HIS WILL BE DONE

John 5:19-30 King James Version
GOD’S SON WAS OBEDIENT
While he was in human form, Jesus did not ask us to do anything that he did not do himself. Even as a young lad, though all things had been made by him, he was obedient to Joseph and Mary. He had been conversing with the leaders of the temple, but as soon as they found him, he left that discussion and “went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them:” (Luke 2:50-51) Several years later, before he began his ministry, he sought out John and set the example of being baptized of him in the Jordan. This so pleased God that He spoke from heaven, saying, “Thou art my beloved Son: in thee I am well pleased. (Luke 3:22)
This was not for the remission of sins, but that we might see and follow his example.
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.
Jesus entire life on earth was that he might please his Father who had sent him. Unfortunately none of us are so eager to follow our earthly fathers, let alone God.
I remember an incident from my own childhood. We lived three miles from a small village, it still could be described that way. Our farm, no longer there, faced a gravel road. My parents planned to go to do their usual weekly grocery shopping at my aunt’s grocery store there. To them, it was a necessary trip, but to me it was a major disappointment I was not to go with them. On this particular week end I was told to take the sharp hoe from the garden and to chop back all the weeds that bordered the road before they returned. I recall that I was bitterly angry and weeping, but I started chopping blindly at the weeds, and the inevitable happened. I missed a big weed and hit the instep of my left foot. Fortunately it happened as they were leaving, and my bare foot was bathed in kerosene and a bandage applied. I still bear the scar today, and still remember the lesson I learned.
(Matthew 26-39, John 5:30, John 6:38, John 8:28, John 12:49, John 14:10)
As He obeyed his Father, we too must obey him.
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.
(Matthew 3:17, John 3:35, 2 Peter 1:17, John 14:12)
Our stubborn independent action often brings problems that could have been avoided.
21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
(Romans 4:17, Romans 8:11, John 11:25)
Eternal life comes through loving obedience. When Jesus gives new life to his own, it is eternal, but it is altogether upon us to accept it.
JESUS WILL JUDGE ALL MANKIND
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
(John 5:27, John 9:39, Acts 10:42, Acts 17:31)
God does not seek to destroy. He sent Jesus to save, but in saving some, he must reject others.
As a youth, I sometimes worked for my aunt in that same grocery store. She sold fresh fruit and vegetables by weight, and I often was given the task of sorting out spoiling produce. I particularly remember the potatoes. If they are not removed, a bad potato will damage all near it. That was a smelly job, but it had to be done for the sake of the good. That is a lot like the “judgment” to come. The good must be separated from the bad, for there can be no sin or corruption in heaven. The parable about the separating of the goats from the sheep and setting them to opposite sides is the same event described. It has to be, but it is the “goodness” or the “badness” that determines where they go, not the judge. I also “candled” all the eggs that my aunt bought for resale. “As we judge, we shall be judged.” We are responsible for our own destination.
The only way we can really honor God is through honoring His Son. “The word was God.” (John 1:1) He that hath seen me hath seen the Father.” He came to do the Father’s will.
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.
(Luke 10:16, 1 John 2:23)
THE RESULT OF HEARING AND BELIEVING, WILL BE DOING HIS WILL
If we believe that Jesus is the Lord, the Son of God, we show that belief by obeying His commandments. Years ago, we commented that the new missionary’s children did not seem to show the respect for their parents that the South African children did. Today we see a generation, now adults, that is also disrespectful of others, but more seriously of God.
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 3:18, John 12:44, John 20:31, 1 John 5:13, John 3:18, 1 John 3:14)
Even the dead will hear and rise, those that believe to life eternal, and those that do not believe to eternal damnation. “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved, but he that believeth not shall the damned.” (Mark 16:16)
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 4:21, John 4:23, John 5:28, Luke 15:24, John 6:60, John 8:43, John 8:47, John 9:27)
26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
(John 1:4, John 6:57) 27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
(John 9:39, Acts 10:42, John 17:31)
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
(John 4:21, John 11:24, 1 Corinthians 15:52)
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.
(Daniel 12:2, Matthew 25:46, Acts 24:15)
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 5:19, John 8:16, John 4:34, John 6:38)
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