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Introduction
There are a number of fish on my bucket list that I would like to catch.
A Shark
A Goliath Grouper
An Alligator Gar
Gar Fish
Here is a picture of a Gar.
There is another Gar I want to tell you about.
When you learn the Greek language in seminary one of the first words you learn is the word gar.
γὰρ
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Here is your quick lesson in greek. Any time you see the word γὰρ - it goes to the front of the sentence and is the word “for”
Today we are going to look at four - for’s
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Stand if you are able:
John 5:1-24
After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes. In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, waiting for the moving of the waters; for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted. A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him, “Do you wish to get well?” The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me.” Jesus said to him, “Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.” Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk.
Now it was the Sabbath on that day. So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.” But he answered them, “He who made me well was the one who said to me, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk.’ ” They asked him, “Who is the man who said to you, ‘Pick up your pallet and walk’?” But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place. Afterward Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you.” The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath. But He answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working.”
For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. “For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel. “For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. “For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
Let’s Pray
So Jesus is getting ready to defend who is and answer the accusation of blasphemy.
Starting with
John 5:19
Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.
#1 - For
#1 - For
For whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.
This is natural right
Most father’s teach us things and we do whatever it is like our father’s did - especially if it is a family business
Maybe it is the procedure for milking cows
Maybe it is the procedure for cleaning guns
Maybe it is the procedure for changing oil
Going in a di
Father’s teach us what to do - and we learn from them
Jesus said, “whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner.
We follow what our Father’s teach us - Jesus follows His Father.
Let’s look at the next for -
John 5:20
“For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel.
#2 For
#2 - For
For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; And the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel.
I love this - so that you will marvel.
When was the last time you marveled over Jesus’ work?
When was the last time you marveled over the work of Jesus in someone’s life?
They just watched a man who was lame for 38 years walk - and Jesus says - Just wait, the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works that these, so that you will marvel.
And the Father will show Him greater works that these, so that you will marvel.
John 5:21
“For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.
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#3 - For
#3 - For
The Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.
This one is important - especially to the Jews
2 Kings 5:7
When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? But consider now, and see how he is seeking a quarrel against me.”
According to Rabbi Johanan - God has three keys in his hands that He has not entrusted to His representatives.
The Key of rain.
The Key of the womb.
The Key of the resurrection of the dead.
Look at again
John 5:22
“For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.
Jesus is saying that the Father can raise the dead and give them life, so to can the Son.
And we saw that with the lame man.
Out of all the sick people waiting at the pool to be healed, Jesus picks out a lame man and gives him new life.
John 5:22
“For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son,
John 5:22
#4 For
#4 - Gar
Not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son
This is quite a statement - The Father does not judge, but all judgment is given to the Son
It leads us to the question of Why?
Why?
John 5:23
so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
These four reasons - all begin with the word “for” is so that all honor will be given to the Son.
By honoring the Son you honor the Father.
John 5:24
“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
Conclusion
All of us have an appointment with death.
It’s been said, for those who believe in Jesus this life on earth is as close to hell as we will ever experience, but for the believer, this life on earth is the only heaven they will experience.
This has been a tough year.
We have lost a number of friends and family, but for those who believed they have passed out of death into life.
Eternal life.
Some of us here may need that eternal life. Some of us here need to make that decision to believe in the God who sent Jesus.
If we believe we too have passed out of death and into life.
What a great life it is.
There is no reason to fear physical death because we are passing from this life to eternal life.
But if we don’t believe - then we are missing the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
Listen to these words by John Piper from his sermon Jesus: Equal with God
“We not only will have eternal life, but we already have it, and we not only will not come into the judgment of condemnation, but have already passed through judgment and are safe on the other side. Jesus has become that judgment for us. When we are united to him by faith, his death becomes our death, and his crucifixion our crucifixion, and his curse on the cross our curse on the cross, and his resurrection our resurrection. We have already “passed from death to life”! This is glorious news beyond all words. Exult in this. Know this about yourself as a believer. Be made radically courageous by this.”
http://www.desiringgod.org/messages/jesus-equal-with-god#excerpt-audio
Who do you know that might miss that chance?
Who do you need to talk to about Jesus this week?
Let’s pray.