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. d. He said to His mother, Woman, behold your son : Jesus consciously cared for His Flesh and world are judged morally. Wonderful things in the Bible I see, It was impossible that there should not be righteous dealing with human evil against God, in its sources and its streams. They would fall a prey to Antichrist, and meanwhile are accused of Moses, in whom they trusted, without believing him; else they would have believed Christ, of whom he wrote. 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. Whosoever denieth the Son hath not the Father; he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. (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. (Ver. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. It is not only the nature, but the model and fulness of the blessing in the Son, who declared the Father. Did they charge Jesus with self-exaltation? He who owns the reality of Christ's incarnation, receives most thankfully and adoringly from God the truth of redemption; he, on the contrary, who stumbles at redemption, has not really taken in the incarnation according to God's mind. 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. Web1 John 4:16 (KJV) - Forerunner Commentary. In the beginning of the chapter it was rather an essential indispensable action of the Holy Ghost required; here it is the privilege of the Holy Ghost given. Web40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. This is all perfectly true, of course; and we have it elsewhere. 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. The way you see God has everything to do with how you approach Him, how you relate to Him. . "No man hath seen God at any time: the only-begotten Son," etc. 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. All is fitly closed by the declaration, that "the Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand." For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. Proud member 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. Rest is not the question now at all; but the flow of the Spirit's power while Jesus is on high. Granted He was the Son of man; but as such, He had all judgment given Him, and would judge. 17 This is how love is made complete John 4:16-19 16 He told her, Go, call your husband and come back. 17 I have no husband, she replied. He is viewed as retaining the same perfect intimacy with the Father, entirely unimpaired by local or any other circumstances He had entered. The Father and the Son were at work. There He supposes His full rejection and death. 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. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? The Father seeks worshippers. As an experienced minister, Alistair shares his approach to preaching. 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. All disciplinary action, every probationary process, disappears. 18 There is no And in this He is sovereign. 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. 1 John 4:19. God is love. that we may give an answer to them that sent us. Such was Jesus in person, contrasted with all who belong to the earth. He *said to her, "Go, call your husband and come here. Webnoun Slang. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[ a] it. The Lord, in the latter part of the chapter (verses John 6:27-58), contrasts the presentation of the truth of God in His person and work with all that pertained to the promises of Messiah. Here we see Him accepting, not as fellow-servant, but as Lord, those souls who had been under the training of the predicted messenger of Jehovah that was to prepare His way before, His face. 3 Reasons Proverbs 23:7 Says 'As a Man Thinks, So He Is'. 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. It was worldliness in its worst shape, even to the point of turning the glory of Christ to a present account. Later He was determined to be Son of God with power by resurrection of the dead. We discuss being disciples not admirers of Christ. But let them beware how they perverted it. Even now faith knows, that instead of sin being the great object before God, ever since the cross He has had before His eyes that sacrifice which put away sin. Truth and grace were not sought nor found in man, but began to subsist here below by Jesus Christ. 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. 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. "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." "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." John 7:24) They reason and are in utter uncertainty. One of the peculiarities of our gospel is, that we see the Lord from time to time (and, indeed, chiefly) in or near Jerusalem. (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. Life out of death was wanted by man, such as he is; and this the Father is giving in the Son. It is not a message or a sign, however significant at the moment, which passes away as soon as heard or seen. * 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." 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. But the Spirit would not confine His operations to such bounds, but go out freely like the wind. (Verses John 1:44-51). 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 John 4:18. Nor was it from any indistinctness in the record, or in him who gave it. through "sin." Jesus, therefore, answered, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. Observe, that blessed as the light is, being God's moral nature, truth is more than this, and is introduced by grace. New Living Translation. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. It was no longer a moot-point whether God could trust man; for, indeed, He could not. No such sounds, no such realities were ever heard or known in Israel. How singularly is the glory of the Lord Jesus thus viewed, as invested with the testimony of God and its crown! Mark what, as such, He does declare Him. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. Nay, the Father has given all judgment to the Son. Here there could not be more, and He would not give less: even "grace upon grace." 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. Heavenly things are set in evident contradistinction, and link themselves immediately here, as everywhere, with the cross as their correlative. Thus it is a kind of transitional fact for a most important part of our gospel, though still introductory. How could either light or love rest in a scene of sin, darkness, and misery? Jesus explains: "My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. 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. Scripture is, or may be, before man always. He was God. 1 John 4:19, NLT: We love each other because he loved us first. 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. Of this we learn nothing, here. 29) on which, as it were, Jesus speaks and acts in His grace as here shown on the earth. They entered not into His words more than His grace, but thought and spoke, like the Samaritan woman, about things of this life. Expand. Also one of the two thus drawn to Him first finds his own brother Simon (with the words, We have found the Messiah), and led him to Jesus, who forthwith gave him his new name in terms which surveyed, with equal ease and certainty, past, present, and future. Here the Lord introduces the cross. It was not that they were better than their neighbours. John 7:38; John 7:38) And then we have the comment of the Holy Ghost: "(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified)" There is, first, the thirsty soul coming to Jesus and drinking; then there is the power of the Spirit flowing forth from the inner man of the believer in refreshment to others. For were it not God Himself in the person of Jesus, it had been no glory to God, but a wrong and a rival. (Ver. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." Nothing less than everlasting life in Christ can deliver: otherwise there remains judgment. "He must, increase, but I decrease." John 4:1-6; John 4:1-6) What a picture of rejection and humiliation! No mere man, nor angel, not the highest, the archangel, but the Son. "The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came ( ) by Jesus Christ." But there was this difference from the former occasion, that, at the marriage in Cana (John 2:1-25), the change of the water into wine was clearly millennial in its typical aspect. 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 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. Still the eternal day alone will show out the full virtue of that which belongs to Jesus as the Lamb of God, who takes away the world's sin. If He judges, it is not without full warning. "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? What can be more evident, or more instructive? Blessed servant he of an infinitely blessed and blessing Master! But the chapter does not close without a further contrast. From the very first, man, being a sinner, was wholly lost. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry commended World Economic Forum attendees on Tuesday, saying their efforts to combat climate change were "almost extraterrestrial." Here the unlimited scene is in view; not Israel, but the world. (Ver. First, we must worship, if at all, in spirit and in truth. His exaltation there is not without notice in the gospel, but exceptionally. (Ver. WebThis small group Bible study of John 4:1-19 contains commentary, outlines, cross-references, Bible study discussion questions, and applications. 18 There is no fear in love. 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 gave them title to take the place of children of God, even to those that believe on His name. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone. 2. The man could not tell the Jews the name of his benefactor. he might be; and this, too, as the expression of the true and full grace of God in His only-begotten Son given. How withering the words! WebLuke 4:16.As to the relation of the following incident to the similar one in Matthew 13:53 ff., Mark 6:1 ff., see on Matthew. Very simple words! Of course it is the revelation of Christ; but here He was simply revealing the sources of this indispensable new birth. Then the soldiers mockingly but truthfully hail Jesus as the king of the Jews (19:3). The incarnate Word was here full of grace and truth. 1 John 4:19, NASB: We love, because He first loved us. And he answered, No. (e.g. 19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. God loves us as a father loves his own son. (Verses John 5:1-7), On the other hand, the Lord speaks but the word: "Rise, take up thy couch and walk." The Lord and the disciples are next seen in the country district, not far, it would seem, from John, who was baptizing as they were. But there was a man who had been infirm for thirty and eight years. The disciples come; the woman goes into the city, leaving her waterpot, but carrying with her the unspeakable gift of God. This testimony differs from the rest in having a more permanent character. Also called john mule . Heavenly things, therefore, could not but be natural to Him, if one may so say. 16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. Salem Media Group. Had it been meant, it was no wonder that Nicodemus did not know how these things could be. There is difference of manner for the world and His own ignorance and rejection. (Verses John 7:3-5) The Lord intimates the impossibility of anticipating the time of God; but then He does it as connected with His own personal glory. 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. Thus we feed on Him and drink into Him, as man, unto life everlasting life in Him. Grace begins, glory descends; "Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink." 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. WebPulpit Commentary Verse 19. No doubt there are intervening applications; but such is the ultimate result of His work as the Lamb of God. Thus we have traced, first, hearts not only attracted to Him, but fresh souls called to follow Him; then, in type, the call of Israel by-and-by; finally, the disappearance of the sign of moral purifying for the joy of the new covenant, when Messiah's time comes to bless the needy earth; but along with this the execution of judgment in Jerusalem, and its long defiled temple. 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. 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." Matthew, Mark, and Luke start, as far as regards the public labours of the Lord, with John cast into prison. A person falling thousands of feet through the air would experience sheer terrorunless they knew a parachute would soon open. Jesus saw the man, and knowing that he was long thus, prompts the desire of healing, but brings out the despondency of unbelief. 41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. 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." For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. 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. Thus we have here the other side of the truth: not merely what God is in life and light, in grace and truth, as revealed in Christ coming down to man; but man is now judged in the very root of his nature, and proved to be entirely incapable, in his best state, of seeing or entering the kingdom of God. WebJohn the Apostle is traditionally held to be the author of the Gospel of John, and many Christian denominations believe that he authored several other books of the New Testament, depending on whether he is distinguished from, or identified with, John the Evangelist, John the Elder, and John of Patmos. What love! The issue of all is, that the will of man is the real cause and spring of enmity. Man was judged: another Man was there, the Lord from heaven, soon to stand in resurrection. "The law was given by Moses." Coming after John as to date, He is necessarily preferred before him in dignity; for He was ( ) [not come into being ( )] before Him. There was purpose in it. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. 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. Were the Jews zealously keeping the sabbath? To have righteousness we He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. It is not now the revelation of God meeting man either in essential nature, or as manifested in flesh; nor is it the course of dispensational dealing presented in a parenthetic as well as mysterious form, beginning with John the Baptist's testimony, and going down to the millennium in the Son, full of grace and truth. God the Father forms a new family in, by, and for Christ. : a Jewish prophet who according to Gospel accounts foretold Jesus' messianic ministry and baptized him. And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. (VersesJohn 6:1-21; John 6:1-21). ii. The author is the apostle John, "the disciple whom Jesus loved" (13:23 [see note there]; 19:26; 20:2; 21:7,20,24). 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. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. The question really is, whether man would trust God. 18 The fact is, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. How can such have relationship with God? (Verses John 5:13-16), A graver issue, however, was to be tried; for Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. It is not merely or most of all a great prophet or witness: He is the Son; and the Father has given all things to be in His hand. In the five porches, then, of this pool lay a great multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. Thus we all not only receive of His fulness, (and what fulness illimitable was there not in Him!) The contrasts are as strong, at least, as the resemblance with the healing of the centurion's servant in Matthew 13:1-58 and Luke 7:1-50, which some ancients and moderns have confounded with this, as they did Mary's anointing of Jesus with the sinful woman's in Luke 7:1-50. A second and wholly new man appears the bread of God, not of man, but for men. There was sentence of death pronounced on their system, and they felt accordingly. Man might pull Him down destroy Him, as far as man could, and surely to be the basis in God's hand of better blessing; but He was God, and in three days He would raise up this temple. "John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This is he of whom I spake: He that cometh after me is preferred before me, for he was before me." 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