John 5:9-10(ESV) 9 And at once the man was healed, and he took up his bed and walked.Now that day was the Sabbath. 10 So the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not lawful for you to take up your bed.”
John 5:15–18 (ESV) 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16 And this was why the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath. 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” 18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
The healing exposes two things: I. Religious Resistance
“Jesus is not seeking your feelings; he is seeking your faithfulness.”
II. The Authority of Jesus- 7 Statements
John 5:17-10 (ESV) 17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” 18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. 19 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.
1. Equal with the Father
“If Jesus is equal with the Father, you can’t ignore Him—you must submit to Him.”
John 5:20-21 (ESV) 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. 21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
2. Power to Give Life
John 5:22(ESV) For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son.
3. The Authority to Judge 2 Judgments:
Where do you spend eternity- The Great White Throne Judgment
How will you spend eternity- The Bema seat of Christ
“We must live with eternal awareness because we will all answer to Jesus!”
John 5:23(ESV) That all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. 4. Equal Honor with the Father
“If you get Jesus wrong, you are getting God wrong.”
John 5:24(ESV) Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
5. The Source of Eternal Life
John 5:25-30(ESV) 25 “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. 27 And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. 30 “I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
6. Authority to Resurrect the Dead
7. His Witness is True John 5:31-32 (ESV) 31 If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is another who bears witness about me, and I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true.
A. John the Baptist — John 5:33–35 John 5:33-32 (ESV) 33 You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. 34 Not that the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.
B. The Works/Miracles John 5:36 John 5:36 (ESV) But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me.
C. The Father - John 5:37-38 John 5:37-38 (ESV)37 And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen, 38 and you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent.
4. The Scriptures(And Moses) John 5:39, 45-47 John 5:39-40(ESV) 39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life.
John 5:45-46(ESV) 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you: Moses, on whom you have set your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe me;for he wrote of me. 47 But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?”
