It's our responsibility to live John 3:16 to those around us, to shine God's light everywhere we go. He who believes in the Son has eternal life; buthe who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.". Life resurrection will display how little they had to be ashamed of, who believed the record given of His Son; the resurrection of judgment will make but too plain, to those who despised the Lord, both His honour and their sin and shame. No doubt He must become a man, in order, amongst other reasons, to be a sufferer, and to die. This shows the English words related to the source biblical texts along with brief definitions. What can be more evident, or more instructive? 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. So in the baptism with the Holy Ghost, who would pretend to such a power? The wrath of God - The anger of God for sin. It is the final setting aside of Judaism then, whose characteristic hope was the display of power and rest in the world. 'Already' indicates that when you arrived on this planet, you were already an unbeliever, your sentence was then passed by God the Judge. This brings all to a point; for the woman says, "I know that Messiah cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things." Nothing is said about the fan in His hand; nothing of His burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire. But the chapter does not close without a further contrast. Of course, not all know that this has happened for them (and all humanity) and some who know, have rejected that truth. This will be displayed in the millennium, when the marriage will be celebrated, as well as the judgment executed (Jerusalem and its temple being the central point then). Hell will "abide" on the person who does not believe in the Son. He redeemed us from the curse of the Law, and secured redemption and the forgiveness of sin, for all who would trust in His finished work at Calvary for the salvation of their soul. Footnotes. 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 character is wholly different from the position and glory of Messiah in Israel, according to promise and prophecy. 0. what does john 3:36 mean. 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. Grace begins, glory descends; "Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink." Verse 36. Of course it is the revelation of Christ; but here He was simply revealing the sources of this indispensable new birth. 1:29), grants us repentance (2 Tim. Nicodemus, not understanding in the least such a want for himself, expresses his wonder, and hears our Lord increasing in the strength of the requirement. There is the need of another nature, and the only way in which this nature is communicated is by being born of water and the Spirit the employment of the word of God in the quickening energy of the Holy Ghost. (Verses John 4:31-38). (ver. How can such have relationship with God? 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. Shine The Light. Thus former things pass away; the old man is judged, dead, and clean gone. The same God who did not leave Himself without witness among the heathen, doing good, and giving from heaven rain and fruitful seasons, did not fail, in the low estate of the Jews, to work by providential power at intervals; and, by the troubled waters of Bethesda, invited the sick, and healed the first who stepped in of whatever disease he had. John 1:29-34) How rich it is, and how marvellously in keeping with our gospel! Answer: John 3:16 does not say that unbelievers have the ability of their own sinful free will, to receive Christ. His own love and person were warrant enough for the simple to lift the veil for a season, and fill the hearts which had received Himself into the conscious enjoyment of divine grace, and of Him who revealed it to them. It is not only the nature, but the model and fulness of the blessing in the Son, who declared the Father. John 3:16 gives us the glorious hope of eternal life in heaven through the love of God and death of Jesus Christ. Here there is no John proclaiming Jesus as the One who was about to introduce the kingdom of heaven. No such sounds, no such realities were ever heard or known in Israel. It was worldliness in its worst shape, even to the point of turning the glory of Christ to a present account. Second, the Lordship Salvation view misinterprets the significance of the present participles for "believe" and "obey" in John 3:36. And worship is viewed both in moral nature and in the joy of communion doubly. And so, in fact, it was and is. And Jesus answers, "I that speak unto thee am he." He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. The temptation is to hide your light. John the Baptist was the earthly witness that God used to present His dearly beloved Son to the world. Compare 1 Peter 4:17; Romans 2:8; Romans 11:30, Romans 11:31. The words of Jesus were the words of God; he had the Spirit, not by measure, as the prophets, but in all fulness. 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. He speaks of Himself as the Son of man in death; for there could be no eating of His flesh, no drinking of His blood, as a living man. Home COMMENTARY What is the meaning of John 3:36? John 3:36 - George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary. He is a divine person; His manhood brought no attainder to His rights as God. The last two views are more common. And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven." How were they not enjoyed in despised Samaria those two days with the Son of God among them! 1John 5:11 And the witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. 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. And that means most of the people in the world are going straight to hell. Not only man under law has no health, but he has no strength to avail himself of the blessing that God holds out. Under all changes, outwardly, He abode as from eternity the only-begotten Son in the bosom of the Father. What Does It Really Mean That Your Body Is a Temple? (Ver. 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. The person of the Son was there the object of divine and overflowing joy even then, although, of course, in the full sense of the word, the Holy Ghost might not be given to be the power of it for some time later; but still the object of worship was there revealing the Father; butJohn 7:1-53; John 7:1-53 supposes Him to be gone up to heaven, before He from heaven communicates the Holy Ghost, who should be (not here, as Israel had a rock with water to drink of in the wilderness outside themselves, nor even as a fountain springing up within the believer, but) as rivers flowing out. It abideth, ever has and ever must; for the wrath of love must abide on hatred, the wrath of holiness must abide on sin. It is a golden verse that is often first introduced to young children when growing up. The brethren of the Lord Jesus, who could see the astonishing power that was in Him, but whose hearts were carnal, at once discerned that it might be an uncommon good thing for them, as well as for Him, in this world. John knew that Jesus came from heaven as the Son of God, while he was a sinful, mortal man, who could only speak about the more plain subjects of religion. And they asked him, What then? THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL Answer (1 of 13): John's Gospel is complex. He is viewed as retaining the same perfect intimacy with the Father, entirely unimpaired by local or any other circumstances He had entered. What more glorious proof than that the Holy Ghost is given not a certain defined power or gift, but the Holy Ghost Himself; for God gives not the Spirit by measure! Obedience, however, includes faith. But as many as received him, to them gave he power [rather, authority, right, or title] to become children of God." Each had his own; all are harmonious, all perfect, all divine; but not all so many repetitions of the same thing. Observe: not which was, but "which is." For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. If He judges, it is not without full warning. Here the Lord introduces the cross. For He who spoke was divine. (Ver. The great fact of the incarnation is brought before us "The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only-begotten of the Father"). Gospel of John of the New Testament, Chapter 3, Verse 16 Later He was determined to be Son of God with power by resurrection of the dead. He who owns the reality of Christ's incarnation, receives most thankfully and adoringly from God the truth of redemption; he, on the contrary, who stumbles at redemption, has not really taken in the incarnation according to God's mind. How singularly is the glory of the Lord Jesus thus viewed, as invested with the testimony of God and its crown! Wouldn't being hospitalized for Depression mean you shouldn't be doing legislative work? And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. (VerseJohn 4:10; John 4:10) Infinite grace! Verse John 1:29 opens John's testimony to his disciples. Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 1John 3:15 Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. It was meet that so it should be; for, as a question of right, none could claim; and grace surpasses all expectation or thought of man, most of all of men accustomed to a round of religious ceremonial. This question is raised, or rather settled, by the Lord in Jerusalem, at the passover feast, where many believed on His name, beholding the signs He wrought. The first four chapters of John precede in point of time the notices of His ministry in the other gospels. The refusal of His precious blood will, on the contrary, make their case incomparably worse than that of the heathen who never heard the good news. However, *all* are invited to reciprocate---to live into the gift God has, already, given them in Christ (see John 1:12 ). "The law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came ( ) by Jesus Christ." Commentary on John 3:22-36. 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. Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Greek Scripture. In the Word was life, and the life was the light of men. 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. Such is the miserable condition of the sinner! The wrath of God: "The word does not mean a sudden gust of passion or a burst of temper. How striking the omission! The looking for signs and wonders is rebuked; but mortality is arrested. Compare wrath of the Lamb (Revelation 6:16). I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours." What does this verse really mean? Details are not called for now, but just the outline of the truth. Christ was the true sanctuary, not that on which man had laboured so long in Jerusalem. Here, in suited circumstances to render the thought and way of God unmistakable, pure and boundless grace takes its own sovereign course, suitable to the love and personal glory of Christ. Nor would the rejected Christ, the Son of man; for if lifted up on the cross, instead of having the throne of David, the result would be not merely earthly blessing for His people according to prophecy, but eternal life for the believer, whoever. If we give it careful thought, we can . There is no changing or bettering the old man; and, thanks be to God, the new does not degenerate or pass away. If you've never seen it before, or if you haven't realized what the specific location of it is, this is the verse under that we talk about when we mention John 3:16.