He that believethhow vast the love and bright the hope of the all-including wordshath eternal life! Today, the phrase "born again" can have any one of a host of meanings. Bear in mind that one of the points of instruction in this first part of our gospel is the action of the Son of God before His regular Galilean ministry. He also knew that Jesus would increase in honour and influence, for of his government and peace there would be no end, while he himself would be less followed. Hath everlasting life. The Son had not come to execute the judgments of the law they knew, nor even to promulgate a new and higher law. Now it is that the great question is decided; now it is that a man receives or refuses Christ. 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. 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? What does this verse really mean? The Word, in order to accomplish these infinite things, "was made. JOHN 3:16 16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 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. Except one were born of water and of the Spirit, he could not enter the kingdom of God. This is the truth; but the Jews had the law, and hated the truth. (See on [1777]Joh 3:18 and [1778]Joh 5:24).shall not see lifeThe contrast here is striking: The one has already a life that will endure for everthe other not only has it not now, but shall never have itnever see it.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! If you've never seen it before, or if you haven't realized what the specific location of it is, this is the verse under that we talk about when we mention John 3:16. "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." 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? The Lord and the disciples are next seen in the country district, not far, it would seem, from John, who was baptizing as they were. Notably He is now applying it to the reconciliation of a people, who are also baptized by the Holy Ghost into one body. The Bible is an anthology - a compilation of texts of a variety of forms - originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. The Son gives life, as the Father does; and not merely to whom the Father will, but to whom He will. (Verses John 5:1-7), On the other hand, the Lord speaks but the word: "Rise, take up thy couch and walk." Indeed, Jesus is God the Son, son of God the Father. He is viewed as retaining the same perfect intimacy with the Father, entirely unimpaired by local or any other circumstances He had entered. The healing of the courtier's son, sick and ready to die, is witness of what the Lord was actually doing among the despised of Israel. Home COMMENTARY What is the meaning of John 3:36? It was much, yet was it little of the glory that was His; but at least it was real; and to the one that has shall be given. Thus we have here the other side of the truth: not merely what God is in life and light, in grace and truth, as revealed in Christ coming down to man; but man is now judged in the very root of his nature, and proved to be entirely incapable, in his best state, of seeing or entering the kingdom of God. "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." (John 3:31) Referring to Jesus, John declares, "The one who comes from above is above allThe one who comes from heaven is above all" (verse 31). It is not a message or a sign, however significant at the moment, which passes away as soon as heard or seen. It was not that they were better than their neighbours. "No man hath seen God at any time: the only-begotten Son," etc. How were they not enjoyed in despised Samaria those two days with the Son of God among them! It is not denunciation, but the most solemn sentence in the calmest manner. Gospel of John of the New Testament, Chapter 3, Verse 16 John 3:16 and Eternal Security | Catholic Answers Abideth on him. He is a divine person; His manhood brought no attainder to His rights as God. He hath it. All rights reserved. Nay, therefore it was they, reasoning, denied Him to be God. 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! And worship is viewed both in moral nature and in the joy of communion doubly. The great fact of the incarnation is brought before us "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father"). Here, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." Such is the miserable condition of the sinner! Teach the Doctrine: Younger Children Jonah 1:4-17; 3:3-5 The Lord blesses me when I obey Him. (Verse John 1:9) The world therefore surely ought to have known its Maker. ", 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. There was sentence of death pronounced on their system, and they felt accordingly. It was impossible that there should not be righteous dealing with human evil against God, in its sources and its streams. Categories . Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary3:22-36 John was fully satisfied with the place and work assigned him; but Jesus came on a more important work. The Father and the Son were at work. 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. 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.'' The Syriac and Arabic versions render it, "shall abide upon him"; so some copies. (not ) also appears in the phrase the wrath to come (Matthew 3:7; Luke 3:7; 1 Thessalonians 2:16, etc.). (Ver. Were the Jews zealously keeping the sabbath? (Verses John 1:44-51). Thus in one way or the other all must honour the Son. Thus a despised Christ is not merely a crucified Son of man, and given Son of God, as in John 3:1-36, but Himself a divine giver in communion with the Father, and in the power of the Holy Ghost who is given to the believer, the source of worship, as their God and Father is its object for the worshippers in spirit and truth (though surely not to the exclusion of the Son, Hebrews 1:1-14). 1 John 3:15 Commentary | Precept Austin The temptation is to hide your light. (John 3:36 KJV), He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him. And as life is in the person of the Son, so God in sending Him meant not that the smallest uncertainty should exist for aught so momentous. 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. The one who believes in the Son has eternal life; but the one who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.'. The effect is thus final, even as His person, witness, and glory are divine. Be they who they may now, as many as receive Him become children of God. (Comp. However, *all* are invited to reciprocate---to live into the gift God has, already, given them in Christ (see John 1:12 ). Yet thousands choose to remain in this state, and to encounter alone all that is terrible in the wrath of Almighty God, rather than come to Jesus, who has borne their sins in his own body on the tree, and who is willing to bless them with the peace, and purity, and joy of immortal life. Here was a meeting, indeed, between such an one and Him, the Son, true God and eternal life. In love, God sent his Son to die for all in order to forgive and accept all, in Christ. Shall neither enjoy true life or happiness here nor in the world to come. Then He rebukes the carnality of His brethren. (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. 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." 47 Add to cart SaltDogg Part # 3001523 - Hex Flange Nut 1/2-13 SST 0 SaltDogg Part # 3001523 - Hex Flange Nut 1/2-13 SST $ 1. It seemed natural: He had fed the poor with bread, and why should not He take His place on the throne? 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. But as many as received him, to them gave he power [rather, authority, right, or title] to become children of God." The issue of all is, that the will of man is the real cause and spring of enmity. It implies, also, that it will continue to remain on him. (John 2:1-25) The change of water into wine manifested His glory as the beginning of signs; and He gave another in this early purging of the temple of Jerusalem. Rather, it is the settled displeasure of God against sin. (SeePsalms 2:1-12; Psalms 2:1-12) But the Lord tells him of greater things he, should see, and says to him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, henceforth (not "hereafter," but henceforth) ye shall see the heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man. It will abide or dwell there as its appropriate habitation. 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. As the Lamb of God (of the Father it is not said), He has to do with the world. And he answered, No. As Burge (pp. This is the same idea explained in Scriptures such as John 3:18-19, Romans 1:20, and Romans 3:11. (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. He bows to, as he explains, the sovereign will of God. How little they conceived of what was then said and done! Fortunately, the issue does not have to be decided. Shall not see life is contrasted with the present possession of the believer. 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. 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. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. This is grace and truth. Efficacy & Safety of Proposed Biosimilar Natalizumab (PB006) in So only is man born of God. His life "is hid with Christ in God." There is no other way in which the new nature is made good in a soul. he might be; and this, too, as the expression of the true and full grace of God in His only-begotten Son given. But the wrath of God abideth on him; as the sentence of wrath, of condemnation, and death, and the curse of the law were pronounced upon him in Adam, as on all mankind, it continues, and will continue, and will never be reversed, but will be executed on him, he not being redeemed from it, as his final unbelief shows; and as he was by nature a child of wrath, as others, he remains such; and as the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all unrighteousness and ungodliness of men, it comes upon the children of disobedience, and remains there; it hangs over their heads, and lights upon them, and they will be filled with a dreadful sense of it to all eternity. Bible Study Courses John 3:22-36 Exploring the Passage (ver. Such is the miserable condition of the sinner! (Verses John 4:20-30), The disciples marvelled that He spoke with the woman. If He judges, it is not without full warning. 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." But how precious the grace, in presence of their hatred and proud self-complacency! It is the necessary aspect of love and holiness toward those who reject love, and wilfully sin. His glorious person would have none now in relation to God but members of the family. The law works no deliverance; it puts a man in chains, prison, darkness, and under condemnation; it renders him a patient, or a criminal incompetent to avail himself of the displays of God's goodness. This testimony differs from the rest in having a more permanent character. It is not only the nature, but the model and fulness of the blessing in the Son, who declared the Father. Thus the Holy Ghost, given by the Son in humiliation (according to God, not acting on law, but according to the gift of grace in the gospel), was fully set forth; but the woman, though interested, and asking, only apprehended a boon for this life to save herself trouble here below. This will be displayed in the millennium, when the marriage will be celebrated, as well as the judgment executed (Jerusalem and its temple being the central point then). 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). None but a divine being could thus deal with the world. Bridgeway Bible Commentary. VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. (b) Midrash Ruth, fol. 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 . He has life; the man who disobeys has not, and while he disobeys shall not see life, for he cannot be a subject of a kingdom to whose laws he refuses allegiance. The evangelist has used this encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus to bring forth some important points. His exaltation there is not without notice in the gospel, but exceptionally. Heavenly things are set in evident contradistinction, and link themselves immediately here, as everywhere, with the cross as their correlative. Abideth on him. It is not a question of the law, but of hearing Christ's word, and believing Him who sent Christ: he that does so has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment; but is passed from death unto life. Did the dead (for so men are treated, not as alive under law) did they hear the voice of the Son of God? No such sounds, no such realities were ever heard or known in Israel. What a witness all this to His person! John practiced law for 40 years and he now monitors local politics. John 7:25-31) He is going where they cannot come, and never guessed (for unbelief thinks of the dispersed among the Greeks of anything rather than of God). 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. Better, he that obeyeth not the Son. Isaiah 44:3; Isaiah 44:3, Isaiah 59:21, Ezekiel 36:25-27 ought to have made the Lord's meaning plain to an intelligent Jew. John Gorney Love this app and will recommend it to others as well. See on Acts 5:29. John 3:30 Meaning of He Must Become Greater, I Must Become Less John 1:17; John 1:17) The law, thus given, was in itself no giver, but an exacter; Jesus, full of grace and truth, gave, instead of requiring or receiving; and He Himself has said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. In Him was life for this scene of death; and it is of faith that it might be by grace. * He says, One was among them of whom they had no conscious knowledge, "that cometh after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose." John 3:16 Meaning (The Verse We All Know Yet Never Think About) Compare 1 Peter 4:17; Romans 2:8; Romans 11:30, Romans 11:31. "He came unto his own [things], and his own [people] received him not. Here again, apart from this divine insight, the change or gift of the name marks His glory. Not only man under law has no health, but he has no strength to avail himself of the blessing that God holds out.
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