He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. And herein is that true saying, One soweth, and another reapeth. Each had his own; all are harmonious, all perfect, all divine; but not all so many repetitions of the same thing. The disciples come; the woman goes into the city, leaving her waterpot, but carrying with her the unspeakable gift of God. 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 . Life resurrection will display how little they had to be ashamed of, who believed the record given of His Son; the resurrection of judgment will make but too plain, to those who despised the Lord, both His honour and their sin and shame. 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. But here it was not God's purpose to record it. Matthew, Mark, and Luke start, as far as regards the public labours of the Lord, with John cast into prison. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? Such is the miserable condition of the sinner! It is not only the nature, but the model and fulness of the blessing in the Son, who declared the Father. THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL Verse of the Day , God, My Praise (Study In God - All I Need-19). 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. The Lord Jesus did, without question, take humanity in His person into that glory which He so well knew as the Son of the Father. 42). A person does not have to do anything to become lost. This is indispensable; for God is a Spirit, and so it cannot but be. It implies, also, that it will continue to remain on him. His aspect as thus tabernacling among the disciples was "full of grace and truth." John was to bear witness that Jesus Christ came from heaven as the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world. Here (John 5:1-47) the first view given of Christ is His person in contrast with the law. 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. God wants people to be saved . Beholding Him as He walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God! (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! For this, therefore, the Jews sought the more to kill Him; because He added the greater offence of making Himself equal with God, by saying that God was His own Father. 1John 3:15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. Nor will the full force of this expression be witnessed till the glorious result of His blood shedding sweep away the last trace of sin in the new heavens and the new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. But John was not merely an earthly witness pointing us to Christ. It was no longer a moot-point whether God could trust man; for, indeed, He could not. Home COMMENTARY What is the meaning of John 3:36? "But He said to them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of." (VersesJohn 3:7-8; John 3:7-8), It is hardly necessary to furnish detailed disproof of the crude, ill-considered notion (originated by the fathers), that baptism is in question. What Does It Really Mean That Your Body Is a Temple? Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." More correctly, as Rev., obeyeth not. How striking the omission! How was this? 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 . Alas! Eternal lifeis onlyreceivedby faith in His cruel death and His glorious Resurrection. Thus it is a kind of transitional fact for a most important part of our gospel, though still introductory. 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. Observe, that blessed as the light is, being God's moral nature, truth is more than this, and is introduced by grace. The last two views are more common. 29) on which, as it were, Jesus speaks and acts in His grace as here shown on the earth. (Ver. 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. None the less did the result of His death proclaim His Deity. 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. At least, so say many Christians. 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. This scripture tells us about the endless affection God demonstrated by sacrificing His only begotten son . 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. This was necessary for the kingdom of God; not for some special place of glory, but for any and every part of God's kingdom. (Verses John 4:20-30), The disciples marvelled that He spoke with the woman. Natural birth had nothing to do with this new thing; it was a new nature altogether in those who received Him: "Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God." The allusion to the fig-tree confirms this. He was God. The wrath of God abideth on him.Once only in the four Gospels does this term, so full of tremendous meaning, meet us, and that in the Gospel of fullest love, and in a context which speaks of the Fathers love to the Son, and of eternal life, which is the portion of all who believe on the Son. and the two disciples leave John for Jesus. 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. And they asked him, What then? All translations of John 3:36 imply that this rejection of Christ is a deliberate action. Burge favors the third view. Such is God's vindication of His outraged rights; and the judgment will be proportionate to the glory that has been set at nought. This is grace and truth. He that believes on the Son has everlasting life; and he that disobeys the Son, in the sense of not being subject to His person, "shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him" Such is the issue of the Son of God present in this world an everlasting one for every man, flowing from the glory of His person, the character of His testimony, and the Father's counsels respecting Him. Jesus Christ really is the One who "came from above . 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. (Verse John 1:9) The world therefore surely ought to have known its Maker. Obedience, however, includes faith. 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. This implies that he is now under the wrath of God, or under condemnation. Surely He was there, a weary man outside Judaism; but God, the God of all grace, who humbled Himself to ask a drink of water of her, that He might give the richest and most enduring gift, even water which, once drank, leaves no thirst for ever and ever yea, is in him who drinks a fountain of water springing up unto everlasting life. It is no question here of every man, but of such as believe. Did they charge Jesus with self-exaltation? The disciples of John dispute with a Jew about purification; but John himself renders a bright witness to the glory of the Lord Jesus. * The best text omits other expressions, evidently derived from verses John 1:15; John 1:30John 1:30. This implies that he is now under the wrath of God, or under condemnation. His opposition to sin, and its terrible effects in this world and the next. 2. ( ) flesh, and dwelt among us." The Christian here has a foretaste of the world of glory, and enjoys the same kind of felicity, though not the same degree, that he will there.Shall not see life - Shall neither enjoy true life or happiness here nor in the world to come. All disciplinary action, every probationary process, disappears. Life out of death was wanted by man, such as he is; and this the Father is giving in the Son. What sayest thou of thyself? #1 "He must become greater;". 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. What more glorious proof than that the Holy Ghost is given not a certain defined power or gift, but the Holy Ghost Himself; for God gives not the Spirit by measure! Here is John 3:16 in 22 different English Bible . It becomes a question of man's own condition, and how he stands in relation to the kingdom of God. It implies, also, that it will continue to remain on him. John 3:16 Meaning. It implies, also, that it will continue to remain on him. To Him be all praise and glory forever and ever, AMEN. (VersesJohn 7:33-36; John 7:33-36) Jesus was returning to Him that sent Him, and the Holy Ghost would be given. The brethren of the Lord Jesus, who could see the astonishing power that was in Him, but whose hearts were carnal, at once discerned that it might be an uncommon good thing for them, as well as for Him, in this world. 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. They could not deny Him to be man Son of man. (John 12:48). Note on John 6:56.). 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.". (VerseJohn 4:10; John 4:10) Infinite grace! . Here there is no John proclaiming Jesus as the One who was about to introduce the kingdom of heaven. There is no other way in which the new nature is made good in a soul. 1John 2:25 And this is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life. for he knew He was the Christ. In the five porches, then, of this pool lay a great multitude of sick, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. Yet before a miracle, as well as in the working of those which set forth His glory, it is evident that so far from its being a gradual growth, as it were, in His mind, He had, all simple and lowly though He were, the deep, calm, constant consciousness that He was God. John 1:11-12; John 1:11-12) It was not a question now of Jehovah and His servants. 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. He is a divine person; His manhood brought no attainder to His rights as God. 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. 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. How could either light or love rest in a scene of sin, darkness, and misery? 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.'. Bridgeway Bible Commentary. There is no more powerful way to deliver this message than to let John 3:16 speak for itself. The first . The wrath of God. Thus it is not the Spirit of God simply giving a new nature; neither is it the Holy Ghost given as the power of worship and communion with His God and Father. In vain did any come to the Baptist to report the widening circle around Christ. 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 . The looking for signs and wonders is rebuked; but mortality is arrested. Here, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." There is no changing or bettering the old man; and, thanks be to God, the new does not degenerate or pass away. Alas! But none need hate, and none need live in wilful sin. Compare wrath of the Lamb (Revelation 6:16). Scripture is, or may be, before man always. Both and are used in the New Testament for wrath or anger, and without any commonly observed distinction. Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. Nay, the Father has given all judgment to the Son. One must be born again. (John 3: 36) "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him" The sentence has both expressed and implied meaning. It was meet that so it should be; for, as a question of right, none could claim; and grace surpasses all expectation or thought of man, most of all of men accustomed to a round of religious ceremonial. It is not merely a Messiah, who comes and offers Himself, as we find in other gospels, with most painstaking diligence, and presented to their responsibility; but here from the outset the question is viewed as closed. The chapter pursues this subject, showing that it is not only God who thus deals first, with the necessity of man before His own immutable nature; next, blessing according to the riches of His grace but, further, that man's state morally is detected yet more awfully in presence of such grace as well as holiness in Christ. 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. We have had his name introduced into each part of the preface of our evangelist. The spreader's ergonomic handles mean the SaltDogg is as comfortable as it is easy to use. The Light, on coming into the world, lightens every man with the fulness of evidence which was in Him, and at once discovers the true state as truly as it will be revealed in the last day when He judges all, as we find it intimated in the gospel afterwards. 27-30); and (4) the superiority of the Savior (vss. It is thus strikingly an anticipation of the result in glory. Two resurrections, one of life, and another of judgment, would be the manifestation of faith and unbelief, or rather, of those who believe, and of those who reject the Son. Fritzsche, p. 21). 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. It is a present possession. (John 3:36 DBY), he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him. It was worldliness in its worst shape, even to the point of turning the glory of Christ to a present account. 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. It is here life begun the first breathings and pantings of the soul for immortality; yet it is life, though at first feeble and faint, which is eternal in its nature, and which shall be matured in the full and perfect bliss of heaven. John 3:17-21 (A) Condemn the World. There are many aspects to be considered. Notably He is now applying it to the reconciliation of a people, who are also baptized by the Holy Ghost into one body. The present tense. 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. They are a fitting and honorable . The first four chapters of John precede in point of time the notices of His ministry in the other gospels. He tells Philip to follow Him. Still, such is the effect on man under law, that he could not take advantage of an adequate remedy. Could they, then, reject the Son, and merely miss this infinite blessing of life in Him? The temptation is to hide your light. "The law was given by Moses." And anyone who believes in God's Son has eternal life. They spoke of the world; the world might hear them. 1:29), grants us repentance (2 Tim. There is but one unfailing test the Son of God God's testimony to Him. 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." So, when someone testifies to . 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. God the Father forms a new family in, by, and for Christ. I do not mean by this all individuals, but creation; for nothing can be more certain, than that those who do not receive the Son of God are so much the worse for having heard the gospel. denotes a deeper and more permanent sentiment; a settled habit of mind; while is a more turbulent, but temporary agitation. The incarnate Word was here full of grace and truth. FOR HOME USE ONLY (for church or group use see links below)Buy this Video here:https://www.seedsfamilyworship.com/product/i-believe-john-336/Buy I Believe DV. The divinity of the Son is in this chapter proved as clearly as in 1 John v. 7. 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). 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. As the new birth for the kingdom of God, so the cross is absolutely necessary for eternal life. God orders matters so that a favoured teacher of men, favoured as none others were in Israel, should come to Jesus by night. 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. But as many as received him, to them gave he power [rather, authority, right, or title] to become children of God." The Meaning of John 3:16 KJV & NIV This is the essence of Christianity and the most quoted scriptures in the bible. John 1:19-37; John 1:19-37) It is here presented historically. He reminds them of his previous disclaimer of any place beyond one sent before Jesus. and the more manifest from His lips to one who was a real impersonation of sin, misery, blindness, degradation. 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. Second, the Lordship Salvation view misinterprets the significance of the present participles for "believe" and "obey" in John 3:36. But He, being God, was manifesting and, on the contrary, maintaining the divine glory here below. It is the final setting aside of Judaism then, whose characteristic hope was the display of power and rest in the world. One must be born again for God's kingdom a Jew for what was promised him, like another. John practiced law for 40 years and he now monitors local politics. Eternal lifeis only received by believing that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners and that salvation is a gracious gift of God. Truth and grace were not sought nor found in man, but began to subsist here below by Jesus Christ. 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. And he answered, No. In the beginning of the chapter it was rather an essential indispensable action of the Holy Ghost required; here it is the privilege of the Holy Ghost given. VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. 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. So does his confession: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God: thou art the King of Israel. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him." By the grace of God, John had come to know and appreciate the true identity of Jesus Christ. Fortunately, the issue does not have to be decided. He wanted nothing; He came to give yea, the very best, so to speak, that God has. 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. 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. 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. John was not yet cast into prison. Heavenly things, therefore, could not but be natural to Him, if one may so say. Of course, not all know that this has happened for them (and all humanity) and some who know, have rejected that truth. So it's only really news when a great musician or band puts out a turgid stinker. "Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God." Footnotes. What is there in God more truly divine than grace and truth? "That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit." This, of course, supposes the setting aside of Jerusalem, its people and house, as they now are, and is justified by the great fact of Christ's death and resurrection, which is the key to all, though not yet intelligible even to the disciples. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 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. Nay, therefore it was they, reasoning, denied Him to be God. Also one of the two thus drawn to Him first finds his own brother Simon (with the words, We have found the Messiah), and led him to Jesus, who forthwith gave him his new name in terms which surveyed, with equal ease and certainty, past, present, and future. 22. Compare Romans 1:5, the obedience of faith. The Jews, with all their privileges, were strangers here. 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.
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