Transcript John, chapter 5 - Our Savior's Lutheran Church

John, chapter 5
• NIV John 5:1 Some time later, Jesus went
up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews.
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• Which feast???
• John may have purposely left out this
information because it was not pertinent to his
message. Instead, by simply mentioning Jesus
was attending a feast, he lets his audience know
why the Savior left Galilee, and, more
importantly, lets them know that a feast in
Jerusalem meant the city and temple would be
filled to capacity with people from throughout the
region.
Fourth Gospel and Jewish Worship
by Aileen Guilding
• University of Sheffeld prof.
• She shows how ancient 3 year Jewish
lectionary is followed by John.
• This feast would correspond with Feast of
Trumpets and readings of restoration as
the purpose of the Sabbath, looking
forward to the Last Day when the Trumpet
of the Lord sounds.
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• The Feast of Trumpets is specifically and
biblically the first day of the month of
Tishri. Leviticus 23:24 states, "Speak to
the children of Israel, saying: 'In the
seventh month, on the first day of the
month, you shall have a sabbath-rest, a
memorial of blowing of trumpets, a holy
convocation" (NKJV). It is the only Hebrew
feast to occur on a new moon.
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• Rosh Hashanah (feast of trumpets) is
observed as a day of rest (Leviticus 23:24)
and the activities prohibited on Shabbat
are also prohibited on Rosh Hashanah.
Rosh Hashanah is characterized by the
blowing of the shofar, a trumpet made
from a ram's horn, intended to awaken the
listener from his or her "slumber" and alert
them to the coming judgment.
Size of
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• 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the
Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is
called Bethesda and which is surrounded
by five covered colonnades.
Sheep gate rebuilt in 1500’s
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• Sheep gate also known as…
The Sheep Gate
• Remember the animals needed for
sacrifices sometimes ran over 200,000 for
special feasts like the Passover. This was
a very busy section of Jerusalem and the
Temple with doves, sheep, and cattle
being brought in.
The Pool of Bethesda
• Two pools (in trapezoidal form) formed
upper and lower resevoires. This also
may explain a source for the much need
water with the cleansing and sacrifices in
the Temple.
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• 3 Here a great number of disabled people
used to lie-- the blind, the lame, the
paralyzed. 4 5 One who was there had
been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
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• 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and
learned that he had been in this condition
for a long time, he asked him, "Do you
want to get well?" 7 "Sir," the invalid
replied, "I have no one to help me into the
pool when the water is stirred. While I am
trying to get in, someone else goes down
ahead of me."
Stirred water
• There was local tale that an angel stirred
the water from time to time and the ill
could be healed.
• The stirring may have been the action of
an underground spring.
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• 8 Then Jesus said to him, "Get up! Pick
up your mat and walk." 9 At once the man
was cured; he picked up his mat and
walked. The day on which this took place
was a Sabbath,
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• 10 and so the Jews said to the man who
had been healed, "It is the Sabbath; the
law forbids you to carry your mat." 11 But
he replied, "The man who made me well
said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'"
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• 12 So they asked him, "Who is this fellow
who told you to pick it up and walk?" 13
The man who was healed had no idea
who it was, for Jesus had slipped away
into the crowd that was there.
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• 14 Later Jesus found him at the temple
and said to him, "See, you are well again.
Stop sinning or something worse may
happen to you." 15 The man went away
and told the Jews that it was Jesus who
had made him well.
How might the man be sinning???
• Obviously, the man had opportunity to
speak of the healing and restoration done
on the Sabbath!!!
• This was a chief reason for the Sabbath!!!
God restores. Christ restores.
• He diverts attention to self by not
mentioning the healing and stating Jesus
is responsible for his carry his mat, against
Jewish tradition based on the Law.
Found Jesus in Temple Courts Later
Sheep Gate
Bethesda
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• NIV John 5:16 So, because Jesus was
doing these things on the Sabbath, the
Jews persecuted him.
• Persecution?
• Endiokon – Relentless pursuit.
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• 17 Jesus said to them, "My Father is always at
his work to this very day, and I, too, am working."
• Jesus says that His Father and He restore on
the Sabbath.
• Jesus’ statement claims equality with God, as
the next verse states. But Jesus is also saying
that He has exemption and authority to heal
alongside His Father on Sabbaths.
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• 18 For this reason the Jews tried all the
harder to kill him; not only was he breaking
the Sabbath, but he was even calling God
his own Father, making himself equal with
God.
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• 19 Jesus gave them this answer: "I tell you
the truth, the Son can do nothing by
himself; he can do only what he sees his
Father doing, because whatever the
Father does the Son also does.
• Children reflect and emulate parents.
• Remember we were to be God’s image,
reflection, and emulation before sin.
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• 20 For the Father loves the Son and
shows him all he does. Yes, to your
amazement he will show him even greater
things than these. 21 For just as the
Father raises the dead and gives them life,
even so the Son gives life to whom he is
pleased to give it.
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• The Father restores.
• The Son restores.
• Like Dad, like Son.
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• 22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has
entrusted all judgment to the Son, 23 that all
may honor the Son just as they honor the
Father. He who does not honor the Son does not
honor the Father, who sent him.
• Judgment is solely entrusted to the Son???
People are judged in how they respond to or
treat Christ. How one treats God in the Flesh is
how one treats God as a whole. Jesus states
that He is the touchstone of God or the tip of the
iceberg of God.
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• 24 "I tell you the truth, whoever hears my
word and believes him who sent me has
eternal life and will not be condemned; he
has crossed over from death to life.
• Cherishing Christ and His Word (through
the apostles and prophets) reflects saving
faith.
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• 25 I tell you the truth, a time is coming and
has now come when the dead will hear the
voice of the Son of God and those who
hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life
in himself, so he has granted the Son to
have life in himself.
• Again, as the Father restores, the Son
restores.
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• 27 And he has given him authority to
judge because he is the Son of Man.
The Son of Man
• NIV Daniel 7:13 "In my vision at night I looked,
and there before me was one like a son of man,
coming with the clouds of heaven. He
approached the Ancient of Days and was led
into his presence. 14 He was given authority,
glory and sovereign power; all peoples, nations
and men of every language worshiped him. His
dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not
pass away, and his kingdom is one that will
never be destroyed.
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• 28 "Do not be amazed at this, for a time is
coming when all who are in their graves will hear
his voice 29 and come out-- those who have
done good will rise to live, and those who have
done evil will rise to be condemned.
• The good and evil conduct is specific to the text
at hand. How one treats Christ judges oneself.
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• 30 By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I
hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to
please myself but him who sent me.
• Christ is THE loving child who delights to please
His Dad, Father.
• NIV Galatians 4:6 Because you are sons, God
sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, the
Spirit who calls out, "Abba, Father."
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• NIV John 5:31 "If I testify about myself, my
testimony is not valid. 32 There is another who
testifies in my favor, and I know that his
testimony about me is valid.
• You cannot stand up as your own witness in
legal documents or proceedings.
• In the Divine Image of God, greatness is found
in dependence upon others, not security by self.
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• The Son pours out self for God and man.
• The Son gives glory to the Father, Spirit,
and man.
• The Son is dependent upon the Father
and Spirit for the glory He receives.
• Now reflect on how this is true for the
Father and Spirit.
• Think how this corresponds to you.
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• 33 "You have sent to John and he has
testified to the truth. 34 Not that I accept
human testimony; but I mention it that you
may be saved.
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• 35 John was a lamp that burned and gave
light, and you chose for a time to enjoy his
light. 36 "I have testimony weightier than
that of John. For the very work that the
Father has given me to finish, and which I
am doing, testifies that the Father has sent
me.
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• 37 And the Father who sent me has
himself testified concerning me. You have
never heard his voice nor seen his form,
38 nor does his word dwell in you, for you
do not believe the one he sent.
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• John was recognized as a prophet. He
testified that Jesus was God.
• The Father testified to this as divine
healing and restoration only come from
God.
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• Jesus’ words are very enciting. He is
telling the religious that they are not
religious t’all.
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• 39 You diligently study the Scriptures
because you think that by them you
possess eternal life. These are the
Scriptures that testify about me,
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• Repeatedly, Jesus states the whole Old
Testament points to Himself.
• NIV Luke 24:44 He said to them, "This
is what I told you while I was still with
you: Everything must be fulfilled that is
written about me in the Law of Moses,
the Prophets and the Psalms."
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• 40 yet you refuse to come to me to have
life. 41 "I do not accept praise from men,
42 but I know you. I know that you do not
have the love of God in your hearts.
• Again, how one treats Christ is how one
treats God. Jesus states what He sees.
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• 43 I have come in my Father's name, and
you do not accept me; but if someone else
comes in his own name, you will accept
him.
• What does this mean?
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• In the Pax Romana, many were looking forward
to the Messiah. People were not hated for
claiming to be the Messiah, as long as they were
friendly with the existing establishment. So you
may have many “messianic hopefuls”
(pretenders) that were uncontested.
• Jesus heals and teaches like no other, but
threatens one’s position and understanding.
This is why He is pursued.
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• 44 How can you believe if you accept
praise from one another, yet make no
effort to obtain the praise that comes from
the only God?
• Jesus can provide FAVOR from and for
God. He states His audience seeks
FAVOR from fellow man.
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• 45 "But do not think I will accuse you
before the Father. Your accuser is Moses,
on whom your hopes are set. 46 If you
believed Moses, you would believe me, for
he wrote about me. 47 But since you do
not believe what he wrote, how are you
going to believe what I say?"
• What does this mean?
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• NIV Deuteronomy 18:15 The LORD your God
will raise up for you a prophet like me from
among your own brothers. You must listen to
him. 16 For this is what you asked of the LORD
your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly
when you said, "Let us not hear the voice of the
LORD our God nor see this great fire anymore,
or we will die." 17 The LORD said to me: "What
they say is good. 18 I will raise up for them a
prophet like you from among their brothers; I will
put my words in his mouth, and he will tell them
everything I command him.