And so, in fact, it was and is. Nor was it from any indistinctness in the record, or in him who gave it. There was sentence of death pronounced on their system, and they felt accordingly. Warning: spoilers for the Season 1 finale of 1923, "Nothing Left to Lose" beyond this point. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. Most music is crap. This is confirmed further by John the Baptist's statement in John 3:36, "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not (apeitheo) the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him." The word "apeitheo" is understood by all good translators and commentators to mean obedience. Afterwards, John the Baptist explains why he's content to see his own ministry fade into the background. He regularly attends Shreveport City Council and Caddo Parish Commission meetings. This verse is the only place where God's wrath is mentioned in the gospel of John. 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. Life eternal is to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom He hath sent. Fritzsche, p. 21). 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 disciples of John dispute with a Jew about purification; but John himself renders a bright witness to the glory of the Lord Jesus. 2) John 3:16 In The Bible. But here these streams of the Spirit are substituted for the feast of tabernacles, which cannot be accomplished till Christ come from heaven and show Himself to the world; for this time was not yet come. It is the final setting aside of Judaism then, whose characteristic hope was the display of power and rest in the world. "But He said to them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of." Life is in the Son, and He who has the Son has life and there is no condemnation to those that have placed their faith in Him. He was God. Observe: not which was, but "which is." His corporeal presence was not necessary; His word was enough. He could, therefore, tell them of heavenly things as readily as of earthly things; but the incredulity about the latter, shown in the wondering ignorance of the new birth as a requisite for God's kingdom, proved it was useless to tell of the former. Accordingly, if the law raised the question of righteousness in man, the cross of the Lord Jesus, typifying Him made sin, is the answer; and there has all been settled to the glory of God, the Lord Jesus having suffered all the inevitable consequences. THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL John 3:36 - George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary. He redeemed us from the curse of the Law, and secured redemption and the forgiveness of sin, for all who would trust in His finished work at Calvary for the salvation of their soul. John 3:17; John 3:17) This decides all before the execution of judgment, Every man's lot is made manifest by his attitude toward God's testimony concerning His Son. abideth on himIt was on Him before, and not being removed in the only possible way, by "believing on the Son," it necessarily remaineth on him! This is the truth; but the Jews had the law, and hated the truth. Abideth on him - This implies that he is "now" under the wrath of God, or under condemnation. There is no changing or bettering the old man; and, thanks be to God, the new does not degenerate or pass away. Matthew Poole's Commentary He that, hearing the proposition of the gospel, so agreeth to it, as with his heart he receiveth him as his Saviour, and trusteth and hopeth in him, hath everlasting life; that is, a certain and just title to it, nay, in the first fruits; being actually delivered from condemnation, Romans 8:1, to which, without faith, he is exposed: he already liveth a spiritual life, Galatians 2:20; and having Christ in him, hath the hope of glory, into the possession of which he shall most certainly come. I titled an earlier message from John 1:15-18, "Why You Should Believe in Jesus.". (John 3:34-36) The price for rejecting the true testimony regarding Jesus. John 1:11-12; John 1:11-12) It was not a question now of Jehovah and His servants. The result immediately follows. 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. Here the unlimited scene is in view; not Israel, but the world. (Verses John 1:44-51). 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. Thus former things pass away; the old man is judged, dead, and clean gone. As Burge (pp. 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. Besides this, goodness overflows, in that the Father is gathering children, and making worshippers. It was worldliness in its worst shape, even to the point of turning the glory of Christ to a present account. Abideth on him. A cash balance plan is an excellent choice for owners and employees when considering how to provide cost-effective retirement benefits. They wonder, as they had murmured before (John 7:12-15); but Jesus shows that the desire to do God's will is the condition of spiritual understanding. This implies that he is now under the wrath of God, or under condemnation. 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. Very remarkable are the following words of the Jews (b) concerning the Messiah, whom they call the latter Redeemer: "whosoever believes in him "shall" live; but he that believes not in him shall go to the nations of the world, and they shall kill him.'' Christ did not wait till the time was fully come for the old things to pass away, and all to be made new. In the five porches, then, of this pool lay a great multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. John's desire, and the reason he existed, was to see Christ exalted and glorified. But none need hate, and none need live in wilful sin. Coming after John as to date, He is necessarily preferred before him in dignity; for He was ( ) [not come into being ( )] before Him. He bows to, as he explains, the sovereign will of God. No charge could be remoter from the truth. 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. He that comes from above from heaven is above all. There is the nicest care to maintain His personal glory, no matter what the subject may be. He will have all honour the Son, even as Himself. The truth is, the design of manifesting His glory governs all; place or people was a matter of no consequence. Hence the Son, being in this ineffable nearness of love, has declared not God only, but the Father. (Verses John 7:16-18) , The Jews kept not the law) and wished to kill Him who healed man in divine love. It was no longer a moot-point whether God could trust man; for, indeed, He could not. VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. (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. Thus we all not only receive of His fulness, (and what fulness illimitable was there not in Him!) The hour was one for faith, or unbelief. There is no more powerful way to deliver this message than to let John 3:16 speak for itself. The Son had not come to execute the judgments of the law they knew, nor even to promulgate a new and higher law. Further, if Jesus had made such a statement, He would have contradicted numerous other Bible passages that make it clear that salvation is by faith (John 3:16; John 3:36; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5). 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. Now it is that the great question is decided; now it is that a man receives or refuses Christ. But all that is historically related of the Lord Jesus inJohn 1:1-51; John 1:1-51; John 2:1-25; John 3:1-36; John 4:1-54. was before the imprisonment of the Baptist. 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. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on them. It is the necessary aspect of love and holiness toward those who reject love, and wilfully sin. Her life is laid before her by His voice, and she confesses to Him that God Himself spoke to her in His words: "Sir [said she], I perceive that thou art a prophet." 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! Grace begins, glory descends; "Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink." First, we must worship, if at all, in spirit and in truth. John 1:20-25) John does not even speak of Him as one who, on His rejection as Messiah, would step into a larger glory. Further, it is connected intimately with the evidence of man's ruin by sin. Whosoever denieth the Son hath not the Father; he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. Answer: John 3:16 does not say that unbelievers have the ability of their own sinful free will, to receive Christ. How singularly is the glory of the Lord Jesus thus viewed, as invested with the testimony of God and its crown! The first . Alas! Were the Jews zealously keeping the sabbath? hath everlasting life; he has it in Christ his head, in whom he believes; he has a right unto it through the justifying righteousness of Christ, and a meetness for it by his grace; he has it in faith and hope; he has the beginning of it in the knowledge of Christ, and communion with him; he has some foretastes of it in his present experience; and he has the earnest and pledge of it in his heart, even the blessed Spirit, who works him up for this selfsame thing: and he that believeth not the Son; that does not believe Christ to be the Son of God, or Jesus to be the Messiah; or rejects him as the Saviour; who lives and dies in a state of impenitence and unbelief: shall not see life; eternal life; he shall not enter into it, and enjoy it; he shall die the second death. The dreadful truth comes out: the Lord did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all men. Piety here is the same that it will be there, except that it will be expanded, matured, purified, made more glorious. Mark what, as such, He does declare Him. Follow the buttons in the right-hand column for detailed definitions and verses that use the same . How withering the words! Thus it is a kind of transitional fact for a most important part of our gospel, though still introductory. Jesus Christ really is the One who "came from above . Such is the miserable condition of the sinner! Such shall live. John gives us this point of contact with them, though in an incident peculiar to himself. The word, which occurs only here in the Gospels, is not the same as that at the beginning of the verse, and shows that the faith there intended is the subjection of the . But this is the command of God, That men should believe on his Son, 1Jo 3:23. Here the Lord was really owned by the multitudes as the great Prophet that should come; and this in consequence of His works, especially that one which Scripture itself had connected with the Son of David. 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. Such is the miserable condition of the sinner! behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. Lastly, closing this part, we have another most remarkable contrast. He could have healed the man without the smallest outward act to shock their zeal for the law. ", 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, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. I pray that I might live for Him. (Ver. Commentary on John 3:22-36. So bright was His glory, so concerned was the Father in maintaining it, so immense the blessing if received, so tremendous the stake involved in its loss, that God vouchsafed the amplest and clearest witnesses. But there was this difference from the former occasion, that, at the marriage in Cana (John 2:1-25), the change of the water into wine was clearly millennial in its typical aspect. There was purpose in it. ( ) flesh, and dwelt among us." If He spoke the truth, they were blasphemers. One needs no more than to read, as believers, these wonderful expressions of the Holy Ghost, where we cannot but feel that we are on ground wholly different from that of the other gospels. The man could not tell the Jews the name of his benefactor. Published by at February 16, 2022. 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. The word, which occurs only here in the Gospels, is not the same as that at the beginning of the verse, and shows that the faith there intended is the subjection of the will to the Son, to whom the Father hath given all things (John 3:35). Thus, in His person, as well as in His work, they joined issue. 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. If He judges, it is not without full warning. Rather, he refers to the fame and influence of Christ. It will "abide" or "dwell" there as its appropriate habitation. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. Of course, not all know that this has happened for them (and all humanity) and some who know, have rejected that truth. For were it not God Himself in the person of Jesus, it had been no glory to God, but a wrong and a rival. For He who spoke was divine. Shall never enter heaven. 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. Heavenly things are set in evident contradistinction, and link themselves immediately here, as everywhere, with the cross as their correlative. Both and are used in the New Testament for wrath or anger, and without any commonly observed distinction. Later He was determined to be Son of God with power by resurrection of the dead. Let them learn, then, that as Son of man (for which nature they despised Him, and denied His essential personal glory) He will judge; and this judgment will be no passing visitation, such as God has accomplished by angels or men in times past. Teach the Doctrine: Younger Children Jonah 1:4-17; 3:3-5 The Lord blesses me when I obey Him. Just as distinct and beyond comparison is His testimony who, coming from heaven and above all, testifies what He saw and heard, however it might be rejected. of It is a golden verse that is often first introduced to young children when growing up. (Ver. Thus, manifestly, the whole question is terminated at the very starting-point of our gospel; and this is characteristic of John all through: manifestly all is decided. It was sabbath-day. 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. Nay, therefore it was they, reasoning, denied Him to be God. The distinctiveness of such a testimony to the Saviour's glory need hardly be pointed out. " Undeniably, these words of the Lord are truths. The Bible is an anthology - a compilation of texts of a variety of forms - originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. 42). For them, Israel, or the world, all is over. The first four chapters of John precede in point of time the notices of His ministry in the other gospels. Therefore, it seems to me, He adds verse 24. 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. 0. what does john 3:36 mean. We have now the Word made flesh, called Jesus Christ this person, this complex person, that was manifest in the world; and it is He that brought it all in. He that believeth not the Son.Better, he that obeyeth not the Son. 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." But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." Salem Media Group. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? As a weapon of conviction, most justly had it in the mind of the Lord Jesus the weightiest place, little as man thinks now-a-days of it. "And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. The evangelist has used this encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus to bring forth some important points. Obedience, however, includes faith. 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. And in this He is sovereign. I apprehend the words the Authorised Version gives in italics should disappear. No man hath seen God at any time. (Verses John 4:31-38). (ver. The results for the believer or unbeliever are eternal in good or in evil. He who believes in the Son has eternal life; buthe who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.". 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? Nevertheless, Christ did come to His own things, His proper, peculiar possession; for there were special relationships. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not, was reckoned among the readings less to be relied on; in which the, He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life, Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who rejects the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him. John 3:36. He wanted nothing; He came to give yea, the very best, so to speak, that God has. All this, however, was abstract, whether as to the nature of the Word or as to the place of the Christian. 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. So we see in the attractive power, afterwards dealing with individual souls. * The best text omits other expressions, evidently derived from verses John 1:15; John 1:30John 1:30. John 1:29; John 1:29John 1:34; John 1:34) of John Baptist's testimony here named; the first day (ver. Indeed, He was the great Prophet, as He was the great King, and as He is now the great Priest on high. He is lost at the point of his birth. At this time, Israel's Roman occupiers have given a small group of Sadducees and Pharisees limited powers to rule, and Nicodemus is one of the Pharisees. Did the dead (for so men are treated, not as alive under law) did they hear the voice of the Son of God? How was this? But here it was not God's purpose to record it. He is under the eternal sentence of death. Under all changes, outwardly, He abode as from eternity the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father. {n} He that believeth Heb 2:4; Joh 3:15,16, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window). "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." Note on John 6:56.). The season finale saw two major developments on the "who are the parents of John II" mystery. He acts as such. 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. 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. Shine The Light. how to get incineroar hidden ability; And he answered, No. But as many as received him, to them gave he power [rather, authority, right, or title] to become children of 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. (Ver. 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. The Father did not judge, but committed all judgment into the hands of the Son, because He is the Son of man.
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