, no matter what the subject may be. It passes over all question of dispensations, until it accomplishes, in all its extent, that purpose for which He thus died. The sacrificial death of Him who is God goes far beyond the thought of Israel. "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." Governmental healing even from Him might only end in "some worse thing" coming. (Ver. It is not that He denies the truth of what they were thus desiring and attached to. (Psalms 132:1-18) Then they wanted to make Him a king. NIV. 1 John 4:16-19 New International Version 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. 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 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. 42 And he brought him to Jesus. John 1:29-34) How rich it is, and how marvellously in keeping with our gospel! Blessed servant he of an infinitely blessed and blessing Master! No charge could be remoter from the truth. 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. But this, however worthy of God, and indispensable for man, could not of itself give an adequate expression of what God is; because in this alone, neither His own love nor the glory of His Son finds due display. 1 John 4:19, NASB: We love, because He first loved us. It was much, yet was it little of the glory that was His; but at least it was real; and to the one that has shall be given. 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. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. Web1 John 4:16-19 NIV 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. 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. Life out of death was wanted by man, such as he is; and this the Father is giving in the Son. 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). 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. For were it not God Himself in the person of Jesus, it had been no glory to God, but a wrong and a rival. None the less did the result of His death proclaim His Deity. A second and wholly new man appears the bread of God, not of man, but for men. Wonderful things in the Bible I see, This testimony differs from the rest in having a more permanent character. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This we have had fully before. It is evident, that were He not God, it would be an interference with His glory, a place taken inconsistent with His sole authority, no less than it must be also, and for that reason, altogether ruinous to man. called also John the Baptist. : a Jewish prophet who according to Gospel accounts foretold Jesus' messianic ministry and baptized him. Various provisions were made for him in England (117476), including the succession to the Meanwhile, for Christian worship, the hour was coming and in principle come, because He was there; and He who vindicated salvation as of the Jews, proves that it is now for Samaritans, or any who believed on account of His word. 9 The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world. 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. "Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water." He *said to her, "Go, call your husband and come here. Nobody had gone up to heaven: God had taken more than one; but no one had gone there as of right. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 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. saith unto her, fie, call thy husband, and come hither. Here again, apart from this divine insight, the change or gift of the name marks His glory. We have had his name introduced into each part of the preface of our evangelist. (See Hebrews 12:2, Hebrews 13:11-13) Again, let me just remark in passing, that although, no doubt, we may in a general way speak of those who partake of the new nature as having that life, yet the Holy Ghost refrains from predicating of any saints the full character of eternal life as a present thing until we have the cross of Christ laid (at least doctrinally) as the ground of it. "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. This closes the various aspects of the Lord Jesus, completely blotting out Judaism, viewed as resting in a system of law and ordinances, as looking to a Messiah with present ease, and as hoping for the display of Messianic glory then in the world. 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. Also called john mule . 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. John 4:1-6; John 4:1-6) What a picture of rejection and humiliation! Here was One on earth who knew all secrets. Could they, then, reject the Son, and merely miss this infinite blessing of life in Him? 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. He who (Verses John 4:31-38). 16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. 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). This is the truth; but the Jews had the law, and hated the truth. No doubt He must become a man, in order, amongst other reasons, to be a sufferer, and to die. For nothing can be more observable than the way in which He becomes the centre round whom those that belong to God are gathered. A greater work was in hand; and this, as the rest of the chapter shows us, not a Messiah lifted up, but the true bread given He who comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world; a dying, not a reigning, Son of man. 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." "The law was given by Moses." John 4:16. The one, like the other, contributes to this great end, whether the Son of man necessarily lifted up, or the only begotten Son of God given in His love. For if, on the one side, God has taken care to let us see already the glory of the Son, and the grace of which He was full, on the other side, all shines out the more marvellously when we know how He dealt with a woman of Samaria, sinful and degraded. * He says, One was among them of whom they had no conscious knowledge, "that cometh after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose." Here, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." They spoke of the world; the world might hear them. But He, being God, was manifesting and, on the contrary, maintaining the divine glory here below. The rejection of Christ is the contempt of God Himself, in that of which He is most jealous, the honour of the Saviour, His Son. Her testimony bore the impress of what had penetrated her soul, and would make way for all the rest in due time. Alas! But there was a man who had been infirm for thirty and eight years. Web1. (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. God is love. Further, it is connected intimately with the evidence of man's ruin by sin. Further, John attests that he saw the Spirit descending like a dove, and abiding on Him the appointed token that He it is who baptizes with the Holy Ghost even the Son of God. Here He is not portrayed as the Son of man who must be lifted up, but as the Son of God who was given. ( ) flesh, and dwelt among us." God is love. 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. Without it there is no divine understanding of Christ, or of His word, or of Scripture. Who Is Lillith and Why Don't We Find Her in Our Bible? Grace begins, glory descends; "Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink." His was an errand incomparably deeper, more worthy of God, and suitable to One "full of grace and truth." He tells Philip to follow Him. The first four chapters of John precede in point of time the notices of His ministry in the other gospels. 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. Such was the grace that God was displaying in Him, the true and full expresser of His mind. Heavenly things are set in evident contradistinction, and link themselves immediately here, as everywhere, with the cross as their correlative. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. for he knew He was the Christ. 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. 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. 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. If He spoke the truth, they were blasphemers. Observe, it is not (as is often very erroneously said or sung) a question of sins, but of the "sin" of the world. 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. Man is morally judged. 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. through "sin." Accordingly, if the law raised the question of righteousness in man, the cross of the Lord Jesus, typifying Him made sin, is the answer; and there has all been settled to the glory of God, the Lord Jesus having suffered all the inevitable consequences. 17 And as we live 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. * The best text omits other expressions, evidently derived from verses John 1:15; John 1:30John 1:30. To this last the Lord attaches the deepest importance. But even this sufficed not: the Son of man must be lifted up. The Lord Jesus did, without question, take humanity in His person into that glory which He so well knew as the Son of the Father. 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