he would not. We discuss being disciples not admirers of Christ. he might be; and this, too, as the expression of the true and full grace of God in His only-begotten Son given. If, on the contrary, a soul has been taught of God the glory of the person of Him who was made flesh, he receives in all simplicity, and rejoices in, the glorious truth, that He who was made flesh was not made flesh only to this end, but rather as a step toward another and deeper work the glorifying God, and becoming our food, in death. And great are the advantages arising from hence, for hereby the saints' love to God is made perfect; they have boldness in the day of judgment, since as he is, so are they in this world, and fear is cast out by it, 1Jo 4:17,18, but lest too much should be thought to be ascribed to love, that is said to be owing to the love of God to them, which is prior to theirs to him, and the reason of it, 1Jo 4:19. And as life is in the person of the Son, so God in sending Him meant not that the smallest uncertainty should exist for aught so momentous. It is not denunciation, but the most solemn sentence in the calmest manner. 1 John 4:19, NASB: We love, because He first loved us. 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. Granted He was the Son of man; but as such, He had all judgment given Him, and would judge. So we see in the attractive power, afterwards dealing with individual souls. John 4:16-19 16 He told her, Go, call your husband and come back. 17 I have no husband, she replied. 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 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. 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. 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. (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. His glorious person would have none now in relation to God but members of the family. How, indeed, could it be stayed within narrow limits? If believers genuinely love God they will also obey his commandments. Nay, therefore it was they, reasoning, denied Him to be God. 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. No charge could be remoter from the truth. The looking for signs and wonders is rebuked; but mortality is arrested. Now, it is the Holy Ghost in the power that gives rivers of living water flowing out, and this bound up with, and consequent on, His being man in glory. (Psalms 132:1-18) Then they wanted to make Him a king. Who Is Lillith and Why Don't We Find Her in Our Bible? Nothing less than everlasting life in Christ can deliver: otherwise there remains judgment. For nothing can be more observable than the way in which He becomes the centre round whom those that belong to God are gathered. (ver. Here (John 5:1-47) the first view given of Christ is His person in contrast with the law. 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. Bible> Commentaries> John 4:16 John 4:16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. How blessed the contrast with the people's state depicted in this chapter, tossed about by every wind of doctrine, looking to "letters," rulers, and Pharisees, perplexed about the Christ, but without righteous judgment, assurance, or enjoyment! , , . 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. Proud member In truth, Christian baptism did not yet exist, but only such as the disciples used, like John the Baptist; it was not instituted of Christ till after His resurrection, as it sets forth His death. (VersesJohn 3:7-8; John 3:7-8), It is hardly necessary to furnish detailed disproof of the crude, ill-considered notion (originated by the fathers), that baptism is in question. 3 Reasons Proverbs 23:7 Says 'As a Man Thinks, So He Is'. The question really is, whether man would trust God. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. WebThis small group Bible study of John 4:1-19 contains commentary, outlines, cross-references, Bible study discussion questions, and applications. Further, it is connected intimately with the evidence of man's ruin by sin. None else could do either work: for here we see His great work on earth, and His heavenly power. Indeed, He was the great Prophet, as He was the great King, and as He is now the great Priest on high. 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. He tells Philip to follow Him. In this podcast we refer to Being Disciples by Rowan Williams, a terrific sermon by Rev Dr "Master, eat," said they. They crown Jesus with thorns and dress him in a purple robe. (Ver. Nathanael's call is just as clearly typical of Israel in the latter day. 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. 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. Other arguments follow, engaging to it, as that God is invisible; and if he is to be loved, then certainly his people, who are visible; and that such who love one another, God dwells in them, and his love is perfected in them; and that he dwells in them is known by the gift of his Spirit to them, 1Jo 4:12,13, and that God the Father so loved the world, as to send his Son to be the Saviour of it, before asserted, is confirmed by the apostles, who were eyewitnesses of it; who also declare, that whoever confesses the sonship of Christ, God dwells in him, and he in God; and who had an assurance of the love of God to them, who is love itself; so that he that dwells in God, and God in him, dwells in love, 1Jo 4:14-16. God the Father forms a new family in, by, and for Christ. a male mule, or more 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"). The Father and the Son were at work. "He came unto his own [things], and his own [people] received him not. On the third day is the marriage in Cana of Galilee, where was His mother, Jesus also, and His disciples. GOD LOVES YOU. Then the soldiers mockingly but truthfully hail Jesus as the king of the Jews (19:3). (ver. 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. But here it was not God's purpose to record it. The Lord, it is true, could and did go farther than the prophets: even if He taught on the same theme, He could speak with conscious divine dignity and knowledge (not merely what was assigned to an instrument or messenger). The sacrificial death of Him who is God goes far beyond the thought of Israel. Before the manner of His manifestation comes before us in verse 14, we have the secret explained why some, and not all, received Christ. For evidently it is the theme of worship in its Christian fulness, the fruit of the manifestation of God, and of the Father known in grace. Heavenly things, therefore, could not but be natural to Him, if one may so say. * 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." But it is important we should know how He entered the world. WebJohn was the most popular name given to male infants in the United States until 1924, and though its use has fallen off gradually since then, John was still the 20th most common name for boys on the Social Security Administration 's list of names given in 2006. It is here we learn in what condition of His person God was to be revealed and the work done; not what He was in nature, but what He became. 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. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry commended World Economic Forum attendees on Tuesday, saying their efforts to combat climate change were "almost extraterrestrial." (Verses John 7:19-23) What judgment could be less righteous? They could not deny Him to be man Son of man. As this chapter sets forth the Lord Jesus with singular fulness of glory, on the side both of His Godhead and of His manhood, so it closes with the most varied and remarkable testimonies God has given to us, that there may be no excuse. It becomes a question of man's own condition, and how he stands in relation to the kingdom of God. 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. It was meet that so it should be; for, as a question of right, none could claim; and grace surpasses all expectation or thought of man, most of all of men accustomed to a round of religious ceremonial. These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble. His own love and person were warrant enough for the simple to lift the veil for a season, and fill the hearts which had received Himself into the conscious enjoyment of divine grace, and of Him who revealed it to them. "The law was given by Moses." Grace begins, glory descends; "Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink." of On this basisJohn 7:1-53; John 7:1-53 proceeds. And while He does not hide the privilege of the Jews, He nevertheless proclaims that "the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. 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. Alas! It was no longer a moot-point whether God could trust man; for, indeed, He could not. (Ver. We have seen already that thus light was shed on men. The apostle attests this. For were it not God Himself in the person of Jesus, it had been no glory to God, but a wrong and a rival. One must be born again. If He put forth His power, it was not only beyond man's measure, but unequivocally divine, however also the humblest and most dependent of men. john 8 32) 1 John 4:16 (King James Version) 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Jan 16, 2023 at 9:27 am. There is no changing or bettering the old man; and, thanks be to God, the new does not degenerate or pass away. Johns answer goes down to the depths, for his notion of love is the response of the believing soul to the love of God which was manifested on the Cross of Calvary. Expand. Also called john mule . Rest is not the question now at all; but the flow of the Spirit's power while Jesus is on high. What sayest thou of thyself? Be they who they may now, as many as receive Him become children of God. 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. (Verses John 5:1-7), On the other hand, the Lord speaks but the word: "Rise, take up thy couch and walk." No such sounds, no such realities were ever heard or known in Israel. That is an average increase of $1.49 trillion per year. It is now eternal reality, and the name of Jesus Christ is that which puts all things to a final test. "The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came ( ) by Jesus Christ." It is our evangelist's way of indicating His Galilean sojourn; and this miracle is the particular subject that John was led by the Holy Ghost to take up. From the very first, man, being a sinner, was wholly lost. God is love. 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. The Son had not come to execute the judgments of the law they knew, nor even to promulgate a new and higher law. The Light, on coming into the world, lightens every man with the fulness of evidence which was in Him, and at once discovers the true state as truly as it will be revealed in the last day when He judges all, as we find it intimated in the gospel afterwards. For though the Son (that eternal life who was with the Father) was a man, in that very position had the Father given Him to have life in Himself, and to execute judgment also, because He is Son of man. Do any believe on His name? But the chapter does not close without a further contrast. 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. Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. He gave them title to take the place of children of God, even to those that believe on His name. ( ) flesh, and dwelt among us." 42). Matthew, Mark, and Luke start, as far as regards the public labours of the Lord, with John cast into prison. God never left Himself without witness; He did not even among the Gentiles, surely yet less in Israel. The account of Jesus calling the first disciples matches almost word for word the parallel account in Mark 1.1620. 18 There is no fear in love. Here, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." "No man hath seen God at any time: the only-begotten Son," etc. Till then the Holy Ghost could not be so given only when Jesus was glorified, after redemption was a fact. How can such have relationship with God? 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. It was worldliness in its worst shape, even to the point of turning the glory of Christ to a present account. This is indispensable; for God is a Spirit, and so it cannot but be. Lastly, closing this part, we have another most remarkable contrast. Hence, after having first unmistakably laid down the necessity of the cross, He next shows the grace that was manifested in the gift of Jesus. WebFear of the unknown inspires intense fear. The hour was one for faith, or unbelief. John 7:37) It is not a question of eating the bread of God, or, when Christ died, of eating His flesh and drinking His blood. It is thus strikingly an anticipation of the result in glory. Scripture is, or may be, before man always. This, of course, supposes the setting aside of Jerusalem, its people and house, as they now are, and is justified by the great fact of Christ's death and resurrection, which is the key to all, though not yet intelligible even to the disciples. Fritzsche, p. 21). For them, Israel, or the world, all is over. "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." 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." Knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than Here there could not be more, and He would not give less: even "grace upon grace." Do they receive Him not? (Verses John 5:17-18). 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. 2 He was with God in the beginning. Truth and grace were not sought nor found in man, but began to subsist here below by Jesus Christ. "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." 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. Both of them were in relation to man on the earth; the one while He was here, the other from above. 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. Hence, then, we have the Lord Jesus alluding to this fresh necessity, if man was to be blessed according to God. And the chapter is closed with observing the contradiction there is between a profession of love to God, and hatred of the brethren, seeing God, who is invisible, cannot be loved, if brethren that are seen are hated; and also the commandment, that he that loves God should love his brother also, 1Jo 4:20,21. 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." 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 1 John 4:19. Law, means, ordinances, could not meet the need no pool, nor angel nothing but the Son working in grace, the Son quickening. Pilate, disposed to gratify the The Jews were not satisfied with that, but demanded still that he should be put to death, John 19:39-40. 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. (Ver. Art thou that prophet? 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. 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. (Verses John 7:16-18) , The Jews kept not the law) and wished to kill Him who healed man in divine love. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome[ a] it. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. But let them beware how they perverted it. Spite of the most express signs, and the manifest finger of God that wrote the ten words on tables of stone, the law sinks into comparative insignificance. It is not that He denies the truth of what they were thus desiring and attached to. "But He said to them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of." The allusion to the fig-tree confirms this. This He does in verses 16-19. (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? (Verses John 4:31-38). How little they conceived of what was then said and done! And Jesus answers, "I that speak unto thee am he." Man was judged: another Man was there, the Lord from heaven, soon to stand in resurrection. (Ver. And whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 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. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. 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. What Makes Covenant Theology So Important? (VersesJohn 6:1-21; John 6:1-21). 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." (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. Glory would be displayed in its day. 1 John 4:16. At the end of fiscal 2032, it predicts, the total federal debt will be $44.797 trillion. 8 He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. but He, who is the Word made flesh, is the only-begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, and so competent to declare, as in fact He has. Here again, apart from this divine insight, the change or gift of the name marks His glory. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. John 3:1-36 follows this up. 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. 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. Nobody had gone up to heaven: God had taken more than one; but no one had gone there as of right. (VersesJohn 3:20-21; John 3:20-21). "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." Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband, and come 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. If He spoke the truth, they were blasphemers. 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. Jesus saw the man, and knowing that he was long thus, prompts the desire of healing, but brings out the despondency of unbelief. 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. a toilet or bathroom. 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. John was the youngest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. His was an errand incomparably deeper, more worthy of God, and suitable to One "full of grace and truth." (ver. Without it there is no divine understanding of Christ, or of His word, or of Scripture. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from death unto life. 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. To have righteousness we not the Jews only; for, as far as intelligence went, it was little better with the disciples till He rose from the dead. 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. There He supposes His full rejection and death. Did they charge Jesus with self-exaltation? This testimony differs from the rest in having a more permanent character. 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. 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. (Verse John 1:9) The world therefore surely ought to have known its Maker. No man hath seen God at any time. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. Such is God's vindication of His outraged rights; and the judgment will be proportionate to the glory that has been set at nought. 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. But there was a man who had been infirm for thirty and eight years. John 7:24) They reason and are in utter uncertainty. 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. Jesus declared of God the Father, God is Spirit, (John 4:24) meaning that God the Father has no tangible body which may be seen. 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. (e.g. How could either light or love rest in a scene of sin, darkness, and misery? Without sign, prodigy, or miracle, in this village of Samaria Jesus was heard, known, confessed as truly the Saviour of the world ("the Christ" being absent in the best authorities, ver. Nothing is said about the fan in His hand; nothing of His burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire. 18 There is no John 1:26-27; John 1:26-27) For himself he was not the Christ, but for Jesus he says no more. 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. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? 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." Man is morally judged. It was but preliminary, of course; still it was a deep reality, the then present grace in the person of the Son, the Saviour of the world, who filled their once dark hearts with light and joy. None but a divine being could thus deal with the world. If He judges, it is not without full warning. Pharisaic jealousy had wrought; and Jesus, wearied, sat thus at the fountain of Jacob's well in Sychar. 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