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John chapter 5 · Scripture Unscripted

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  John chapter 5 Let us pray our Father who is in heaven, holy is
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  your name, your Kingdom come, and your will be done on earth,
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  just as it is in heaven. Give us this day Our Daily
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  Bread. Forgive us for our sins as we
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  forgive those who sin against us.
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  Lead us not into temptation. Deliver us from the evil one,
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  for yours is the Kingdom power, the glory forever.
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  Amen. Let's start in verse one.
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  After this there was a feast of the Jews and Jesus went up to
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  Jerusalem. Perhaps this was the Pentecost,
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  and we know that Jesus is heading to the pool of Bethesda
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  to now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool which is
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  called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
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  So this pool of Bethesda had five porches, and it's in
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  Jerusalem. 3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent
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  folk, of blind folk, of halted folk, withered folk, waiting for
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  the moving of the water. So we know here that these
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  multitude of people who were lame and who had all kinds of
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  diseases, they would sit and wait for the stirring of the
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  water. And let's see, for for an Angel
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  went down at a certain season into the pool and troubled the
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  water. Whosoever then first, after the
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  troubling of the water stepped in, was made whole of whatsoever
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  disease he had. And it's not superstition, and
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  it's not a list of do's and don'ts that make us whole.
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  It is faith, friends, it is faith in Jesus Christ is the
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  only thing that can make us whole.
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  And he's going to ask you, and He's going to ask me if we want
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  to be made whole. Five And a certain man was there
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  with who had an infirmative 38 years. 6 And when Jesus saw him
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  lying and knew that he had been now a long time, in that case,
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  he said unto him, Will you be made whole?
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  So he asked you that. He asked me that Do you want to
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  be set free from the bondage of addiction?
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  And all of your propensities and evil actions, do you want to be
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  free from the sin that plagues you?
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  7 The impotent man answered him. Sir, I have no man when the
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  water is troubled to put me into the pool, but while I am coming,
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  another steps down before me. So this man was filled with
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  excuses and he tried to get down in the water, but everyone would
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  get there before him. And for 30 eight years he'd been
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  laying in this state. 8 Jesus said unto him, Rise, take up
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  your bed and walk. So imagine that Jesus just
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  speaks a better word over his situation.
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  And we have to be desperate, friends, we need to be
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  desperate. We can't just ask God, ask
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  Christ to heal us because we feel sorry about breaking the
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  bond between US and ABBA. We need to be in a place of
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  desperation where we cannot see our way out of it, where we must
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  let go of anything that we are trying to hold on to and hide
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  from God. We have to bring those things to
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  the light. We have to let Him examine them
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  and take them out. And it is a miraculous thing and
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  God is still doing miracles today because He can completely
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  take away all of your sins and He can completely take away all
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  of the addictions that you cannot self will to get rid of.
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  It is a miracle of God whenever the scales fall off, whenever
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  those addictions go away, whenever He can heal your mind
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  and take the reprobate mind away from you, whenever He can take
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  the addictions that you cannot get rid of.
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  The things that keep coming back up, God can take away.
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  And he asked you today, do you want to be made whole?
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  And then He tells you rise, rise out of that situation that you
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  find yourself in. Rise to a new height, friends.
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  Quit going back down into Egypt and quit going back down into
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  sin and quit going back to your vomit like a dog.
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  We must rise to a new level. Rise to the heights where he is,
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  ascend the hill, friends. And then he tells you, take up
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  your bed. So here we all have this bed
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  that we've been lying on that we find comfort in, and he's saying
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  take that up, quit laying there, rise and take up your bed.
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  And then he tells you to walk. Walk in freedom, walk in the
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  light, because he is in the light, friends, and watch how he
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  makes you whole. 9 And immediately the man was made
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  whole, and took up his bed, and walked, and on the same day it
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  was the Sabbath. 10 The Jews therefore said unto him, That
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  was cured. It is the Sabbath day.
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  It's not lawful for you to carry your bed.
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  Look at how these men could never heal this man.
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  They can never do anything except for make him twice the
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  sun of hell that they are. They were completely, completely
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  fine with him laying in that state.
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  And Jesus is the only one that can heal and to cure him.
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  And here you can see that they were envious and they were so
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  legalistic and so dogmatic about their approach to Scripture that
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  they could not see that this man's healing was a miracle from
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  God and that God always supersedes all of our
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  traditions. 11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same
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  said unto me, Take up your bed and walk.
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  He was just being obedient unto Jesus.
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  And we would do well to do to do the same thing, even in the face
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  of persecution and adversity. 13.
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  We'll go back to 12. Then ask they him, What man is
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  that which said unto you, Take up your bed and walk?
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  13 And he that was healed did not know who it was.
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  For Jesus had conveyed himself a way of multitude being in that
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  place. Look at how Christ just was able
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  to slip away into the crowd. Look at how Christ did not try
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  to make a big public spectacle out of this healing, but he knew
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  it was going to cause trouble. 14 Afterward Jesus found him in
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  the temple and said unto him, Behold, you're made whole, Sin
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  no more, lest the worst thing come unto you.
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  So we can see here that Jesus tells us the same thing when we
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  are made whole. Don't go back to that sinful
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  lifestyle, because if you go back, something worse could
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  happen to you. 15 The man departed and told the Jews that
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  it was Jesus which had made him whole.
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  When Jesus heals you, you can't help but to tell the whole
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  world. 16 Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus and sought to
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  slay him because he had done these things on the Sabbath day.
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  They were so steeped in their traditions, friends, that they
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  missed the miraculous. They missed that God Incarnate
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  was in their midst. 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father works
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  always, and I work. So even though God rests on the
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  7th day, he's always at work. Friends. 18 Therefore the Jews
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  sought more to kill him, because not only had had he broken the
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  Sabbath, but he said that God was his Father, making himself
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  equal with God. So we can see here that Jesus is
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  God, that God the Father and God the Son and God the Holy Ghost
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  are all equal. 19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Truly,
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  truly, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself but
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  what he sees the Father do. For what things so ever he does,
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  these also do the Son likewise. So we can see here that Jesus is
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  telling these Pharisees and he's telling us that he only models
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  and mirrors what God wants him to do.
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  And what he sees God wanting to bring about on this earth is
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  Jesus is God in the flesh. He is.
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  The only part that we can see of God is Jesus Christ himself,
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  because God is Spirit and God dwells in unapproachable light
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  and that no one has seen God and lived. 20 For the Father loves
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  the Son and shows him all things that himself does, and he will
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  show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.
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  So whenever they are all trying to figure out how this lame man
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  started to be able to walk, then Jesus is saying, you will see
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  greater things. And Jesus knows that God
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  Almighty loves him. 21 For as the Father raises up the dead
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  and quickens them, Even so the Son quickens whom he wills.
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  So we can see here that Jesus is calling us to himself.
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  Jesus is going to strengthen US, friends. 22 For the Father
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  judges no man, but he has committed all judgment unto the
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  Son. So think about that.
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  Jesus said that if we deny him before men, that we will be
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  denied before God. 23 that all men should honor the Son, even
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  as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son
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  honors not the Father which has sent him.
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  So that's how we know that Jesus is God and that God is well
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  pleased with Jesus, and that we must obey Jesus because it's all
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  connected. Friends, the Trinity all on
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  display. 24 Truly, truly, I say unto you, he that hears my word
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  and believes on him that sent me has everlasting life.
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  It shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from
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  death into life. So we know that there's no more
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  condemnation for those that are in Christ Jesus.
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  We know that that is eternal life is when we believe on the
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  Lord Jesus Christ. We must obey the word of Jesus
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  Christ. We must hear it and obey it. 15
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  Truly, truly, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is
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  when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and
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  they that here shall live. We know that we were dead in our
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  trespasses, friends, and we know that it was God speaking a
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  better word over our lives that brought us into life
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  everlasting. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so
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  has he given to the Son to have life in himself.
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  That is the whole basis of life is the breath of God sustaining
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  us, breathing into our nostrils, making us out of the dust.
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  Friends, He is life and He is life abundant.
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  Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life, friends, it
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  is our lifeline. He is the breath.
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  Friends, He is our everything. There is no life outside of
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  Jesus Christ. It is nothing but death and
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  disease and decay. That is it. 27 and has given him
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  authority to execute judgment also because he is the Son of
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  man. So we know that Jesus Christ is
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  the only way to the Father. We know that we must be covered
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  in the blood of Jesus Christ to make it their friends. 28 Marvel
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  not at this, for the hour is coming, into which all that are
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  in the grave shall hear his voice, 29 and shall come forth.
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  They have done, they that have done good unto the resurrection
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  of life, and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of
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  damnation. So we know that every knee will
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  bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord.
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  And we see that there's only two destinations.
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  For every person who has ever been born is living today, or
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  will be born. We know that there are only two
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  options, friends. And what does he say?
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  Resurrection of life and resurrection of damnation.
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  That is it friends. And what is the 2 caveats?
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  Those that have done good and those that have done evil.
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  And so we can see that how is it that we do good?
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  The only way that we can do good is to put on the righteousness
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  of Jesus Christ and to be clothed in his perfect blood.
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  Or those that have never but they behaved and they tried to
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  do everything right, and they think that God wouldn't send a
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  good person to hell. And if they had never been born
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  again, then they are going to go to eternal damnation.
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  And it is evil to blasphemy the Spirit.
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  When God is calling you unto himself, and you will not come,
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  that is evil. Friends. 30 I can of my own self
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  do nothing, as I hear I judge, and my judgment is just because
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  I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father which has
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  sent me. This is there's so much rich
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  tapestry in these verses here, friends.
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  Jesus is saying that he only does what the Father wants them
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  to do. They are congruent.
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  They are of 1 accord, friends. 31 If I bear witness of myself,
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  my witness is not true. So he's saying, don't take my
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  word for it. He's saying go to the Father.
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  Look at all the miracles and the works that I've done in the
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  land. They all point to me being the
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  Messiah. 32 There is another that bears witness of me, and I
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  know that the witness which he witnesses of me is true.
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  So he's saying the Holy Spirit and God Almighty, He's saying
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  that everything that he has saying is true and trustworthy,
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  and if we will not believe it, it will result in our damnation.
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  Friends. 33 You sent unto John, and he bore witness unto the
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  truth. So we know that this is John the
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  Baptist that he's talking about, and we're going to see how there
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  is truth. And to the witness there is a
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  myriad there's a fourfold witness to Jesus.
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  The first one is being John the Baptist. 34 But I receive not
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  testimony from man, but these things I say, that you might be
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  saved. 35 He was a burning and shining light, and you were
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  willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
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  So we can see here that when John the Baptist arrived on the
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  scene, they were anticipating A Messiah, and they were all
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  excited that the Messiah could be in their midst.
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  But they were looking for a political ruler.
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  They were looking to get free from the bondage of Rome, not
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  from the bondage of their sin. They weren't looking for their
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  salvation. They were just looking for a
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  military conquer. 36 But I have greater witness than that of
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  John for the works which the Father has given me to finish.
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  The same works that I do bear witness of me that the Father
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  has sent me. So here is the second of the
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  fourfold witness of Jesus Christ.
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  First one was John the Baptist. Then it's the works that he
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  does. 37 And the Father himself which has sent me, has borne
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  witness of me. You have neither heard his voice
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  at any time, nor seen his shape. So we can see here even Father
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  God ABBA bears witness of Jesus Christ, and Jesus is God
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  Incarnate in the flesh, and that is what he's referencing here.
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  He's saying that you have not seen God, but you have seen him.
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  You've seen Jesus 38 and you have not heard His word abiding
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  in you, and you have not his word abiding in you.
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  For from he has sent him you did not believe.
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  So Jesus is saying that I am sent from God and you don't
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  believe me, which shows that you don't actually love God, You
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  don't have God's word abiding in you, and you're only worried
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  about the outward expression of religion.
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  Then he's going to give you the 4th 1 which is the scriptures
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  that bear witness to the Lord Jesus Christ. 39 Search the
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  scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life, and
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  they are they which testify of me.
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  Jesus is saying I'm on every page and every syllable, every
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  jot and every title. Jesus is saying that from
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  Genesis to Revelation, it all points to me what a statement of
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  Jesus Christ. He tells you and he tells me,
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  search the scriptures, listen to the word of God, listen to the
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  prophets of old, look at the things that he did and they will
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  all point to the reality that Jesus is Lord. 40 and you will
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  not. Come to me that you might have
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  life. That is the only way we can have
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  life is we must come unto the Father through His Son Jesus
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  Christ. 41 I received not honor for men.
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  He wasn't worried about what people thought about him.
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  He never had to apologize. Friends 42 But I know you that
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  you have not the love of God in you.
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  He says that to us today. He's still saying that to this
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  world. There are so many suit and ties.
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  There are so many benchwarmers. There are so many people who
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  have dusty Bibles and they're not searching the scripture.
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  They don't actually believe. They just don't want to go to
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  hell. And he's saying here, but he
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  knows that the love of God is not in them.
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  They're just self seeking. They are ravenous wolves and
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  sheep's clothing. He knows that the love of God is
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  not in them. 43 I am come in my father's name, and you did not
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  receive me. If another shall come in his own
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  name, you'll receive him. So he's saying, look, he didn't
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  even come trying to be any type. He came lowly as a lowly
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  servant, as a little baby in a Manger from a poor family.
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  He did not come trying to be royalty, that he was all royalty
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  wrapped up friends. He was meek.
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  He had all the power, but he chose to be humble.
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  He was the servant of servants, friends.
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  And he says if he would have came in pomp and circumstance,
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  everyone would have flocked to him.
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  But isn't this the way of God, Friends?
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  It doesn't. God want our worship in truth,
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  not because He makes us to worship Him. 44 How Can you
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  believe which receives honor one of another, and seek not the
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  honor that comes from God only? So he's saying that we will
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  believe on those who demand to be worshipped, but the one who
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  doesn't demand to be worshipped, we don't believe even though
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  he's from God. 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the
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  Father. There is one that accuses you,
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  even Moses, in whom you trust. So he's saying the Scriptures of
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  old that the Jews were holding on to, that the Jews were
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  thinking was the paramount importance.
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  They accuse them because it all pointed to Jesus and they missed
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  it, Friends. 46 For had you believed Moses, you would have
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  believed me, for he wrote of me. 47 But if you believe not his
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  writings, how shall you believe in my words?
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  So we'll in there. But the crux of the situation
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  here, friends, is that the whole Bible, from beginning to end,
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  points to Jesus and the Jews here.
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  They thought that they knew the Scriptures, but what they were
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  really after was greed. And what they were really after
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  was power. And what they were really after
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  was being able to live whatever kind of life they wanted to live
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  and still make it to heaven. And it doesn't work that way.
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  We must come unto the Father through His Son, Jesus Christ.
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  Jesus is our everything. Jesus is the cornerstone.
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  Jesus is what it's all built upon, friends, and you need to
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  build your life upon His words. His words have the supreme
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  importance upon your life. Every single syllable is what we
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  need to be hyper fixated upon friends and we need to be
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  meditating on friends and that is what needs to spring up out
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  of our mouths. Friends is hide His word in your
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  hearts. Friends, from beginning to end,
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  it's all about Jesus. And if it's not that for you,
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  friends, you have to go back to the drawing board.
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  His mercies are new today. Friends, you have one more
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  chance to give your entire life to Him and to not
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  compartmentalize and hold anything back.
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  The lust of the eyes and the lust of the flesh and the pride
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  of life is not from God. Friends, we have to let all of
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  those things go and we must walk in the light because He is in
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  the light. I hope you've been blessed by
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  this amazing chapter. We could spend a very long time
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  talking about it. There's a lot more here, but
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  suffice to say Jesus is enough. Love you, praying for you.
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  We'll see you back here tomorrow.
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  God bless you.