The Gospel of John – From Death to Life – John 5:16-29

We are going to see five things this morning:

1. Do’s and Don’ts make us right
2. He either is or He isn’t
3. There are greater works coming!
4. Only Jesus raises the dead
5. We all have a destiny

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Break John 5:16-29 into readable sections

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Do’s and Don’ts don’t make us right

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John 5:16
16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him.

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Deuteronomy 5:12–13

¹² “Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the Lord your God has commanded you. ¹³ Six days you shall labor and do all your work, ¹⁴ but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work

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Sabbath:

– stopping normal work and striving

– physical, emotional, and spiritual renewal

– acknowledging God is in control even when we stop working

– setting aside time as sacred as a family, to focus on God

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Jesus either is or He isn’t

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John 5:17

¹⁷ In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.”

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John 1:1–2

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ² He was with God in the beginning.

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John 1:14

¹⁴ The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

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Jesus is the Eternal Son of God.

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John 5:18
¹⁸ For this reason they tried all the more to kill him; not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, .

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There are greater works coming!

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John 5:19-20

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There is perfect harmony and unity in the Trinity.

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John 15:9-10

⁹ “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 

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The works recorded in the Gospel of John:

• Water to wine (John 2)
• Healing the official’s son (John 4)
• Healing the man with the physical infirmity (John 5)
• Feeding the 5,000 (John 6)
• Walking on water (John 6)
• Healing the man born blind (John 9)
• Raising Lazarus from the dead (John 11)

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John 14:12

¹² Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these…

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Eph 2:10

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Through faith in Jesus we from death to life.

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John 5:24

²⁴ “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life.

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Sin keeps us separated from God.

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Through faith in Jesus we from death to life.

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John 5:24

²⁴ “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes…has crossed over from death to life.”

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John 5:25

²⁵ Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.

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Jesus is the Source of Life

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Jesus is the source of all .

Jesus is the source of the life (Present)

Jesus is the source of life (Future)

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You will never find the life you are apart from the life only Jesus can .

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We all have a destiny.

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John 5:28–29

²⁸ “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice ²⁹ and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.

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The Two Destinies:

1. The Judgement seat of Christ (Bema Seat)
2. The Great White Throne Judgment

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The Judgement seat of Christ (Bema Seat)

2 Corinthians 5:10

¹⁰ For we must all appear before of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

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The Judgement Seat of Christ is for commendation not condemnation.

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Romans 8:1

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus

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1 Cor 5:11-13

¹¹ For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. ¹² If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, ¹³ their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. ¹⁴ If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.

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1 Cor 3:15

¹⁵ If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.

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2. The Great White Throne Judgment

Revelation 20:11–12

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Rev 3:15

¹⁵ Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.

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John 5:28-29

…for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice ²⁹ and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.

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Applications:

• Don’t turn the Christian life into a bunch of .
• Let’s believe together that there are .
• Turn every aspect of your life over to Jesus, because Jesus is the .
• Live for .

Have you crossed from death to life?

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Personal Notes: