Abideth on him. God has given Christ the power and authority to bestow everlasting life on all who trust in Him for their salvation and it is granted simply by believing on Him: "For He who believes in the Son has eternal life." (Verses John 5:1-7), On the other hand, the Lord speaks but the word: "Rise, take up thy couch and walk." This is indispensable; for God is a Spirit, and so it cannot but be. Here there is no John proclaiming Jesus as the One who was about to introduce the kingdom of heaven. (Ver. Jesus, therefore, answered, "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. Unless a man or woman is born of the Spirit, born from above, they cannot be saved, because they are attempting to reach God the wrong way. It is the final setting aside of Judaism then, whose characteristic hope was the display of power and rest in the world. There is difference of manner for the world and His own ignorance and rejection. Fritzsche, p. 21). 25-26); (3) John's joy (vss. His glorious person would have none now in relation to God but members of the family. This closes the various aspects of the Lord Jesus, completely blotting out Judaism, viewed as resting in a system of law and ordinances, as looking to a Messiah with present ease, and as hoping for the display of Messianic glory then in the world. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Greek Scripture. Life eternal is to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom He hath sent. You don't know if they know, or know and don't care, or if they are just U2 and know, don't care and deep down don't . Observe: not which was, but "which is." . There are many aspects to be considered. But what we learn is, that our Lord (viewed as having entered into heaven as man on the ground of redemption, i.e., ascended, after having passed through death, into glory) from that glory confers meanwhile the Holy Ghost on him that believes, instead of bringing in at once the final feast of gladness for the Jews and the world, as He will do by-and-by when the anti-typical harvest and vintage has been fulfilled. (See Hebrews 12:2, Hebrews 13:11-13) Again, let me just remark in passing, that although, no doubt, we may in a general way speak of those who partake of the new nature as having that life, yet the Holy Ghost refrains from predicating of any saints the full character of eternal life as a present thing until we have the cross of Christ laid (at least doctrinally) as the ground of it. "He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water." Yet thousands choose to remain in this state, and to encounter alone all that is terrible in the wrath of Almighty God, rather than come to Jesus, who has borne their sins in his own body on the tree, and who is willing to bless them with the peace, and purity, and joy of immortal life. It is not here spoken of as coming upon them, or as passing from them. of In John 6:1-71 our Lord sets aside Israel in another point of view. He had no need that any should testify of man, for He knew what was in man. The word, which occurs only here in the Gospels, is not the same as that at the beginning of the verse, and shows that the faith there intended is the subjection of the . The Syriac and Arabic versions render it, "shall abide upon him"; so some copies. Nor was it yet complete. It is not simply the new birth such as a saint might, and always must, have had, in order to vital relations with God at any time. He was God. John 3:16 teaches us that anyone who believes in Jesus Christ, God's Son, will be saved. Do any believe on His name? In the beginning of the chapter it was rather an essential indispensable action of the Holy Ghost required; here it is the privilege of the Holy Ghost given. There was purpose in it. This is the more striking, because, as we have seen, the world and Israel, rejecting Him, are also themselves, as such, rejected from the first. The close of the chapter shows us the Lord in Galilee. Of course it is the revelation of Christ; but here He was simply revealing the sources of this indispensable new birth. So only is man born of God. Just as in John 4:1-54, so here it is a question of power in the Holy Ghost, and not simply of Christ's person. Still the eternal day alone will show out the full virtue of that which belongs to Jesus as the Lamb of God, who takes away the world's sin. They had eyes, but they saw not; ears had they, but they heard not, nor did they understand His glory. At once their malice drops the beneficent power of God in the case, provoked at the fancied wrong done to the seventh day. The rejection of Christ is the contempt of God Himself, in that of which He is most jealous, the honour of the Saviour, His Son. But this is the command of God, That men should believe on his Son, 1Jo 3:23. (Verses John 7:3-5) The Lord intimates the impossibility of anticipating the time of God; but then He does it as connected with His own personal glory. The Lord and the disciples are next seen in the country district, not far, it would seem, from John, who was baptizing as they were. (VersesJohn 7:33-36; John 7:33-36) Jesus was returning to Him that sent Him, and the Holy Ghost would be given. How could either light or love rest in a scene of sin, darkness, and misery? This only secures His honour in those that believe God's testimony to Him, the Son of God; and to these He gives life, everlasting life now, and exemption from judgment, in this acting in communion with the Father. (Ver. John gives us this point of contact with them, though in an incident peculiar to himself. The one, like the other, contributes to this great end, whether the Son of man necessarily lifted up, or the only begotten Son of God given in His love. To this last the Lord attaches the deepest importance. "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life". In these two points of view, more particularly, John gives testimony to Christ; He is the lamb as the taker away of the world's sin; the same is He who baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. (VersesJohn 3:20-21; John 3:20-21). Thus we have traced, first, hearts not only attracted to Him, but fresh souls called to follow Him; then, in type, the call of Israel by-and-by; finally, the disappearance of the sign of moral purifying for the joy of the new covenant, when Messiah's time comes to bless the needy earth; but along with this the execution of judgment in Jerusalem, and its long defiled temple. 31-36). John 1:20-25) John does not even speak of Him as one who, on His rejection as Messiah, would step into a larger glory. He is ever God; He is the Son; He quickens and raises from the dead. In short, the riches of God's grace are here according to the glory of the Son, and in the power of the Holy Ghost. To Him be all praise and glory forever and ever, AMEN. "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. denotes a deeper and more permanent sentiment; a settled habit of mind; while is a more turbulent, but temporary agitation. Truth and grace were not sought nor found in man, but began to subsist here below by Jesus Christ. What love! Answer: John 3:16 does not say that unbelievers have the ability of their own sinful free will, to receive Christ. "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on them" What Does John 3:36 Mean? He who believes is within the circle of the life of God, which is essentially eternal. Has or is in possession of that which is a recovery from spiritual death, and which will result in eternal life in heaven. Could they, then, reject the Son, and merely miss this infinite blessing of life in Him? They would fall a prey to Antichrist, and meanwhile are accused of Moses, in whom they trusted, without believing him; else they would have believed Christ, of whom he wrote. (Ver. The disciples come; the woman goes into the city, leaving her waterpot, but carrying with her the unspeakable gift of God. And worship is viewed both in moral nature and in the joy of communion doubly. But the wrath of God abideth on him; as the sentence of wrath, of condemnation, and death, and the curse of the law were pronounced upon him in Adam, as on all mankind, it continues, and will continue, and will never be reversed, but will be executed on him, he not being redeemed from it, as his final unbelief shows; and as he was by nature a child of wrath, as others, he remains such; and as the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all unrighteousness and ungodliness of men, it comes upon the children of disobedience, and remains there; it hangs over their heads, and lights upon them, and they will be filled with a dreadful sense of it to all eternity. Did the dead (for so men are treated, not as alive under law) did they hear the voice of the Son of God? (John 3:36 KJV). 24 "Faithis a work of God in the sense it is that which God has ordered man to do"Guy N. Woods (1989), A Commentary on The Gospel of John (Nashville: Gospel Advocate Company), p. 125. 2) John 3:16 In The Bible. The Syriac and Arabic versions render it, "shall abide upon him"; so some copies. The Lord Jesus presents Himself as putting an end to all this now for the Christian, though, of course, every word God has promised, as well as threatened, remains to be accomplished in Israel by-and-by; for Scripture cannot be broken; and what the mouth of the Lord has said awaits its fulfilment in its due sphere and season. This last is the figure of a truth deeper than incarnation, and clearly means communion with His death. The contrasts are as strong, at least, as the resemblance with the healing of the centurion's servant in Matthew 13:1-58 and Luke 7:1-50, which some ancients and moderns have confounded with this, as they did Mary's anointing of Jesus with the sinful woman's in Luke 7:1-50. Seeking the Gospel in Malachi, the Last Book of the Old Testament. Jesus not only could go up, as He did later, but He had come down thence, and, even though man, He was the Son of man that is in heaven. As there is no way of escaping the wrath of God but by the Lord Jesus Christ, so those who will not believe must go to eternity as they are, and bear alone and unpitied all that God may choose to inflict as the expression of his sense of sin. The temptation is to hide your light. God orders matters so that a favoured teacher of men, favoured as none others were in Israel, should come to Jesus by night. John 3:36 Translation & Meaning. These are the final words of John the Baptist 170 in the Gospel of John. This is all perfectly true, of course; and we have it elsewhere. John pointed people to the Lord Jesus, for Christ Himself was sent to bear heavenly witness of the invisible God Who "loved the world so much that He gave His only begotten Son, so that whosoever believes in Him would not perish but have everlasting life.". None but a divine being could thus deal with the world. (ver. It is not now the revelation of God meeting man either in essential nature, or as manifested in flesh; nor is it the course of dispensational dealing presented in a parenthetic as well as mysterious form, beginning with John the Baptist's testimony, and going down to the millennium in the Son, full of grace and truth. The Bible (from Koine Greek , t bibla, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures that are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, and many other religions. Here there could not be more, and He would not give less: even "grace upon grace." Our text divides into four sections: (1) Jesus baptizes, too (vss. Alas! John 4:1-6; John 4:1-6) What a picture of rejection and humiliation! ", John the Baptist was the earthly witness that God usedto present His dearly beloved Son to the world. So does his confession: Rabbi, thou art the Son of God: thou art the King of Israel. Thus we feed on Him and drink into Him, as man, unto life everlasting life in Him. Indeed, He was the great Prophet, as He was the great King, and as He is now the great Priest on high. Indeed, it is the total eclipse, not merely of law and remedial mercies, but even of promised Messianic glory, by everlasting life and resurrection at the last day. In our text, John hits it once more (and it won't be the last time! VERSION, NIV Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica. "The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came ( ) by Jesus Christ." John 1:11-12; John 1:11-12) It was not a question now of Jehovah and His servants. John 1:26-27; John 1:26-27) For himself he was not the Christ, but for Jesus he says no more. Rather, he refers to the fame and influence of Christ. He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. The Jews, then, who could not help, and pitied not their fellow in his long infirmity and disappointment, are scandalized to see him, safe and sound, carrying his couch on that day. It passes over all question of dispensations, until it accomplishes, in all its extent, that purpose for which He thus died. THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL
Thus it is not the Spirit of God simply giving a new nature; neither is it the Holy Ghost given as the power of worship and communion with His God and Father. Nobody had gone up to heaven: God had taken more than one; but no one had gone there as of right. He also knew that Jesus would increase in honour and influence, for of his government and peace there would be no end, while he himself would be less followed. We have seen already that thus light was shed on men. "Master, eat," said they. For if, on the one side, God has taken care to let us see already the glory of the Son, and the grace of which He was full, on the other side, all shines out the more marvellously when we know how He dealt with a woman of Samaria, sinful and degraded. The Christian here has a foretaste of the world of glory, and enjoys the same kind of felicity, though not the same degree, that he will there. Here the unlimited scene is in view; not Israel, but the world. The first four chapters of John precede in point of time the notices of His ministry in the other gospels. It is not John's business here to call attention to His Messiahship, not even when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask, Who art thou? Obedience, however, includes faith. Thus, manifestly, the whole question is terminated at the very starting-point of our gospel; and this is characteristic of John all through: manifestly all is decided. His opposition to sin, and its terrible effects in this world and the next.Abideth on him - This implies that he is "now" under the wrath of God, or under condemnation. But the Spirit would not confine His operations to such bounds, but go out freely like the wind. At least, so say many Christians. (Verse John 1:9) The world therefore surely ought to have known its Maker. For evidently it is the theme of worship in its Christian fulness, the fruit of the manifestation of God, and of the Father known in grace. In John He is One who could be described as Son of man who is in heaven; but He belonged to heaven, because He was divine. (36) Here too we have, in the words of John, thoughts which we have found already (John 3:15-16), and shall find again (), in the words of Christ Himself.He that believeth not the Son. Accordingly there is a four-fold testimony to Jesus: the testimony of John the Baptist; the Lord's own works; the voice of the Father from heaven; and finally, the written word which the Jews had in their own hands. But John was not merely an earthly witness pointing us to Christ. (Ver. infinite truth! They wonder, as they had murmured before (John 7:12-15); but Jesus shows that the desire to do God's will is the condition of spiritual understanding. Man might pull Him down destroy Him, as far as man could, and surely to be the basis in God's hand of better blessing; but He was God, and in three days He would raise up this temple. But Jesus finds him in the temple, and said, "Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." He that believes on the Son has everlasting life; and he that disobeys the Son, in the sense of not being subject to His person, "shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him" Such is the issue of the Son of God present in this world an everlasting one for every man, flowing from the glory of His person, the character of His testimony, and the Father's counsels respecting Him. What sayest thou of thyself? It was much, yet was it little of the glory that was His; but at least it was real; and to the one that has shall be given. All translations of John 3:36 imply that this rejection of Christ is a deliberate action. through "sin." 1John 3:15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. As there is no way of escaping the wrath of God but by the Lord Jesus Christ, so those who will not believe must go to eternity "as they are," and bear alone and unpitied all that God may choose to inflict as the expression of "his" sense of sin. Here, accordingly, it is not so much the means by which life is communicated, as the revelation of the full blessing of grace and communion with the Father and His Son by the Holy Ghost, in whom we are blessed. As Burge (pp. John 3:17; John 3:17) This decides all before the execution of judgment, Every man's lot is made manifest by his attitude toward God's testimony concerning His Son. So it must be now; for God is revealed; and the Father in grace seeks true worshippers (be they Samaritans or Jews) to worship Him. John the Baptist tells his disciples that Jesus has come from Heaven and will teach of the things of Heaven, because He has firsthand knowledge of Heaven and of God. This, of course, supposes the setting aside of Jerusalem, its people and house, as they now are, and is justified by the great fact of Christ's death and resurrection, which is the key to all, though not yet intelligible even to the disciples. 42). And so, in fact, it was and is. THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL
The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who rejects the Son will not see life; instead, the wrath of God remains on him. There is but one unfailing test the Son of God God's testimony to Him. (VersesJohn 3:7-8; John 3:7-8), It is hardly necessary to furnish detailed disproof of the crude, ill-considered notion (originated by the fathers), that baptism is in question. (Ver. It is the revelation of God yea, of the Father and the Son, and not merely the detecter of man. Christ's clear command to all sinners is to believe His heavenly testimony: "For whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life, and will not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life." Disbelief is regarded in its active manifestation, disobedience. This statement (verse John 1:15) is a parenthesis, though confirmatory of verse John 1:14, and connects John's testimony with this new section of Christ's manifestation in flesh; as we saw John introduced in the earlier verses, which treated abstractly of Christ's nature as the Word. (See on [1777]Joh 3:18 and [1778]Joh 5:24).shall not see lifeThe contrast here is striking: The one has already a life that will endure for everthe other not only has it not now, but shall never have itnever see it.abideth on himIt was on Him before, and not being removed in the only possible way, by "believing on the Son," it necessarily remaineth on him! Without it there is no divine understanding of Christ, or of His word, or of Scripture. "Come, see a man that told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?" Then He rebukes the carnality of His brethren. The original Greek word, apeithn, means "rejecting belief," "refusing obedience," or "refusing to be convinced." This is the same idea explained in Scriptures such as John 3:18-19, Romans 1:20, and Romans 3:11. But none need hate, and none need live in wilful sin. The looking for signs and wonders is rebuked; but mortality is arrested. He could, therefore, tell them of heavenly things as readily as of earthly things; but the incredulity about the latter, shown in the wondering ignorance of the new birth as a requisite for God's kingdom, proved it was useless to tell of the former. ): (John 3:34-36) The price for rejecting the true testimony regarding Jesus. ", To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. The wrath of God. On this basisJohn 7:1-53; John 7:1-53 proceeds. How truly it is man under law! Resurrection will be the proof; the two-fold rising of the dead, not one, but two resurrections. 22-24); (2) John's disciples are jealous (vss. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary3:22-36 John was fully satisfied with the place and work assigned him; but Jesus came on a more important work. Except one were born of water and of the Spirit, he could not enter the kingdom of God. (Verses John 1:44-51). He is under the eternal sentence of death. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: that all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He speaks the words of God Himself. Categories . Further, John attests that he saw the Spirit descending like a dove, and abiding on Him the appointed token that He it is who baptizes with the Holy Ghost even the Son of God. 1John 2:25 And this is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life. So it's only really news when a great musician or band puts out a turgid stinker.
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