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George MacDonald · Citado em PreceptAustin
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MacDonald adds that eternal life "is the life of the Lord Jesus Christ (cf Col 3:4+, 2Co 4:10,11+, 1Jn 5:11, 12+, Jn 10:10b). It is not only life that will go on forever, but it is a (higher) quality of life. It is the life of the Savior imparted to us who believe in Him. It is the spiritual life received when a man is born again (Jn 3:3-8+), in contrast to the natural life which he received at his physical birth (cf 2Co 3:6+ - "the Spirit gives life"). (Borrow Believer's Bible Commentary) NO CONDEMNATION FOR BELIEVERS And - And is a "hinge word" that connects ideas or thoughts (and usually gets little respect) but this passage is very significant. This "and" describes the second advantage of believing the word of Jesus -- no judgment (explained below). Does not come into judgment (krisis) - The NIV says "will not be condemned" and experience eternal death because "Christ died for us (HIS DEATH IN OUR PLACE)." (Ro 5:8+). As Paul says "Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus" (Ro 8:1+). Jesus is not saying those who believe and receive eternal life will not experience a judgment of any kind. From other passages we know that believers will stand at the judgment seat (bema) of Christ (2Cor 5:10+), but this is not for judgment of their sins but to determine their reward. In Jn 5:24 Jesus is not speaking of the judgment of believers but the judgment of all who do not believe His word. In other words, all who refuse to believe in Jesus will suffer a "krisis" (judgment) which will indeed be their personal crisis! Their fate is to stand at the future judgment of non-believers at the Great White Throne judgment, be condemned and then be thrown into the eternal lake of fire. (Rev 20:11-14+) The Christian will never be punished for his sins.
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MacDonald adds "May each of us who loves the Lord Jesus desire that we, too, may be flames of fire for Him, burning ourselves out but bringing light to the world in the process." A T Robertson on were willing to rejoice - "They were attracted by his brightness, not by his warmth" (Bengel). Even so the brightness of John's shining did not really enlighten their minds. "The interest in the Baptist was a frivolous, superficial, and short-lived excitement" (Vincent). It was only "for an hour" (pros hōran) when they turned against him. (John 5 Commentary) Matthew Henry on rejoice (agalliao) pictures them as even "willing to dance, and make a noise about this light, as boys about a bonfire.”...You were fond of him, pros hōran—for an hour, for a season, as little children are fond of a new thing, you were pleased with John awhile, but soon grew weary of him and his ministry, and said that he had a devil, and now you have him in prison.” Many, that seem to be affected and pleased with the gospel at first, afterwards despise and reject it; it is common for forward and noisy professors to cool and fall off (ED: SEE Lk 8:6-7, 12-14+). These here rejoiced in John’s light, but never walked in it, and therefore did not keep to it (ED: Like Lk 8:15+); they were like the stony ground. While Herod was a friend to John Baptist, the people caressed him; but when he fell under Herod’s frowns he lost their favours (cf Mt 14:3, 6-11) Christ mentions their respect to John, to condemn them for their present opposition to himself, to whom John bore witness. If they had continued their veneration for John, as they ought to have done, they would have embraced Christ. (2.) He mentions the passing away of their respect, to justify God in depriving them, as he had now done, of John’s ministry, and putting that light under a bushel. (John 5 Commentary) Steven
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MacDonald - It is terrible to think that men with the Scriptures in their hands could be so blind. But it was even more inexcusable that after the Lord Jesus spoke to them in this way, they still refused to accept Him (Borrow Believer's Bible Commentary) After Jesus was resurrected He explained to His disciples (they had believing hearts and could see and hear these truths) the OT passages that referred to Him Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures....44 Now He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” (Luke 24:27, 44+) J C
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MacDonald - The real reason people do not accept the Savior is not because they cannot understand the gospel, or find it impossible to believe on Jesus. There is nothing about the Lord Jesus that makes it impossible for them to trust Him. The real fault lies in man’s own will. He loves his sins more than he loves the Savior. He does not want to give up his wicked ways. (Borrow Believer's Bible Commentary) Jesus' main point is that there is nothing intrinsically life-giving about the Torah if one misses how it points to the Messiah and life in Him. Praise God that not every Jewish person was unwilling and spiritually blind and deaf, John writing "Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We (PHILIP AND SIMON/CEPHAS - Jn 1:41-42) have found Him of Whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote–Jesus of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph.” (Jn 1:45+). J C
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MacDonald - In condemning the Jews for their failure to receive Him, the Lord did not want them to think that He was hurt because they had not given Him honor. He did not come into the world for the purpose of being praised by the men of this world. He was not dependent on their praise, but rather sought the praise of His Father. Even if men rejected Him, that did not detract from His glory. (Borrow Believer's Bible Commentary) J Michael Ramsey on not receive glory - Jesus implies two things: first, that He does not care what his accusers may “think” (Jn 5:39) of Him or of His claims; second, that they themselves” do “accept glory from humans,” whether from each other (see Jn 5:44) or from anyone who comes along (Jn 5:43). (Borrow The Gospel of John)
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MacDonald - Man’s failure to receive the Son of God is here traced back to its cause. These men did not have the love of God in them, that is, they loved themselves rather than God. If they had loved God, they would have received the One whom God had sent. By their rejection of the Lord Jesus, they showed their utter lack of love for His Father. (Borrow Believer's Bible Commentary) Leon Morris on do not have the love (agape) of God - They make a profession of loving him, but in fact there is no real love. This is always the case where religion is basically self-willed. The Jews worked out their pattern of religion and tried to fit God into it. They did not seek first the way of God and then try to model their religious practices on it.122 They succumbed to the perennial temptation of religious people. (The Gospel according to John - BORROW) Colin Kruse - Their desire for praise from one another and the absence of real love for God, Jesus implied, prevented them from accepting as valid the witness borne to Jesus. (Borrow The Gospel according to John : an introduction and commentary) NET Note on love of God - The genitive in the phrase tēn agapēn tou theou, “the love of God” could be translated as either a subjective genitive (“God’s love”) or an objective genitive (“love for [toward] God”). Either is grammatically possible. This is possibly an instance of a plenary genitive (see ExSyn 119–21; M. Zerwick, “Biblical Greek : illustrated by examples”, §§36–39). If so, the emphasis would be on the love God gives which in turn produces love for Him, but Jesus’ opponents are lacking any such love inside them. John 5:43 "I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him. BGT John 5:43 ἐγὼ ἐλήλυθα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ οὐ λαμβάνετέ με· ἐὰν ἄλλος ἔλθῃ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τῷ ἰδίῳ, ἐκεῖνον λήμψεσθε. Amplified I have come in My Father’s name and with His power, and you do not receive Me [your hearts are not open to Me, you give Me no welcome]; but if another comes in his own name and his own power and with no other authority but himself, you will receive him and give him your approval. Living Bible I know, because I have come to you representing my Father and you refuse to welcome me, though you readily enough receive those who aren’t sent from him, but represent only themselves! Weymouth I have come as my Father’s representative, and you do not receive me. If some one else comes representing only himself, him you will receive. Revised English Bible I have come accredited by my Father, and you have no welcome for me; but let someone self-accredited come, and you will give him a welcome. KJV 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. NET John 5:43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. CSB John 5:43 I have come in My Father's name, yet you don't accept Me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. ESV John 5:43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. NIV John 5:43 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. NLT John 5:43 For I have come to you in my Father's name, and you have rejected me. Yet if others come in their own name, you gladly welcome them. NRS John 5:43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me; if another comes in his own name, you will accept him. NJB John 5:43 I have come in the name of my Father and you refuse to accept me; if someone else should come in his own name you would accept him. NAB John 5:43 I came in the name of my Father, but you do not accept me; yet if another comes in his own name, you will accept him. YLT John 5:43 'I have come in the name of my Father, and ye do not receive me; if another may come in his own name, him ye will receive; come: Jn 3:16 Jn 6:38 Jn 8:28,29 Jn 10:25 Jn 12:28 Jn 17:4-6 Eze 23:21 Heb 5:4,5 If another comes in his own name: Mt 24:5,24 Ac 5:36,37 Acts 21:38 John 5 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. John 6:38 “For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. MESSIAH NOT WELCOMED I have come in My Father's (pater) Name (onoma), and you (ABSOLUTELY) do not receive (lambano) Me - REB = "I have come accredited by my Father, and you have no welcome for me." This would be further evidence that these Jews did not have the love of God in themselves, for if they had truly loved the Father, they would have readily received His Son. A T Robertson on in My Father's Name - Seven times Jesus in John speaks of the "Name" of the Father (John 5:43; John 10:25; John 12:28; John 17:6, 11-12, 26). "And yet ye do not receive me," as in John 5:40, "the Gospel of the Rejection" (John 1:11; John 3:11, 32; John 12:37) often applied to the Fourth Gospel....Credulous about the false Messiahs, incredulous about Christ. (Word Pictures of the New Testament) MacDonald - The Lord Jesus came in His Father’s name, that is, He came to do His Father’s will, to bring glory to His Father, and to obey His Father in all things. If men had really loved God, they would have loved the One who sought to please God in all He said and did. (Borrow Believer's Bible Commentary) Utley on you do not receive Me - Throughout the Gospel of John, the focus of believing in Jesus is not a prescribed theological creed but a personal encounter with Him (i.e., John 5:39-40). Belief begins with a decision to trust Him. This starts a growing personal relationship of discipleship that culminates in doctrinal maturity and Christlike living. SPECIAL TOPIC: RECEIVE SPECIAL TOPIC: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO "RECEIVE," "BELIEVE," "CONFESS/PROFESS," "CALL UPON"?
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MacDonald - probably He was referring here to the Antichrist. In a coming day, a self-appointed ruler will rise among the Jewish people and demand to be worshiped as God (2 Thess. 2:8–10). The majority of the Jewish nation will accept this Antichrist as their ruler, and as a result they will come under severe judgment from God (1 Jn. 2:18). (Borrow Believer's Bible Commentary) Stier remarks, “He of whom the Lord here prophecies, is finally Antichrist, with his open and avowed denial of God and of Christ; with his most daring ‘I,’ before which all the proud will humbly bow down, because they will find themselves in him, and will honour him as their true God. As the Father reveals Himself in Christ, so will Satan manifest himself in Antichrist, and give him all his work and witness, and his own honour as the prince of this world; and the wicked will yield themselves to him, because through unbelief they have already fallen into his nature, and fitly belong to him.”
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MacDonald - Here the Lord gave another reason for the failure of the Jewish people to accept Him. (Borrow Believer's Bible Commentary) How can you believe (pisteuo), when you receive (lambano) glory (doxa praise, honor) from one another and you do not seek (zeteo) the glory (doxa praise, honor) that is from the one and only God (theos) - Contrast Jesus' words in Jn 5:41! This question by Jesus is a condemning rhetorical question! They cannot believe in Jesus. They are too busy "patting each other on the back!" They are filled with pride and self-righteousness which God steadfastly opposes. Their self-glorification effectively cancels out the greater glorification that comes from God and is only available by knowing His Son. A T Robertson on How can you believe - Emphasis on "you" (humeis), you being what you are. They were not true Jews (Romans 2:29; Esther 9:28) who cared for the glory of God, but they prefer the praise of men (Matthew 6:1-2; Matthew 23:5) like the Pharisees who feared to confess Christ (John 12:43). (Word Pictures of the New Testament) J C
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MacDonald - They were more interested in the approval of their fellow men than they were in God’s approval. They were afraid of what their friends would say if they left Judaism. They were not willing to endure the reproach and suffering which would be heaped upon them if they became followers of the Lord Jesus. As long as a person is afraid of what others will say or do, he cannot be saved. In order to believe on the Lord Jesus, one must desire God’s approval more than anyone else’s. (Borrow Believer's Bible Commentary) Spurgeon's Exposition - Some men find it difficult to believe in Christ because they are always seeking honour for themselves; desire for the praise of men often blinds the mind and prejudices the spirit. How boldly our great Master speaks! There is no flattery on his lips. He is the faithful and true Witness, the very Word of God. Oh, that all men would give heed to his message!