The Gospel According To John
by Richard St.James
The Mystery Of Christ
Bible 1611.Com / Old Paths Bible Ministries © 2008John 5:17 “But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I
work.
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only
had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making
himself equal with God.
19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto
you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do:
for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that
himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye
may marvel.
21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so
the Son quickeneth whom he will.
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto
the Son:
23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father.
He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent
him.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and
believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come
into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
“But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”
Who is Jesus Christ’s Father? And who is Jesus Christ? And what does he mean when he says: “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work”?
Now men are resolute in their determination to unravel the meaning of mysteries. It is in the GENES as they would say. It’s in the human nature especially among Gentiles [GREEKS] to solve a riddle.
When Paul visited Athens the Greeks were trying to figure it out, that is, to know the meaning of Paul’s doctrine. [Acts 17:20] “For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.” In the New Testament there are several mysteries. In particular, some of these mysteries have to do with very nature of GOD.
In Colossians 2:2 we have:
1. The Mystery of God
2. The Mystery of The Father
3. The Mystery of Christ
“That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and
unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the
acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of
Christ.”In Colossians 4:3 we have:
The Mystery Of Christ
“Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds”.In 1 Timothy 3:16 we have:
The Mystery Of Godliness
“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”But as much as men want to figure things out in their own wisdom they will never be able to figure out the mystery of Christ UNAIDED. They have been figuratively busting their guts out for the last six thousand years trying to figure out the mystery of Christ.
Men have miserably failed the course, and have gotten a grade of a “F”. The mysteries of God the Father, and The Son … Jesus Christ, can only be acknowledged by those who are in Christ. In First Corinthians the Spirit of God says it this way about NATURAL man.
“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” [1 Corinthians 2:14] In this world those who are in Christ are known as Christians.
It was their enemies who first started calling them CHRISTIANS. Turn to the book of Acts chapter eleven, verse twenty-six and see. “And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
The Holy Ghost Teacheth
19 “Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.”Turn to 1 Corinthians 2:9-13. “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.”
Now those who believe the Scripture are the ones, who will receive the answer to these questions:
1. Who is Jesus Christ’s Father?
2. And who is Jesus Christ?
3. And what does he mean when he says: “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.”
1. The answer to the first question is in John 4:24a. “God is a Spirit.” The Father is Spirit.
2. And the answer to the second question is before your very eyes in 1Timothy 3:16. “God was manifest in the flesh.” The Son is the manifestation of God in bodily form. They are one. The Son is equal to the Father.
3. The answer to the third question is found in John 4:34. “Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.” Their work is one. “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.” The SON finishes the work of the FATHER!
20 “For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.”
21 “For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.”
The work that the FATHER began is the work the SON finished. “My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.” Jesus Christ [THE SON] in is his forty-two ministry on this earth was to finish the work of [THE FATHER].
You have passed from death into life!
22 “For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:”
23 “That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.”
If you believe what the Holy Ghost has written here: that is, the Father has committed “all judgment unto the Son” and that THE FATHER COMMANDS that “all men should honor the Son as they honor the Father”, then, you have everlasting life and SHALL NOT come into condemnation. You have passed from death into life.
24 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.” This is a promise of God. Trust in his promises. Lean on his word. Amen!
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The Gospel According To John
John 5:1 After this there was a feast of the
Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
John 5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which
is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
John 5:3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind,
halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
John 5:4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool,
and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of
the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
John 5:5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty
and eight years.
John 5:6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a
long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
John 5:7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the
water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming,
another steppeth down before me.
John 5:8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
John 5:9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his
bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
John 5:10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the
sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
John 5:11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said
unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
John 5:12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto
thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
John 5:13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had
conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.
John 5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto
him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing
come unto thee.
John 5:15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus,
which had made him whole.
John 5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to
slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
John 5:17 But Jesus answered them, My
Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
John 5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he
not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his
Father, making himself equal with God.
John 5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I
say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth
the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the
Son likewise.
John 5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things
that himself doeth: and he will show him greater works than these,
that ye may marvel.
John 5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth
them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all
judgment unto the Son:
John 5:23 That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour
the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father
which hath sent him.
John 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word,
and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall
not come into
condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
John 5:25 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.
John 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given
to the Son to have life in himself;
John 5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also,
because he is the Son of man.
John 5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which
all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
John 5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the
resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the
resurrection of damnation.
John 5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and
my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will
of the Father which hath sent me.
John 5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
John 5:32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know
that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
John 5:33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
John 5:34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I
say, that ye might be saved.
John 5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing
for a season to rejoice in his light.
John 5:36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the
works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that
I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
John 5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne
witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen
his shape.
John 5:38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath
sent, him ye believe not.
John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have
eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
John 5:40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
John 5:41 I receive not honour from men.
John 5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
John 5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if
another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
John 5:44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another,
and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
John 5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there
is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
John 5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for
he wrote of me.
John 5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe
my words?