John 4:16-19 16 He told her, Go, call your husband and come back. 17 I have no husband, she replied. Salem Media Group. Except one were born of water and of the Spirit, he could not enter the kingdom of God. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours." Verse John 1:29 opens John's testimony to his disciples. Then said they unto him, Who art thou? How could either light or love rest in a scene of sin, darkness, and misery? 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. It was not so. 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." This is the heart of the message of the Bible. 9 The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world. John was not yet cast into prison. (Verses John 6:59-71) What and if they should see Him, who came down and died in this world, ascend up where He was before? 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. John 7:6-8) They belonged to the world. What a witness all this to His person! 17 This is how love is made complete How withering the words! 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. Web1 John 4:19 Parallel Verses [ See commentary ] 1 John 4:19, NIV: We love because he first loved us. not the Jews only; for, as far as intelligence went, it was little better with the disciples till He rose from the dead. 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. 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. Meanwhile there was a manifestation of goodness, active in love in the midst of evil, and toward such; active in the making known God and man, and every moral relation, and what He is toward man, through and in the Word made flesh. Jesus said to her, You are right when you say you have no husband. ", To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, Tout ainsi que la terre, pour apporter fruict, sera menuisee et amollie par le soc de la charrue. It is not a message or a sign, however significant at the moment, which passes away as soon as heard or seen. 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). 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. He was God. 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). Mark what, as such, He does declare Him. The judgment, all of it, whether for quick or dead, is consigned to Him, because He is Son of man. The incarnate Word was here full of grace and truth. 1 John 4:19. The result immediately follows. John then declared his own waning before Christ, as we have seen, the issues of whose testimony, believed or not, are eternal; and this founded on the revelation of His glorious person as man and to man here below. Webnoun Slang. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. Beholding Him as He walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God! They entered not into His words more than His grace, but thought and spoke, like the Samaritan woman, about things of this life. Such was the grace that God was displaying in Him, the true and full expresser of His mind. 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. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. 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." To the Pharisees, indeed, his words as to the Lord are curt: nor does he tell them of the divine ground of His glory, as he had before and does after. . (John 12:48). None but a divine being could thus deal with the world. 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. Do any believe on His name? 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. Life resurrection will display how little they had to be ashamed of, who believed the record given of His Son; the resurrection of judgment will make but too plain, to those who despised the Lord, both His honour and their sin and shame. 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. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? No doubt there are intervening applications; but such is the ultimate result of His work as the Lamb of God. (Ver. The Father seeks worshippers. 16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. 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. 1 John 4:19, NASB: We love, because He first loved us. The chapter pursues this subject, showing that it is not only God who thus deals first, with the necessity of man before His own immutable nature; next, blessing according to the riches of His grace but, further, that man's state morally is detected yet more awfully in presence of such grace as well as holiness in Christ. 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. 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 Spirit of God uses that word; it is thus invariably in conversion. What can be conceived more notably standing out in contrast with the governmental system God had set up, and man had known in times past? (Verse John 1:9) The world therefore surely ought to have known its Maker. You are right when you say you have no husband. 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. Nor was it from any indistinctness in the record, or in him who gave it. it was no lack of testimony; their will was for present honour, and hostile to the glory of the only 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. Here the unlimited scene is in view; not Israel, but the world. 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. But let them beware how they perverted it. Nothing in the slightest degree detracted from His own personal glory, and from the infinitely near relationship which He had had with the Father from all eternity. For "he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. Blessed servant he of an infinitely blessed and blessing Master! Web1 John 4:17. Herein is our loveb made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. He reminds them of his previous disclaimer of any place beyond one sent before Jesus. Here, accordingly, it is not so much the means by which life is communicated, as the revelation of the full blessing of grace and communion with the Father and His Son by the Holy Ghost, in whom we are blessed. This brings all to a point; for the woman says, "I know that Messiah cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things." 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. Art thou that prophet? He bows to, as he explains, the sovereign will of God. 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. The way you see God has everything to do with how you approach Him, how you relate to Him. None else could do either work: for here we see His great work on earth, and His heavenly power. 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. Christ's road from Judea to "No man hath seen God at any time: the only-begotten Son," etc. (sometimes initial capital letter) a prostitute's customer. What more glorious proof than that the Holy Ghost is given not a certain defined power or gift, but the Holy Ghost Himself; for God gives not the Spirit by measure! A. The Word, God (and only begotten Son in the Father's bosom), He was eternally Son of God, too, as born into the world. 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. But knowing what will happen, and realizing it's part of a plan, greatly reduces our fear. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry commended World Economic Forum attendees on Tuesday, saying their efforts to combat climate change were "almost extraterrestrial." And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. They had no common thoughts, feelings, or ways with the Father and the Son. (Verse John 3:10). 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. That is an average increase of $1.49 trillion per year. In vain did any come to the Baptist to report the widening circle around Christ. How striking the omission! 6 There came a man who was sent from God. The Jews, then, who could not help, and pitied not their fellow in his long infirmity and disappointment, are scandalized to see him, safe and sound, carrying his couch on that day. Alas! 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. The disciples come; the woman goes into the city, leaving her waterpot, but carrying with her the unspeakable gift of God. 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. "He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. 1 John 4:19, NLT: We love each other because he loved us first. Matthew, Mark, and Luke start, as far as regards the public labours of the Lord, with John cast into prison. Later He was determined to be Son of God with power by resurrection of the dead. 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. So rich and transparently divine was the grace: not some souls, more meritorious than the rest, rewarded according to a graduated scale of honour, but "of his fulness have all we received." behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. Therefore, it seems to me, He adds verse 24. How singularly is the glory of the Lord Jesus thus viewed, as invested with the testimony of God and its crown! 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. How were they not enjoyed in despised Samaria those two days with the Son of God among them! 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. The refusal of His precious blood will, on the contrary, make their case incomparably worse than that of the heathen who never heard the good news. John 1:26-27; John 1:26-27) For himself he was not the Christ, but for Jesus he says no more. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in Here again, apart from this divine insight, the change or gift of the name marks His glory. 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. 17 And as we live John 1:11-12; John 1:11-12) It was not a question now of Jehovah and His servants. There was purpose in it. God orders matters so that a favoured teacher of men, favoured as none others were in Israel, should come to Jesus by night. He will have all honour the Son, even as Himself. Various provisions were made for him in England (117476), including the succession to the (e.g. 42). This only secures His honour in those that believe God's testimony to Him, the Son of God; and to these He gives life, everlasting life now, and exemption from judgment, in this acting in communion with the Father. 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. 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. Author. What Makes Covenant Theology So Important? (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? through "sin." ( ) flesh, and dwelt among us." 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. John 1:29-34) How rich it is, and how marvellously in keeping with our gospel! 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. 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. Under all changes, outwardly, He abode as from eternity the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father. 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. he might be; and this, too, as the expression of the true and full grace of God in His only-begotten Son given. There He supposes His full rejection and death. 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." 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. Jesus saw the man, and knowing that he was long thus, prompts the desire of healing, but brings out the despondency of unbelief. 29) on which, as it were, Jesus speaks and acts in His grace as here shown on the earth. This we have had fully before. Knowing God the Father is invisible should make us more And he answered, No. 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." This was necessary for the kingdom of God; not for some special place of glory, but for any and every part of God's kingdom. It is there that we found the Lord, in the other synoptic gospels, fulfilling His ordinary ministry. 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. (ver. (Ver. For were it not God Himself in the person of Jesus, it had been no glory to God, but a wrong and a rival. 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. One of the peculiarities of our gospel is, that we see the Lord from time to time (and, indeed, chiefly) in or near Jerusalem. Man is morally judged. 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. Still, such is the effect on man under law, that he could not take advantage of an adequate remedy. John was the youngest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. All disciplinary action, every probationary process, disappears. * The best text omits other expressions, evidently derived from verses John 1:15; John 1:30John 1:30. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. (Verses John 1:44-51). If believers genuinely love God they will also obey his commandments. Then He rebukes the carnality of His brethren. Nevertheless, Christ did come to His own things, His proper, peculiar possession; for there were special relationships. Further, it is connected intimately with the evidence of man's ruin by sin. It is not John's business here to call attention to His Messiahship, not even when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask, Who art thou? 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. The truth is, the design of manifesting His glory governs all; place or people was a matter of no consequence. 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. (Verses John 7:16-18) , The Jews kept not the law) and wished to kill Him who healed man in divine love. "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." 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. 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. 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. KJV John 4:19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. YLT John 4:19 The woman saith to him, 'Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet; ASV John 4:19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 17 and as We live John 1:11-12 ) it was no lack of testimony ; their was... 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