John, pt. 24 | John 5:19-32

John 5:19-24 and the Equality of the Son with the Father

All right, if you will at this time look in your Bibles, please turn with me to John chapter 5. John chapter 5 verses 19 through 32. I did not catch the pew Bible page number, please forgive me. One thousand.

What? 1077 1077. John chapter 5 verses 19 through 22. This will be our second message in this in these two paragraphs and this is the.

24th.

Message in the book of john. Let me open us up in prayer. Oh god in the precious name of jesus christ. Speak to us, please Use me this day to speak forth your truth and for us as a church receive the word That you have given to us In jesus name.

Amen. I'm going to begin reading the text beginning in verse 19. Therefore jesus Answered and was saying to them That them here is the religious jews. Truly truly I say to you the son of man can do nothing from himself unless It is something he sees the father doing.

For whatever the father does these things the son does also Also does in the same manner. For the father loves the son And shows him all things that he himself is doing. And the father will show him greater works than these So that you will marvel.

For just as the father Raises the dead and gives them life even so the son of man also gives life to whom he wishes. For not even the father judges anyone but has given all judgment to the son. So that all will honor the son even as they honor the father.

He who does not honor the son does not honor the father who sent him. Truly truly I say to you he who hears my word And believes him who sent me Has eternal life and does not come into judgment but Has passed out of death into life.

Truly truly I say to you an hour is coming and is and now is when The dead will hear the voice of the son of god and those who hear will live. For just as the father has life in himself even so he Gave to the son also to have life in himself.

And he gave him all authority to execute judgment. Because he is the son of man. Do not marvel at this for an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice And will come forth. And those who did good deeds to the resurrection of life.

Those who committed evil deeds to the resurrection of judgment. I can do nothing for myself as I hear I judge. And my judgment is righteous because I do not seek my own will but the will of him who sent me.

If I alone bear witness about myself my witness is not true. There is another who bears witness about me. And I know That the witness which he gives about me is true. Our thing for this lord's day is the same as it was last week.

The equality of jesus with the father my proposition is the same. And it's something that we have spoken about before. Which in every way that the father is god jesus also Is god. I mentioned last week that the father does not out god the son.

Right, we can see this a lot when you get a group of men hanging out with one another. How there seems to be an alpha male who tries to outman other men. Which is a terrible thing to do men don't do that.

Women don't learn from men, right? That's not what's taking place in the trinity. Right. The father is not out God in jesus. Jesus does not out god the father of the holy spirit. Particularly with our text the equality here is speaking about works.

The Trinity, Christology, and Regeneration

The works done by god the father are the same kind of works done by god the son. Now last week I said something That came out wrong concerning the trinity. I went back and listened to the message like I always do kind of like in a way of torturing myself.

All right.

Um.

Just just where I can try to be better, right? I I want to be able to stand before you and be a good preacher and so I want to learn and so I listen to Good preaching throughout the week and then I listen to myself right to try to.

Fix.

The problem, but I said something and when I listened to it, I was like, oh that was wrong. Why did I say that? And if we have a conversation something like this would never come out of my mouth. But in the moment of standing up here before you I said something that was wrong and I apologize.

I said that the father and the son share in deity. That's what I said, but that's not what I meant. Y 'all know that's not what I meant. That's what I said. That's not what I meant. The father and the son do not share in deity.

The father and the son are co-equal in persons because each person Of the trinity Is the one god that is deity. They do not out god one another they don't share. There's not you know, you get 30 percent god.

You get 30 percent god and you get you know, 40 percent god, right? Like they're not this is not how that works. They every one of them every one of the persons are truly god. And so that came out wrong, please forgive me.

And our outline today we We're going to notice the equality that jesus shares with the father and I had four points. He does whatever the father is doing. He raises the dead and gives life. He has been given all judgment.

He receives honor just as the father. So point one and two we looked at last week, which is he does point number one. He does whatever the father is doing. Point number two. He raises the dead and gives life.

This week we'll focus on point three and four. Point three point number three. He has been given all judgment. Point number four. He receives honor just as the father. And as we transition last week, we clearly saw that Jesus does whatever he sees the father doing and we included that this must be speaking about his omnipresence, right?

The omnipresence speaking of the presence of god is everywhere at the same time at the same time. We understand from christology the two natures of christ right the the divine nature and the human nature concerning christ.

That.

That jesus and his divine. He's he's divine and he's human and yet he is one christ, right? You know you people talk about. You can't understand the godhead. Well, we can't understand christology, right?

We even spoke spoke about this wednesday night as josh was leading us in our in our bible study. The divine nature can hold all things together by the word of his power can be present with his disciples and also experiencing the father in heaven.

While the human nature of jesus christ can only be in one place at one time We also saw that jesus in his Has the power to raise the dead and give life.

As.

The father does.

We saw this clearly in these two paragraphs We're dealing with. One was a physical resurrection of the body from the dead. That's future.

Future.

And we'll look deep into that today. The other we saw last week we walked through was speaking about regeneration. Regeneration takes place between in between the first. And the second advent. So advent here speaking about the comings of jesus.

First coming. Jesus comes as an infant grows to a man. That's his first advent. Second advent jesus comes at the end of days. When jesus returns for the second time he will judge the living and the dead and after that event happens.

There will be no more regeneration. Right. When jesus comes for the second time there's not going to be second chances for people to be regenerated and brought into the church. Once he comes.

That's it.

No more regeneration. No more being awakened from spiritual death. That happens between first and second advent. Regeneration is the resurrection of the spiritual dead those who are spiritually dead. Remember we saw last week.

They cannot Live for god and they cannot respond To the call of god in the gospel. Me and you we can go out and preach and preach and preach all day long if god does not awaken them They can't respond.

The only way That the spiritual dead can respond is if like our text says They hear the voice of the son of god and god grants to them regeneration. Somehow as I Argue when witnessing or preaching and proclamation are speaking forth gospel.

They hear the voice of jesus if they only hear my voice, which isn't a great voice. If they only hear me, they cannot be awakened but if through my voice jesus speaks They can be awakened. Regeneration is Is when a spiritually dead unbeliever is awakened from their spiritually death their spiritual death By the spirit of god.

So this voice of jesus Accompanies the spirit of god being placed in them and god giving them faith to believe in granting to them repentance. So we're going to look at some text real quick that shows Physical and spiritual life given to us by god first we'll see We receive physical life from god and i'm sure there's no theologian that would argue with this.

You don't have to turn to these verses. I'm going to be rapidly firing. If you're taking notes by all means genesis 2. Genesis chapter 2 verse 7 says this then yahweh god formed man from dust From the ground and listen breathe Into his nostrils the breath of life.

So the man became a living being. Job chapter 33 verse 4 The spirit of god has made me. And the breath of the almighty gives me life. Nehemiah chapter 9 verse 6.

You.

Alone are yahweh. Listen to him. You alone are yahweh. You have made the heavens and the heavens of heavens with all their hosts. The earth and all that is in it the seas and all that is in them you Give life to all of them.

And the heavenly hosts listen bows down to you. The heavenly host bows down to god. Yahweh acts. Chapter 17 20 verses 24 to 25.

Then god who.

Made the world and all that is in it since he is the lord of heaven and earth. Does not dwell in temples made with hands nor is he served by human hands As though he needed anything. Since he himself gives life Gives to all people life, excuse me gives to all people life and breath and all things first.

Timothy chapter 6 verse 13 Paul writes. I charge you in the presence of god who alone Gives life to all things and of christ jesus who has. Who testified the good confession before pontius pilate? John chapter 1 verses 3 and 4 speaking of jesus all things came into being through him and apart from him nothing Came into being that has come into being in him was life and that life was the light of man.

We also receive spiritual life from god. John 3 16 for god so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3 36 he who believes in the son has eternal life.

John 20 verse 31. But these things have been written so that you may believe that jesus is the christ the son Of god and that believing you may have life in his name. Ephesians chapter 2 verses 4 and 5.

But god being rich in mercy because of this great love which he has loved us even when we were dead in our transgressions Made us alive together with christ by grace. You have been saved. Colossians 3 4 when christ who is our life is manifested Then you also would be manifested with him in glory.

Galatians 2 20 I have been crucified with christ and is no longer I who live my physical life. It is no longer I who live but christ lives in me in the life, which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the son of god who loved me and gave himself for me.

Philippians chapter 1 verse 21 for me to live is christ. And to die is gain. Ladies and gentlemen without spiritual life given to us in christ We will remain spiritually dead carrying out the conduct of our mind and our flesh.

Christ's Authority to Judge at the Last Day

Point number three. He has given all judgment. All judgment to the son we see this in verse 22 of our text. For not even the father jesus speaking not even the father judges anyone. But has given all judgment.

To.

The son. Now if you will real quickly turn a couple pages in your bible to chapter 3. We're going to look at verses 17 through 20. So chapter 5 tells us that all judgment has been given to the son. Listen to Chapter john 3 17 through 20.

For god did not send the son into the world to judge the world. Seems to be a little apparent contradiction, huh? Let's finish reading. But that the world might be saved through him. He who believes in him is not judged.

He who does not believe has already been been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten son of god. And this is the judgment that light has come into the world. And men love darkness rather than light for their deeds were evil.

For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come into the light least his Deeds.

Be exposed.

What we have here. Even in judgment speaking of the first and second advent the first at the first advent god did not send his son into the world to judge the world. But rather that through him the world will be saved.

And at the second advent when jesus comes he's coming to judge the world. Right now in between the first and second advent those who do not believe are already judged. If you don't believe you're judged.

They are already condemned. They're already why do you witness. Because the world is judged they're condemned. They're spiritually dead. They are condemned because of the light which is jesus has come Into the world because he has come into the world.

All men are condemned and judged if they do Not believe. Hence why we must preach. The spiritual dead refuse to believe because they love evil and hate the light. Their their flesh is driven their body their body the things that they do.

It's driven by their imagination. By the things they can think of. I've said this many times my hand can't reach out to grab my My pen that I preach with unless my mind tells my hand to grab the pen. My body is driven by my mind.

So too with the spiritual dead that's why they do these these devilish acts it's coming from their mind. So what I want to do is something that I did last week. I want to look at verse 22 of john and verse 22 of john chapter 5.

With verses 27 28 and 29. I mentioned last week that these two paragraphs. So in in paragraph 1 18 through 24 Jesus says some things but in pair in the second paragraph from verses 25 through 32, he he kind of Opens what he said in the first paragraph up.

He kind of explains it so. It would be hard to preach this paragraph without mentioning the order in which the next paragraph highlights what he's saying. So read with me verse 22, then we'll skip to 27 and read through 29.

For not even the father judges.

Anyone.

But has given all judgment to the son. Verse 27. And he gave him authority to execute judgment. Because he is the son of man. Ladies and gentlemen, that's messianic title. Do not marvel at this for an hour is coming In which all who are in the tombs will hear his voice.

And will come forth those who did good deeds to the resurrection of life. And those who did evil deeds to the resurrection of judgment. So too this verse. This is speaking of second advent. This is speaking of the very last day in time and space.

Right when jesus comes and wraps everything in a bow Usher ushering in. The consummation of the kingdom it has already been inaugurated it's begun. And when he comes again, it will be consummated the last day when jesus returns to judge the living and the dead.

Matthew 25 Gives us a beautiful picture of this event. Well beautiful for some. If you return there with me we're going to be reading Verses 31 through 46 36 matthew chapter 5. I mean, excuse me, matthew 25 verses 31 through 46.

Jesus speaking. Notice again the son of man messianic, but when the son of man comes And the glory of all the angels With him then he will sit on his glorious throne. And all the nations will be gathered before him.

And he will separate them from one another as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will put the sheep on the on his right and the goats on the left. Then the king will say to those on his right come you who are blessed of my father Inherit the kingdom which has been prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger And you invited me in Naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.

Then the righteous will answer him saying lord When do we see you hungry and feed you or thirsty and give you something to drink. And when do we see you a stranger and invite you in or naked and clothe you.

And when do we see you sick or in? prison and Come to you. Then the king will answer and say to them truly I say to you To the extent That you did it for one of my one of these brothers of mine even to the least of these of them You did it to me.

Then he will also say to those on his left depart from me Accursed ones into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink.

I was a stranger and you did not invite me in naked and you did not clothe me sick. And in prison and you did not visit. And they themselves will answer also answer and saying lord When did we see you hungry or thirsty or stranger or naked or sick or in prison?

And did not take care of you. Then he answered them saying truly truly I say to you to the extent that you did not Do it to one of the least of these you did not do it to me. And these will go away into an eternal punishment but the righteous To eternal life notice both are eternal.

I want you to notice That both groups of people sheeps and goats Are raised from the dead they're they're risen from the dead. And in these two groups are housed everyone Who has ever lived or ever will live past present future?

If god has breathed not breath into your nostrils. He has given you life you will Be in this resurrection of the dead. On the last day there will be only two groups of people the sheep and the goats. It won't be separated from the rich or the poor from the black and the white By ethnicities.

But by sheep and goats. You won't be with your political party. You will either be a sheep or you will be a goat. You will either be Someone who is a christian who has received spiritual life from god or you will be a rebel in spiritual death.

The sheep are those who have been given spiritual life and the goats are those who remain spiritually dead. And listen, the only reason that the sheep are able to perform these deeds, right? These days that it names off the only reason they are able to perform these deeds.

It's because god gave them His spirit right we read that in ezekiel. He gives us his spirit that causes us to obey him. A spirit by which we're able to love our neighbor. Now i'm not saying that the goats the spiritual dead cannot love their neighbor.

But.

What i'm saying is is even in their good deeds. It's sinful and it's filthy. Because it's outside of christ. Their good deeds are sinful and filthy because it's outside of christ the scripture talks about.

Your greatest day your best deeds are filthy racks. Right. It's like taking a finding a leopard man. You know a man covered in leprosy taking a a white towel and throwing it over him. And petting him letting that those source absorb into that towel.

And then as it dries ripping the towel off the leopard man. And that towel of disease you're holding up to god saying i've done this for you. That's what it's like to him your greatest deed outside of christ.

And your greatest deed if you're spiritually dead could be greater than my greatest deed as a spiritual living. And it's sinful and it will not be accepted to god. That's the difference. I believe their good deeds are driven by the imagination carried out in their flesh that even their.

Like we christians struggle with this right doing a good deed for the right reason.

Right.

For for unselfish motive unmotivated reason it's hard for us to perform these things. The deeds have to be.

The.

The act of the deed has to be Understood in what's been given to them by god in christ. First john chapter 3 verse 2 says this beloved. Now we are children of god. And it has not been manifested as yet what we will be.

Speaking of that that day when jesus comes back. I mean we're Resurrected. We know that when he is manifested we will be like him Because we will see him as he.

Is.

What we do know? Is that the bodies that we have? That the bodies that we will have excuse me that the bodies that we will have When he comes will be fit for eternity. The bodies that we have now are fit for earth.

They're not fit for eternity. They're fit for earth. All right, the bodies that we have now are from the earth and to the earth they will return. Our resurrected bodies both the sheep and the goats will be fit for eternity that is set before them.

So those who are raised that are given that have been given spiritual life the sheep their body is going to be Uh prepared for an eternity with god in his presence in heaven. That's come to earth. Right your body will be prepared to be in the presence of god.

Right the the same kind of body jesus has that's the kind of body that you will have. It will be a body prepared for An eternity with the father in heaven. While the body that that is given to the goats Will be a body that is prepared for an eternity to spend with satan and his angels in hell.

That body will be a body that can absorb the that can take this punishment. With without decay without dying without ceasing to exist. See your human body now cannot be in the presence of god flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom.

Of god.

Right being with the father in heaven. We would we would melt like fervent heat. We would melt and just like the body that we have. Now if you throw this body in fire, what happens ash?

But.

We're going to be given a body who are spiritually alive to be with christ in heaven. That will be able to absorb the father. We'll be able to live with the father with jesus with god.

While.

The goats will be able to suffer eternal punishment in hell with the devil and his angels. We will be given a body fit for the purpose that it was set for. On the last day when jesus returns and the dead are are risen We will be risen when we hear the voice of jesus.

And as we transition this is a wonderful parallel between both resurrections. Both resurrections spiritual resurrection and the physical resurrection take place through hearing the voice of the son of god.

Right ain't that what we saw last week? Verse 25 truly I say to you this is speaking of Of the spiritual resurrection. Truly truly I say to you an hour is coming and now is notice the end. Now is so this is something that's taking place then and continuing to take place when the Dead will hear the voice of the son of god and those who hear will live.

That's spiritual resurrection. And then verse 28 do not marvel at this for an hour is coming In which all who are in the tombs will hear the voice will hear his voice. So both resurrections take place by hearing the voice of the son of god.

Honor the Son to Honor the Father

Point number four. He receives honor just as the father. So this is taken from verses 22 to through 24. Verses 22 through 24 listen. For not even for not even the father judges anyone. But has given all judgment to the son so that all Will honor the son even as they honor the father.

He who does Not honor the son does not honor the father who sent him. Truly truly, I say to you he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has Eternal life and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into.

Life.

Now from these verses jesus reveals to us.

Why.

Judgment has been given to him. So so why has judgment been given to jesus? It has been given to him so that all will honor him as they honor the father. That's what it says. All right. Coming off the heels of verse 22.

Even as the even the father judge. For not even the father judges anyone but has given all judgment to the son. So that all will honor the son even as they honor the father.

Who sent me has passed out of death into death?

So there's a particular reason why jesus has been given The the right for judgment so that all will honor him. The father wants us To honor the son. The father wants the son to receive honor that he receives.

Jesus clearly lays this out For us that we are to honor him the son the father. Y 'all might have heard me mention this recently That this is why there's no such thing as a godly.

Jew.

Don't run out the building yet. Let me explain. This is why there's no such thing as a godly jew. And by that I mean practicing jew someone who is practicing judaism. Jews do not honor the son. And since they do not honor the son They do not honor the father.

First john if you will turn there with me first john chapter 2 We will read verses 21 through 23 first john chapter 2 21 through 23. John writes this I have not written to you because you do not know the truth But because you know it And because there's no And because no lie is of the truth.

Who is the liar? Listen, but he who denies that jesus is the christ. This is the antichrist. The one who denies the father and the son. But notice it says Earlier just denial of the son. Well verse 23 explains how they deny the father everyone who denies the son Does not have the father the one who confesses the son Has the father if you deny the son?

You deny the father. If you just if you say that jesus is not the christ you are Antichrist. Practice in jews deny that jesus is the christ. You cannot listen to me ladies gentlemen. And people that might be watching you cannot be a godly jew and an antichrist at the same time.

You cannot deny the son And follow god at the same time. This is why muslims are antichrists. Any form of other religion. Whether even if it's sub sub-christian cults mormonism Jehovah's witnesses one is pentecostalism.

All of these cults all these false religions who who put upon jesus something that he is not They are antichrist. They deny what the bible teaches about jesus. And I think the text is clear the best way for us to honor the father.

You want the you want to honor the father? Honor the son. Honor the son. Now I want us to look at verses 24 and As through 20, I mean, excuse me 22 through 24 The same way that we did earlier paralleled as as with verses 30 through 32.

So let's go back and read that real quick. So verses.

Now in verse 24, we have jesus bearing witness. Verses 23 through 24, we have jesus bearing witness. About the father. So before we read 30 and 32, let's first just read 20 through 20 22 through 24. For not even the father judges anyone.

I know we just read this but it's important that we do it again. But not even the father judges anyone but has given all judgment to the son. So that all will honor the son even as the honor of the father.

He who does not honor. The son does not honor the father who sent him truly truly. I say to you He who hears my words pay attention right here. He who hears my word And believes him who sent me pointing to the father has eternal life.

And does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. All throughout the gospel all throughout this gospel the witness of john speaking of jesus is Believing in jesus. Believe in jesus.

Believe in jesus. Over and over we've been reading that we've been saying that i've been preaching that believe in jesus. And you have eternal life.

Jesus.

In verse 24 Points us to the father he who hears my word And believes him who sent me this that is the father has eternal life. It's both right jesus does. Jesus includes the father. The father includes jesus.

Do you see that.

Over and over. Believe in jesus believe in jesus believe in jesus. Jesus is saying. He who hears my words and believes the father believe believes the father has eternal life. You cannot have one without the other.

You cannot have the father without jesus and you cannot have jesus without the father. And so too I would add the third person of the trinity of the holy spirit John 3 36. We read a piece of this earlier.

He who believes in the son has eternal life. But he who does not obey the son will not see life but the wrath of god abides on him. So here we have. You have to believe in the son again. Verse 24 of john chapter 5 also.

Truly truly I say to you he who hears my words and believes him who sent me has eternal life. And notice here It says. And he does not come into judgment But has passed out of out of death into life.

So.

Eternal life means that you do not come into judgment, but you pass out of judgment into life. Jesus speaking with martha we'll see this in Later on in the chapters. Chapter 11. He says to her he who believes in him even though they die yet shall they live.

Right. We we know that the so that sin shall die for the wages of sin is death that when you die You are receiving a paycheck for the life that you live. Why do we die? Because we sin. John chapter 3 first john chapter 3 verse 4 tells us that sin is lawlessness when you break god's law you're sinning.

We die because we sin. The wages of sin is death. Everyone that has ever lived will die but this is telling us that even though we die Yet shall we live that that when we die we Whoever believes has eternal life and we when we And does not come into judgment listen, but passed out of death into life.

Ladies and gentlemen christians, even though our bodies may cease to Be able to have that life in us that god has given us. We don't die. We don't come into judgment. We pass from life from death to life.

This is basically in an already and not yet the removal of the sting of death christians pass out of judgment. Remember and when jesus comes again, there goes that saying death. Where is your victory?

Oh death. Where is your sting? That's an already and not yet. It's taking place now if a christian dies.

They.

Have passed out of judgment into life. That's why the bible talks about that. God does not delight in the death of the wicked. He does not delight in the death of the wicked. But oh it also says that he delights in the death of the saints.

That when someone who is a christian dies yet we hear more god is delighting in their death. He is able now to be with him or they are able to be with him. Look at look at verses 30 To 32 like in verses 30 to 32.

We have jesus telling us that the father is his witness. He says you want you want someone to witness of me? Jesus gives them a witness. He says I can do nothing for myself. As I hear I judge. And my judgment is righteous because I do not seek my own will.