And He did accept that place thoroughly, and in all its consequences. Till then the Holy Ghost could not be so given only when Jesus was glorified, after redemption was a fact. But it is important we should know how He entered the world. Shall not see life - Shall neither enjoy true life or happiness here nor in the world to come. 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. 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! (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. 2. (Ver. 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. infinite truth! 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. (Verses John 5:13-16), A graver issue, however, was to be tried; for Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. As the Lamb of God (of the Father it is not said), He has to do with the world. John 3:16 gives us the glorious hope of eternal life in heaven through the love of God and death of Jesus Christ. Heavenly Father, thank you that You loved me so much that while I was still under Your wrath and dead in my trespasses and sins, Christ died for me. It will "abide" or "dwell" there as its appropriate habitation. (Ed. "The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came ( ) by Jesus Christ." John 7:37) It is not a question of eating the bread of God, or, when Christ died, of eating His flesh and drinking His blood. John's desire, and the reason he existed, was to see Christ exalted and glorified. In the Word was life, and the life was the light of men. 25-26); (3) John's joy (vss. Not only man under law has no health, but he has no strength to avail himself of the blessing that God holds out. The truth is, the design of manifesting His glory governs all; place or people was a matter of no consequence. VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. 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. To Him be all praise and glory forever and ever, AMEN. (Ver. John was to bear witness that Jesus Christ came from heaven as the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world. Under all changes, outwardly, He abode as from eternity the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father. As to Himself, He does not go at that time to the feast of tabernacles; but later on He goes up "not openly, but as it were in secret" (verseJohn 7:10; John 7:10), and taught. The first four chapters of John precede in point of time the notices of His ministry in the other gospels. And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. It is not a message or a sign, however significant at the moment, which passes away as soon as heard or seen. It will abide or dwell there as its appropriate habitation. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. The fact is, John 3:18 does not say all non-Christians go to hell. Nobody had gone up to heaven: God had taken more than one; but no one had gone there as of right. Compare the future tense with the present "hath eternal life," and the simple life with the fully developed idea eternal life. (VerseJohn 4:1; John 4:1) It was strange to her that a Jew should thus humble himself: what would it have been, had she seen in Him Jesus the Son of God? Shall not see life. Nay, therefore it was they, reasoning, denied Him to be God. #1 "He must become greater;". (Verses John 3:1-6), But the Lord goes farther, and bids Nicodemus not wonder at His insisting on this need. "Master, eat," said they. Meanwhile there was a manifestation of goodness, active in love in the midst of evil, and toward such; active in the making known God and man, and every moral relation, and what He is toward man, through and in the Word made flesh. John 3:16 teaches us that anyone who believes in Jesus Christ, God's Son, will be saved. I pray that I might live for Him. (Verse John 3:10). 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 . through "sin." But the chilling words that follow warn usthat whoever chooses to reject the clear teaching of the gospel of grace, will experience shocking and eternal consequences: "For he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.". Thus, in fact, we have the Lord setting aside what was merely Messianic by the grand truths of the incarnation, and, above all, of the atonement, with which man must have vital association: he must eat yea, eat and drink. Pharisaic jealousy had wrought; and Jesus, wearied, sat thus at the fountain of Jacob's well in Sychar. John 3:31-36) he speaks of His person in contrast with himself and all; of His testimony and of the result, both as to His own glory, and consequently also for the believer on, and the rejecter of, the Son. Heavenly things, therefore, could not but be natural to Him, if one may so say. In John 6:1-71 our Lord sets aside Israel in another point of view. He is under the eternal sentence of death. The Syriac and Arabic versions render it, "shall abide upon him"; so some copies. ( ) flesh, and dwelt among us." There He supposes His full rejection and death. 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 . 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. But the Lord reproaches him, the master of Israel, with not knowing these things: that is, as a teacher, with Israel for his scholar, he ought to have known them objectively, at least, if not consciously. Clarke's Commentary. (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. Here the Lord introduces the cross. And they haven't even carefully read what John 3:18 itself says. John 3:14-15; John 3:14-15) It is not a question simply of the Son of God, nor is He spoken of here as the Word made flesh. (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. (Comp. All this clearly goes down to millennial days. This implies that he is now under the wrath of God, or under condemnation. 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. Matthew, Mark, and Luke start, as far as regards the public labours of the Lord, with John cast into prison. Man is morally judged. The verb means to persuade, to cause belief, to induce one to do something by persuading, and so runs into the meaning of to obey, properly as the result of persuasion. Fritzsche, p. 21). Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Compare 1 Peter 4:17; Romans 2:8; Romans 11:30, Romans 11:31. Remark, too, the extent of the work involved in verse 29. The question really is, whether man would trust God. He could have healed the man without the smallest outward act to shock their zeal for the law. 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. Compare wrath of the Lamb (Revelation 6:16). 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. Of course they are just as truly inspired as John's; but for that very reason they were not inspired to give the same testimony. Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleHe 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 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. God has given Christ the power and authority to bestow everlasting life on all who trust in Him for their salvation and it is granted simply by believing on Him: "For He who believes in the Son has eternal life." For evidently it is the theme of worship in its Christian fulness, the fruit of the manifestation of God, and of the Father known in grace. 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. 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.". 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. All disciplinary action, every probationary process, disappears. And that means most of the people in the world are going straight to hell. Jesus, therefore, answered, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on them. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. And so, in fact, it was and is. Nicodemus remonstrates but is spurned; all retire to their home Jesus, who had none, to the mount of Olives. 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. In a certain sense, the principle of John 4:1-54 was made true in the woman of Samaria, and in others who received Christ then. I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours." It was no longer a moot-point whether God could trust man; for, indeed, He could not. 24 "Faithis a work of God in the sense it is that which God has ordered man to do"Guy N. Woods (1989), A Commentary on The Gospel of John (Nashville: Gospel Advocate Company), p. 125. He shall have no perception of life simply considered, much less of eternal life, the full and complex development of life. If He spoke the truth, they were blasphemers. All translations of John 3:36 imply that this rejection of Christ is a deliberate action. John 3:2 Greek him; John 3:3 Or from above; the Greek is purposely ambiguous and can mean both again and from above; also verse 7; John 3:6 The same Greek word means both wind and spirit; John 3:7 The Greek for you is plural here; John 3:8 The same Greek word means both wind and spirit; John 3:11 The Greek for you is plural here; also four times in verse 12 . Both and are used in the New Testament for wrath or anger, and without any commonly observed distinction. 1:29), grants us repentance (2 Tim. No doubt there are intervening applications; but such is the ultimate result of His work as the Lamb of God. More correctly, as Rev., obeyeth not. 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." It implies, also, that it will continue to remain on him. The Son gives life, as the Father does; and not merely to whom the Father will, but to whom He will. The Lord Jesus presents Himself as putting an end to all this now for the Christian, though, of course, every word God has promised, as well as threatened, remains to be accomplished in Israel by-and-by; for Scripture cannot be broken; and what the mouth of the Lord has said awaits its fulfilment in its due sphere and season. 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. Indeed, it is the total eclipse, not merely of law and remedial mercies, but even of promised Messianic glory, by everlasting life and resurrection at the last day. 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. (Ver. John gives us this point of contact with them, though in an incident peculiar to himself. But John was not merely an earthly witness pointing us to Christ. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." Hath everlasting life. Since God is the one who grants that we believe (Phil. Rather, he refers to the fame and influence of Christ. It was impossible that there should not be righteous dealing with human evil against God, in its sources and its streams. Her testimony bore the impress of what had penetrated her soul, and would make way for all the rest in due time. (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. Thus we all not only receive of His fulness, (and what fulness illimitable was there not in Him!) 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.''. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? So rich and transparently divine was the grace: not some souls, more meritorious than the rest, rewarded according to a graduated scale of honour, but "of his fulness have all we received." Heavenly things are set in evident contradistinction, and link themselves immediately here, as everywhere, with the cross as their correlative. But see the blessed fruit of receiving it. What Does It Mean That There Is No One Holy Like God? This brings in the great counterpart truth, that even God present on earth and made flesh is not enough. The first thing to look at is the verse itself. God does not here condescend to call it His, though, of course, it was His and holy, just, and good, both in itself and in its use, if used lawfully. He bore witness that: "The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." John was to bear witness that Jesus Christ came from heaven as the . It would not suit God, if it would suit man, that He, seeing all, should just pronounce on man's corruption, and then forthwith let him off with a bare pardon. It is no question here of every man, but of such as believe. We have had his name introduced into each part of the preface of our evangelist. As a present fact, the Lord justifies the judicial act before their eyes by His relationship with God as His Father, and gives the Jews a sign in the temple of His body, as the witness of His resurrection power. Obey certainly was the meaning of pisteuo in John 3:36 (see page 448). of Christ here, it will be noticed, is not so much the quickening agent as Son of God (John 5:1-47), but the object of faith as Son of man first incarnate, to be eaten; then dying and giving His flesh to be eaten, and His blood to be drank. "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life."
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