Beloved: Gospel of John

A Word to Jesus Killers

April 14, 2019

Please turn in your Bibles to John 5:19-30

Question: Is Jesus a liar, a lunatic or something worse…or is He Lord?

Jesus Pushing the Envelope (ref. John 4:17)

Further (V 19-20): “I Am equal to God”

Further (V 21): “I Am is the giver of life”

Further (V 22-23): “I Am the final judge”

Further (V 24): “I Am the determiner of your final destiny”

Further (V 25): “I Am He who will raise the dead”

(ref. Romans 8:7, Matthew 12:30)

1: lost sinner into real life (V 24)

“This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you

life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.”

Deuteronomy 30:19

2: Jesus defeats the grave (V 26)

3: Future of eternity in His presence (V 27-29a)

4: Future of separation from God (V 29b-30)

“The work of God is this: to believe in the one He has sent.” John 6:29

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—9 not by works, so that no one can boast. 10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:8-10

What is God’s Spirit speaking into your life today?

How must you respond?