john 4:16 19 commentary

(ver. For "he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. But here it was not God's purpose to record it. 19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. It is not that He denies the truth of what they were thus desiring and attached to. Web1 John 4:16 (KJV) - Forerunner Commentary. And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven." Hence the Lord, while fully owning the labours of all preceding labourers, has before His eyes the whole boundless expanse of grace, the mighty harvest which His apostles were to reap in due time. Why should He not show Himself to the world? "He must, increase, but I decrease." God never left Himself without witness; He did not even among the Gentiles, surely yet less in Israel. WebThe Witness of John. But let them beware how they perverted it. Heavenly things, therefore, could not but be natural to Him, if one may so say. Remark, too, the extent of the work involved in verse 29. He will have all honour the Son, even as Himself. 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. The looking for signs and wonders is rebuked; but mortality is arrested. God the Father forms a new family in, by, and for Christ. Jesus not only could go up, as He did later, but He had come down thence, and, even though man, He was the Son of man that is in heaven. (Ver. 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? Still the Lord refused the crown then: it was not the time or state for His reign. 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. This is grace and truth. - Now Jesus knew (perceived by his Divine penetration of human thought here quickened by their anxious look and hurried whisperings) that they were wishing to question him, and he said to them, Are you inquiring among yourselves concerning this that I said, A little while, etc. That is an average increase of $1.49 trillion per year. As the new birth for the kingdom of God, so the cross is absolutely necessary for eternal life. Also called john mule . of The effect is thus final, even as His person, witness, and glory are divine. His glorious person would have none now in relation to God but members of the family. 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. (e.g. Alistair Macrae, minister at Wesley Uniting Church, joins Robyn & Fran to discuss discipleship, call, and repentance in Matthew 4. Author. Here, then, we have a remarkable display of that which preceded His Galilean ministry, or public manifestation. And whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 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. It seemed natural: He had fed the poor with bread, and why should not He take His place on the throne? "He came unto his own [things], and his own [people] received him not. 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. But as many as received him, to them gave he power [rather, authority, right, or title] to become children of God." Pilate, disposed to gratify the Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. Truth and grace were not sought nor found in man, but began to subsist here below by Jesus Christ. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. Web40 One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 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." As there is an absolute necessity on God's part that man should be thus born anew, so He lets him know there is an active grace of the Spirit, as the wind blows where it will, unknown and uncontrolled by man, for every one that is born of the Spirit, who is sovereign in operation. "No man hath seen God at any time: the only-begotten Son," etc. 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. None else could do either work: for here we see His great work on earth, and His heavenly power. John 5:19-29), It is evident, then, that the Lord presents life in Himself as the true want of man, who was not merely infirm but dead. 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. 8 He himself was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. Such was Jesus in person, contrasted with all who belong to the earth. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours." Jan 16, 2023 at 9:27 am. (Verses John 5:17-18). 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. (sometimes initial capital letter) a prostitute's customer. (Ver. No such sounds, no such realities were ever heard or known in Israel. Wonderful things in the Bible I see, The sacrificial death of Him who is God goes far beyond the thought of Israel. It is the final setting aside of Judaism then, whose characteristic hope was the display of power and rest in the world. There was sentence of death pronounced on their system, and they felt accordingly. As an experienced minister, Alistair shares his approach to preaching. But it is important we should know how He entered the world. WebMatthew Henry's Commentary on 1 John 4:16-19 Commentary on 1 John 4:14-21 (Read 1 John 4:14-21) The Father sent the Son, he willed his coming into this world. John 7:6-8) They belonged to the world. (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. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry commended World Economic Forum attendees on Tuesday, saying their efforts to combat climate change were "almost extraterrestrial." Man is morally judged. "The law was given by Moses." (Verses John 7:16-18) , The Jews kept not the law) and wished to kill Him who healed man in divine love. New Living Translation. Such are the grand emphatic points to which the Lord leads. But see the blessed fruit of receiving it. 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." It was worldliness in its worst shape, even to the point of turning the glory of Christ to a present account. (VersesJohn 6:1-21; John 6:1-21). But there was a man who had been infirm for thirty and eight years. Man, under law, proved powerless; and the greater the need, the less the ability to avail himself of such merciful intervention as God still, from time to time, kept up throughout the legal system. 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. (ver. But Jesus finds him in the temple, and said, "Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." through "sin." God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. His aspect as thus tabernacling among the disciples was "full of grace and truth." All rights reserved. Such shall live. Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse. They crown Jesus with thorns and dress him in a purple robe. Christ's road from Judea to 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. For the astonishing thought is, not merely that Jesus receives the Holy Ghost without measure, but that God gives the Spirit also, and not by measure, through Him to others. 10 million Ukrainians without power because of Russia. And herein is that true saying, One soweth, and another reapeth. How were they not enjoyed in despised Samaria those two days with the Son of God among them! 1 John 4:16-19. Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband, and come Be they who they may now, as many as receive Him become children of God. This is the truth; but the Jews had the law, and hated the truth. What love! Here He is not portrayed as the Son of man who must be lifted up, but as the Son of God who was given. This is indispensable; for God is a Spirit, and so it cannot but be. It is found also in the omissions of all the material of the Synoptics down to the passion. 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). Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for 1 John 4:16-19 "WE LOVE HIM BECAUSE" I. This is the marked effect on the third day (ver. Do they receive Him not? (John 12:48). 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. If believers genuinely love God they will also obey his commandments. 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. and the more manifest from His lips to one who was a real impersonation of sin, misery, blindness, degradation. (Ver. We have had his name introduced into each part of the preface of our evangelist. "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." 41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. 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. One must be born again for God's kingdom a Jew for what was promised him, like another. God is love. In this chapter the apostle cautions against seducing spirits; advises to try them, and gives rules by which they may be known, and by which they are distinguished from others; and then returns to his favourite subject, brotherly love. A second and wholly new man appears the bread of God, not of man, but for men. Heavenly things are set in evident contradistinction, and link themselves immediately here, as everywhere, with the cross as their correlative. "Come, see a man that told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" 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. 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. 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. Law, means, ordinances, could not meet the need no pool, nor angel nothing but the Son working in grace, the Son quickening. Webnoun Slang. John 1:11-12; John 1:11-12) It was not a question now of Jehovah and His servants. 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. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." No mere man, nor angel, not the highest, the archangel, but the Son. Nor will the full force of this expression be witnessed till the glorious result of His blood shedding sweep away the last trace of sin in the new heavens and the new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 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! If He spoke the truth, they were blasphemers. WebPulpit Commentary Verse 19. (ver. Here the Lord introduces the cross. 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. John 4:16-19 16 He told her, Go, call your husband and come back. 17 I have no husband, she replied. John was not yet cast into prison. 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. What you have just said is quite true.. 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. John 4:1-6; John 4:1-6) What a picture of rejection and humiliation! 1 John 4:19, KJV: We love him, because he first loved us. 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