sermon on john 1:17

We do not see behind them a God that is punishing us for having done wrong, but a God who has pardoned us, and who is standing by us to discipline us by certain hard conditions of life to a higher perfection. TRUTH. )Grace comprehends all the perfections of the will; truth all the virtues of the understanding.(Dr. 3 You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Culross, D. D., G. J. )The purpose of the lawThe law threatened, not helped; commanded, not healed; showed, not took away, our feebleness. The gospel is truth, and therefore to be received with the firmness of conviction and assent; grace, therefore to be received with cordiality, gratitude, and joy. And wherever the grace is obscured, the truth, the very reality and substance of the Christian revelation loses its place, and the mere shadows of heavenly things remain. Nature, true enough, is always interesting; and spontaneous products may be beautiful. "Never man spoke as this man." They are the result of exposure to damp air acting on some original defect of the constitution, or the result of overwork for the sake of his wife and children, or of accident, or they came upon him on the battlefield when fighting for his country. Perhaps not frequently. Godet, D. D.)Law and graceB. But are they to remain ignorant always?(W. This grace, embodied in the life, working outwards from the heart —. Life has put its harness upon us, and we must work in it. Commentary, John 3:1-17, David Lose, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2011. Throughout the whole of this era, reaching from Adam to Joseph, there were beautiful virtues, flowering into the light by the spontaneous energy of nature, but poisoned in many spots by the slime of sensuality. Next comes the LEGAL OR JUDICIAL stage.1. Sermon John 3:1-17 Losing Your Religion. CAME BY JESUS CHRIST.1. Here is a man who, as the result of his recklessness and his gross vices, is suffering disease for which there is no cure. It was so among the Judaising opponents of Paul. Huntington. We can have health and strength, but only upon her conditions. Nature, true enough, is always interesting; and spontaneous products may be beautiful. There is physical, historical, and moral truth; but I lay my hand on the Bible and say, "This is life eternal. Things may be equally true, and yet not equally valuable. The Cross does not unbind the cords of accountability, but tightens and strengthens them. She will give us harvests, but we must pay her price, and her full price. HOW THEY CAME.1. But does He deliver from the external and natural consequences of wrong-doing? Natural religion might possibly answer in the woods or in some solitary cell. Culross, D. D.)The one could only give the command, but the other supplies motives and strength to keep it. John Piper Oct 6, 2019 1K Shares Sermon. Look at His Old Testament emblems, and those in the New: a lamb is the image of His Person, a dove of His Spirit. A remarkable foreshadowing of the Holy Trinity. Morally, they are children all their lives. "Grace was poured into His lips," therefore "the common people heard Him gladly. Everything worthy of the name flows from His mediation — "promises which are yea and amen through Him"; redemption, which is through His blood. 1. II. It was first announced in Paradise, and was renewed from time to time. But the whole story of Christ's life contradicts that belief. We have to discover that constitution. Impulse must be controlled by principle, for it has proved itself insufficient. III. Moses may disappear, the Law remains nevertheless; it is only given by him. "You never saw a woman sewing without a needle! It must look forward for the consolations of the Cross.3. 2. It feels heavily that it is not sufficient to itself. 3. )TruthArchbishop Trench. In Jesus Christ grace is manifest to all. The apostle John says, “grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones asserts in this sermon on John 1:17 that this is the announcement of all Christianity. The Loges of ver. The twofold nature of the Divine Man.IV. But the gospel is the truth, and we can point to its incontestible evidences. Wordsworth. And wherever the grace is obscured, the truth, the very reality and substance of the Christian revelation loses its place, and the mere shadows of heavenly things remain. So, too, the eternal word is declared to be τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν (John 1:9), not denying thereby that the Baptist was also "a burning and a shining light" (John 5:35), or that the faithful are "lights in the world" (Philippians 2:15; Matthew 5:14); but only claiming for a greater than all to be "the Light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world." But, said Paul, circumcision is nothing. He is miserably weak, sometimes he is in great pain. Whenever He really finds us we are conscious of our sin, and so we are ready in our strong belief in that form of law which is familiar to us to say, "God can be no friend of mine as yet; I must amend my ways, I must break off my evil habits, I must master my evil passions, I must become pure, devout, earnest about religion, and then God will be at peace with me." Moses raised up by God; Christ sent forth from God. The Passover, e.g., sets forth the emancipation from Egypt; the Lord's Supper of redemption from sin. But even when these remain their whole character is changed. We must still be under discipline; but the Lawgiver is lost in the Redeemer. )Use of the lawF. 17 He is at length called Jesus Christ.(F. L.I. Both messengers from God.3. If He delivered men from these obviously and frequently, the moral discipline which we are to derive from the constancy of the order of nature would be imperilled. But the gospel is the truth, and we can point to its incontestible evidences. That is what Christ reveals. IN THE CREDENTIALS OF THE WORK OF MOSES AND THOSE OF THE WORK OF CHRIST. (4) Because He is the exemplifier of it. Life has put its harness upon us, and we must work in it. )The purpose of the lawThe law threatened, not helped; commanded, not healed; showed, not took away, our feebleness. To a people specially prepared from the time of Abraham in all the circumstances of their national life and location.3. He does not say "Live righteously, and God will be at peace with you,", but "God is at peace with you, therefore bye righteously." )LinksJohn 1:17 NIVJohn 1:17 NLTJohn 1:17 ESVJohn 1:17 NASBJohn 1:17 KJVJohn 1:17 Bible AppsJohn 1:17 ParallelJohn 1:17 Biblia ParalelaJohn 1:17 Chinese BibleJohn 1:17 French BibleJohn 1:17 German BibleJohn 1:17 CommentariesBible Hub, (2)Prayerfulness.III. TO WHOM GIVEN1. Labelling the unknown with the name of God does not make it better known. Not obviously. We are to receive them. Wordsworth. Giving a tea light to each member … 2. An assemblage of false gods, temples, sacrifices, hopes, fears: "turned the truth of God into a lie." A. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ and it is to Him alone that we turn. Here is a man who, as the result of his recklessness and his gross vices, is suffering disease for which there is no cure. )The purpose of the lawThe law threatened, not helped; commanded, not healed; showed, not took away, our feebleness. He does not merely say, "The law was given by Moses, grace came by Jesus Christ." Wordsworth. We find ourselves living in a world in which the forces of nature are constant, in which what we describe as natural laws are uniform and invariable. The Christian gospel declares that Christ suffered for them. A. And as the first dispensation ended in a slavery in Egypt, or broods darkly over Pagan nations still, so the lawless motions of every self-guided will end in a servitude to some Pharaoh in the members that cries aloud for emancipation — a settled alienation from the household of the good.II. "God so loved," etc. In your zeal for orthodoxy you must not renounce charity and candour.3. Nature, true enough, is always interesting; and spontaneous products may be beautiful. In Christ, the gracious power of the Eternal revealed, not to one age only but to all ages, that nature is not supreme, but that God is supreme. Life has put its harness upon us, and we must work in it. The supernatural help.II. Whitelaw, D. D.)The three dispensations in history and in the soulBp. We do not see behind them a God that is punishing us for having done wrong, but a God who has pardoned us, and who is standing by us to discipline us by certain hard conditions of life to a higher perfection. Moses was the agent smiting the rock, Christ was the rock smitten. Moses may disappear, the Law remains nevertheless; it is only given by him. (1) Because He revealed it (ver. Divine laws never looked so sacred as when they took sanctity from the redemption of the Crucified. 1. The law is not made void — it is established; the righteousness that law demands grace renders possible; and so man is glorified for ever in the eternal glory of God.(B. But it made ready for the Physician, who was to come with grace and truth. Morally, they are children all their lives. The appointed gospel is John 13:1-17, 31-35, Jesus washing the disciples’ feet. The one could only show in figure, what the other exhibits in fact, the means whereby we may obtain pardon where the command has unhappily been broken.(G. And as the first dispensation ended in a slavery in Egypt, or broods darkly over Pagan nations still, so the lawless motions of every self-guided will end in a servitude to some Pharaoh in the members that cries aloud for emancipation — a settled alienation from the household of the good. (3) Because He is the medium of it. You read of the promise made unto the fathers. Neither of these three stages, whether of the general or the personal progress, denies or cuts off its predecessor. Throughout the whole of this era, reaching from Adam to Joseph, there were beautiful virtues, flowering into the light by the spontaneous energy of nature, but poisoned in many spots by the slime of sensuality. She will give us harvests, but we must pay her price, and her full price. From Him they were inseparable. John 3:1-17 is one of the most famous of all the Bible passages, and includes what is perhaps the most-quoted Bible verse. Christ gave them sight. 2. 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