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Sermon Outline
- Judging is hard work
- First Work of Jesus: Partner in the Father’s Work (Jn 5:16-17)
- What is God’s work on the Sabbath?
- 3 Revolutionary statements by Jesus
- Jesus is my Father (Jn 3:16-18, 2:16, 5:18)
- My Father has a ministry of healing: reconciling, redeeming, restoring, healing.
- Third, most troubling to the Jews was the Idea that Jesus could and was doing this same work his dad was about.
- Jesus was a sabbath breaker and a blasphemer in their mind and the Law of God stipulated death for both violations (Ex 31:14-15, Lev 24:16)
- Jesus is saying I am doing my Father’s business and you must honor me or fall under judgment.
- 5th Truly Truly Statement about Being the Obedient Son
- That truth is this: The Son is obedient and an exact representation of the Father to us! (Jn 5:19)
- Where the Jews charge him with trying to make himself God
- John 5:20
- The Son has the job of receiving the love of his father
- The Son has the job of paying attn to what the Father’s universal plan entails and doing it.
- Love here is phileo. Love of a brother or friend. (Exo 33:11, Jam 2:23, Gen 18)
- Greater works –
- Story of Lazarus (Jn 11)
- The greater work of redemption precipitated the Father exhibiting his power of death. (Jn 5:21)
- Greater works also involve judging & Judgment (Jn 5:22)
- All means all.
- Jesus’ judgments extend in all the earth (1Chr 16:14);
- Jesus will judge and is judging rulers and mighty (Job 21:22).
- He is righteous in his judgment (Ps 7:11, 50:6, 75:7).
- Nothing escapes his judgment (Eccl 12:14).
- He judges his own people (Ezek 18:30) and the nations (Ezek 28:22, 26).
- The doers of Evil are judged by Him (Rom 2:2).
- Angels and demons (2Pt 2:4).
- For he alone has the See Rom 11:33 for the resources God has to judge.
- This very message of Jesus as the cosmic judge is preached by Peter and Paul (Acts 10:42, 2Tim 4:1)
- What’s the Point?
- To bring people to a place of honor and reverence for Jesus (Jn 5:23-24)
- To conform to his life, just as his life conforms to the Father’s.
- One cannot claim to be one of God’s kids if one also doesn’t honor Jesus Christ.
- So as we go into the world this week: Lets
- Make time to know and relate to the Son.
- Act upon your growing knowledge and intimacy with Jesus.
- Trust in the judgments of Christ
- Finally –remember there is no condemnation for those in Christ (Rom 8:1, Eph 4:24).
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