He who, living, was received for eternal life, is our meat and drink in dying, and gives us communion with His death. He lives continually in an economy which is alienated from God, and which, in itself, must be habitually the subject of God's displeasure and indignation. Verse of the Day , God, My Praise (Study In God - All I Need-19). All this, however, was abstract, whether as to the nature of the Word or as to the place of the Christian. Thus it is not only the person of our Lord viewed as divine, and coming down into the world. "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God . For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. John 3:18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. His opposition to sin, and its terrible effects in this world and the next. 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 the more manifest from His lips to one who was a real impersonation of sin, misery, blindness, degradation. God orders matters so that a favoured teacher of men, favoured as none others were in Israel, should come to Jesus by night. Safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity assessments included adverse events, laboratory evaluations, and positivity for anti-John Cunningham virus antibodies and antinatalizumab antibodies.Results A total of 264 participants (mean [SD] age, 36.7 [9.38] years; 162 [61.4%] female) received treatment with biosim-NTZ (n = 131) or ref-NTZ (n = 133). Of course it is the revelation of Christ; but here He was simply revealing the sources of this indispensable new birth. This He does in verses 16-19. Under all changes, outwardly, He abode as from eternity the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father. 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. 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. Here, then, we have a remarkable display of that which preceded His Galilean ministry, or public manifestation. John is clear about why he wrote his Gospel (20:31): "so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing, you may have life in His name.". Did the dead (for so men are treated, not as alive under law) did they hear the voice of the Son of God? It is the revelation of God yea, of the Father and the Son, and not merely the detecter of man. 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. And in fact, the original hearer apparently . Governmental healing even from Him might only end in "some worse thing" coming. It implies, also, that it will continue to remain on him. Thus solemnly does the meek Lord Jesus unfold these two truths. (John 3:34-36) The price for rejecting the true testimony regarding Jesus. But there is also a fearful positive contrast. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 1John 3:15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. If He judges, it is not without full warning. The wrath of God: "The word does not mean a sudden gust of passion or a burst of temper. The Son gives life, as the Father does; and not merely to whom the Father will, but to whom He will. 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.'' How can such have relationship with God? The season finale saw two major developments on the "who are the parents of John II" mystery. At least, so say many Christians. 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. Besides John 3:36 helping, one can more easily accept pisteou means obeys in John 3:16 when one looks at Apostle John's many quotes of Jesus about obedience. The spreader's ergonomic handles mean the SaltDogg is as comfortable as it is easy to use. (Ver. 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. Once we step into the light God gives us a new life. And that means most of the people in the world are going straight to hell. "Ye will not come to me that ye might have life." 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. It is here we learn in what condition of His person God was to be revealed and the work done; not what He was in nature, but what He became. The 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 . For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. (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. John 1:11-12; John 1:11-12) It was not a question now of Jehovah and His servants. The close of the chapter shows us the Lord in Galilee. Obey certainly was the meaning of pisteuo in John 3:36 (see page 448). 2.Geneva Study BibleHe that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not {c} see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. No charge could be remoter from the truth. Footnotes. Expressly had He told the man to take up his couch and walk, as well as to rise. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning, He that believeth on the Son Who is a proper object of faith and trust; which, if he was not truly and properly God, he would not be: and this is to be understood not of any sort of faith, a temporary, or an historical one; but of that which is the faith of God's elect, the gift of God, and the operation of his Spirit; by which a man sees the Son, goes unto him, ventures and relies upon him, and commits himself to him, and expects life and salvation from him; and who shall not be ashamed and confounded; for such an one. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. (not ) also appears in the phrase the wrath to come (Matthew 3:7; Luke 3:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:16, etc.). 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. 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. John 1:35-40) Our Lord acts as One fully conscious of His glory, as indeed He ever was. First, we must worship, if at all, in spirit and in truth. Warning: spoilers for the Season 1 finale of 1923, "Nothing Left to Lose" beyond this point. There is but one unfailing test the Son of God God's testimony to Him. As the new birth for the kingdom of God, so the cross is absolutely necessary for eternal life. It is there that we found the Lord, in the other synoptic gospels, fulfilling His ordinary ministry. It was not the time now to demonstrate in public power these coming, yea, then present truths. The words of Jesus were the words of God; he had the Spirit, not by measure, as the prophets, but in all fulness. Nicodemus remonstrates but is spurned; all retire to their home Jesus, who had none, to the mount of Olives. (36) Here too we have, in the words of John, thoughts which we have found already (John 3:15-16), and shall find again (), in the words of Christ Himself.He that believeth not the Son. The temptation is to hide your light. John 3:16 teaches us that anyone who believes in Jesus Christ, God's Son, will be saved. The one who comes from heaven is above all. (Verse John 3:16), Let it not be passed by, that while the new birth or regeneration is declared to be essential to a part in the kingdom of God, the Lord in urging this intimates that He had not gone beyond the earthly things of that kingdom. Such shall live. 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. 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. Grace begins, glory descends; "Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink." 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. 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 anger of God for sin. 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. The distinctiveness of such a testimony to the Saviour's glory need hardly be pointed out. It implies, also, that it will continue to remain on him. How, indeed, could it be stayed within narrow limits? JOHN DEERE #M47886 LOT OF 2 WALK BEHIND MOWER WHEEL CAPS J215. (36) Here too we have, in the words of John, thoughts which we have found already (John 3:15-16), and shall find again (), in the words of Christ Himself.He that believeth not the Son.--Better, he that obeyeth not the Son. Jesus Christ really is the One who "came from above . The resurrection of the Lord is not more truly a demonstration of His power and glory, than the only deliverance for disciples from the thraldom of Jewish influence. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary36. Here the unlimited scene is in view; not Israel, but the world. The question really is, whether man would trust God. Life eternal is to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom He hath sent. You don't know if they know, or know and don't care, or if they are just U2 and know, don't care and deep down don't . not the Jews only; for, as far as intelligence went, it was little better with the disciples till He rose from the dead. It is not now the revelation of God meeting man either in essential nature, or as manifested in flesh; nor is it the course of dispensational dealing presented in a parenthetic as well as mysterious form, beginning with John the Baptist's testimony, and going down to the millennium in the Son, full of grace and truth. 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. Both words are used in the phrase wrath of God, which commonly denotes a distinct manifestation of God's judgment (Romans 1:18; Romans 3:5; Romans 9:22; Romans 12:19). Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment." 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. Nobody had gone up to heaven: God had taken more than one; but no one had gone there as of right. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." Whosoever denieth the Son hath not the Father; he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. He is a divine person; His manhood brought no attainder to His rights as God. The first four chapters of John precede in point of time the notices of His ministry in the other gospels. (Verses John 1:44-51). Gospel of John of the New Testament, Chapter 3, Verse 16 Such is God's vindication of His outraged rights; and the judgment will be proportionate to the glory that has been set at nought. (See Hebrews 12:2, Hebrews 13:11-13) Again, let me just remark in passing, that although, no doubt, we may in a general way speak of those who partake of the new nature as having that life, yet the Holy Ghost refrains from predicating of any saints the full character of eternal life as a present thing until we have the cross of Christ laid (at least doctrinally) as the ground of it. Shall neither enjoy true life or happiness here nor in the world to come. (John 3:36 YLT), One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son wont see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. What Does It Really Mean That Your Body Is a Temple? It implies, also, that it will continue to remain on him. Abideth on him. Could they, then, reject the Son, and merely miss this infinite blessing of life in Him? Now it is that the great question is decided; now it is that a man receives or refuses Christ. The Bible (from Koine Greek , t bibla, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. 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. Art thou Elias? Nicodemus was told: "Unless a person is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God." Unless one has a new birth, a spiritual birth, one cannot see God's kingdom. Christ's clear command to all sinners is to believe His heavenly testimony: "For whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life, and will not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life." Such is the miserable condition of the sinner! The unbelieving and disobedient, instead of having eternal life, shall not have life: shall not even see it (compare see the kingdom of God, John 3:3). The original Greek word, apeithn, means "rejecting belief," "refusing obedience," or "refusing to be convinced.". 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. On this basisJohn 7:1-53; John 7:1-53 proceeds. "Come, see a man that told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" The wrath of God - The anger of God for sin. It seemed natural: He had fed the poor with bread, and why should not He take His place on the throne? His life "is hid with Christ in God." Hell will "abide" on the person who does not believe in the Son. And Jesus answers, "I that speak unto thee am he." God cannot require for justification (whether initial or "final") both a faith that works and a faith that does not work or is apart from works. The chapters we have had before us (John 1:1-51; John 2:1-25; John 3:1-36) are thus evidently an introduction: God revealed not in the Word alone, but in the Word made flesh, in the Son who declared the Father; His work, as God's Lamb, for the world, and His power by the Holy Ghost in man; then viewed as the centre of gathering, as the path to follow, and as the object even for the attendance of God's angels, the heaven being opened, and Jesus not the Son of God and King of Israel only, but the Son of man object of God's counsels.