Sunday, September 14, 2014

John chapter 3


In the following verses (31-36), John the writer explains to the readers of this writing the fullness of how Jesus increased as prophesied by John the baptizer in verse 30 above.

Verses 31-36:

.31The (one) coming from-the-top is over all-people: the (one) being out-from the earth is out-from the earth and utters-forth out-from the earth; the (one) coming out-from heaven is over all-people.

.32That-which he saw2 and heard he witnesses this, and not-one-person receives his witness; .33the (one) having received sealed his witness that God is (the) True-One, .34for whom God apostled utters-forth the spoken-matters of God for He gives the spirit not out-from a measure; .35the Father loves1 the son and He gave2 all-things in his hand.

.36The (person) believing into the son has eternal life, but the (person) being un-persuaded by the son will not see life but the wrath of God remains on him.

The one who is presently in the process of coming from-the-top (from the place that is above, upwards, figuratively referring to heaven which is God's location, plus including the truth of the start or commencement of the process of his coming, which was first promised by God recorded in Genesis 3:15)...

·         is over all-people (he is presently and actively up-above, on top of everyone right now, today);

·         the explanation for this statement is:

    • the one who is being (any person or spirit who is existing)
    • originating from the earth (as opposed to heaven where God's location is)

§  is definitely originating from the earth (limited with/by the realm and sphere of action of mankind, human-beings)

§  and speaks things which originate from the earth (refer to verses 5-8 and 12 above);

    • the one who is coming (the Lord Jesus Christ)
    • originating from heaven (from God Himself – emphasizing the truth that God is the source; refer to verses 5-8, 12-14 and 27 above)

§  is over all-people (as the beginning of this verse [some Greek texts omit this phrase]).

That-which God's son...

·         saw and continues to see (what he perceived with his eyes and understood in his mind's thoughts, which has not changed)

·         and heard (listened to)

...he witnesses this (nothing else; it is God's son who continues attesting with information of what he saw and heard, he gives the declaration of knowledge that he personally has and therefore he states and confirms what he saw and heard on the strength of his own authority)...

·         and not-one-person receives his witness (nobody presently and actively takes the witness belonging-to the Lord Jesus Christ so as to use it – without being given it first; refer to verses 11 and 27 above).

The one who has already received (it was the Lord Jesus Christ who took what was given to him from/by God so as to use it – how did he use this witness?)...

·         sealed (he securely fastened, put on the mark of authentication and approval, ratification, he made fast, as sealing a letter so it is not opened and read by anyone except by the one to whom the letter is addressed)

    • - he sealed what? -
    • his witness

§  with the cause being that (as stamping his witness with the following words)

§  God is the True-One (the One Who is true, being and having the essential reality, inherent verity; God is true in all of His words and actions),

·         in truth, whom (referring to God's son who is the Lord Jesus Christ)

    • God apostled (God sent forth/away His son on a specific mission or assignment after God raised him up alive and placed him at His right-hand side; the word translated “God” emphasizes the truth that God is the First, Superior or Ultimate One, the One Who has power, executes judgment, and emanates what He is, His power and light)

·         utters-forth the spoken-matters of God (the portions of the whole of God’s Word, each containing a specific discourse necessary for that particular situation or circumstance – what he is speaking originates from God)

    • for God presently gives the spirit to His son (God has already raised Jesus from being dead by causing him to be alive in his new spiritual body, the life of which is holy spirit-life – and God continues giving spiritual information to him today, the heavenly-things referenced in verse 12 above)

§  not out-from a measure (in the Greek texts these words are at the beginning of the phrase to emphasize that it is NOT originating from a measure, a standard by which it would be measured; God does not limit His spiritual communications to His son as though only giving him a deposit or a token of holy spirit; God gives His son the spirit without applying a measure or limit to it, and so God's son is able to utter-forth the spoken-matters of/from God);

...the Father (emphasizing the truth that God is the Lord Jesus Christ's Father, there is a Father/son relationship between them)…

·         loves the son with His kind of love (Godly-love)

·         and He gave and continues given (the truth of which remains unchanged)

    • all-things in his hand (this usage of the word "hand" figuratively refers to everything within the cause and sphere of action of the son; all things are within the directive, power, rule, and authority of God's son who is the Lord Jesus Christ).

The person (man, human-being) who is…

·         presently believing into the son (having faith, trusting regarding the son whereby he is the object of belief – the person who is believing directed to him)

·         has eternal life (presently has life that is eternal, which lasts throughout all durations of life, all ages; he/she has received the gift of holy spirit and so he/she is a three-part being: holy spirit-life, a physical body, and soul/breath-life; refer to verses 5-8 and 14-17 above),

...but the person who is…

·         actively unwilling to be persuaded (not convinced) by/with the son (the Lord Jesus Christ)

·         will not see life (in the sense that eternal life will not be presented to that person to be perceived with his eyes and known by him)

·         but contrary to life -

    • the wrath of God (God’s wrath is God's lasting-angry-vengeance, like the heat of a burning fire; this is not a spur-of-the-moment thing on God's part because He has foretold regarding the consequences of unbelief and rejection of His Word all through the ages; the wrath of God is righteous and issues right/just judgment)

§  remains (stays, continues)

§  down on him (upon that person, in the sense that he will receive the effects of God's wrath permanently).
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