23 Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. May our faith in the Father and the Son help each of us to become whole” (“The Power to Heal from Within,” Ensign, May 1995, 13–14). The “treasury” was the 13 corban chests in the outer court (“Court of Women”) that were popularly known as “trumpets.” These were shaped somewhat like trumpets, narrow below and wider above, into which the people placed various types of offerings. Men are either from below or from above. Please Note: This product is purchased in bundles. To better understand what the Savior meant by those words found in John 7:34, see the commentary for John 8:21–24. 23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. The Savior’s words recorded in John 5:19–21, 23 emphasize the unity between the Father and the Son, teaching that the work of the Father is also the work of the Son. [1965–73], 1:188). My lesson title is "Why our efforts to please God are not good enough". 20 These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come. It was while pondering John 5:29 that the Prophet Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon received the vision that became section 76 of the Doctrine and Covenants, a vision that gave them additional understanding about the Resurrection of all mankind (see D&C 76:11–19). Complexity is scarcely the cause, for the gospel is so plain and simple. We ourselves have started out as Adamic, and the soul has been our seat of consciousness and personal identity until we were begotten from above and were able to become new creatures. In addition to being doctrinally rich, chapters 5–7 of John highlight a wide assortment of attitudes toward Jesus Christ, including some of the opposition and hostility that eventually resulted in His death. Created by. “The Atonement Can Secure Your Peace and Happiness,”, “The Redemption of the Dead and the Testimony of Jesus,”, “He Hath Filled the Hungry with Good Things,”, “Lord, I Believe; Help Thou Mine Unbelief,”. The day after feeding the multitude, Jesus declared Himself to be “the bread which cometh down from heaven” (see John 6:22–65), another similarity to the manna provided from heaven. So regardless of the will of the religious leaders who wanted to silence Him, they were unable to carry out their will at Tabernacles. 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. Peter acknowledged Jesus Christ as the source of eternal life when he declared: “Lord, to whom shall we go? Type author names here Chapter 23: The Environment John Barry and Kerri Woods Meet the Authors • He was the Messiah, they reasoned, and must reign as their king” (Mortal Messiah, 2:367–68). LIFE-STUDY OF JOHN MESSAGE TWENTY-THREE THE NEED OF THE DEAD—LIFE’S RESURRECTING (1) The case of raising Lazarus from the dead is certainly a wonderful case. Through it the Savior broke the bonds of death. Jesus told them no, but He later went to the feast secretly and began to teach in the temple (see John 7:1–14). Jesus had been teaching in the Court of Women when the Pharisees brought to Him the woman caught in adultery. There is nothing of more value to me than the principles of eternal truth. Gravity. “The Jews” referred to in John 7:1 are the Jewish leaders, not the Jewish public in general. The Pharisees, no doubt, hoped that He would either kill Himself or leave the country so that they might continue to rule and enrich themselves without hindrance. Under the law of Moses, ancient Israel celebrated three great annual pilgrimage feasts, during which many Jews traveled to Jerusalem: the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover), the Feast of Harvest (Feast of Weeks, or Pentecost), and the Feast of Ingathering (Tabernacles) (see Exodus 23:14–17; Deuteronomy 16:16). The Gospel of John: Manifesting God’s Glory Book 2. Healing miracles are not wrought in any such manner” (Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, 3 vols. His words are a fulfillment of the prophecy in Zechariah 14:8 that when the Messiah comes, “living waters shall go out from Jerusalem.” Early in the morning of the next day, which would have been the Sabbath, the Savior again returned to the temple. The deity of the Logos, then, is unquestionable, and that same Logos/God “became flesh” (John 1:14). The remedy is to “believe”—to claim by faith in Christ—a new identity, so that when the soul dies, one’s identity does not die with it. “… The figure used by Jesus—that of eating His flesh and drinking His blood as typical of unqualified and absolute acceptance of Himself as the Savior of men—is of superlative import; for thereby are affirmed the divinity of His Person, and the fact of His preexistent and eternal Godship. How could you more fully eat of the “bread of life”? The Empty Tomb. It is Jesus Christ who gives light to all. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.” True worship worships the Father and the Son through the Holy Spirit (Phil. Once again, the question is “who are you?”. The Prophet Joseph Smith (1805–44) recorded: “From sundry revelations which had been received, it was apparent that many important points touching the salvation of man had been taken from the Bible, or lost before it was compiled. “Thus, when Jesus multiplied the five barley loaves and the two small fishes, it was as though the traditional sign had been given. Rather, the failure to comprehend seems to be rooted in a resolute refusal to let go of the world long enough to ponder the precious truths in the message of the Master” (Wherefore, Ye Must Press Forward [1977], 6–7, 22). On this basis they would be able to declare that men had been and therefore were forgiven. (23) But the hour cometh.--Better, as in John 4:21, but there cometh an hour. How has the Holy Ghost been like a source of “living water” for you? As Jesus taught people about “the bread of life,” He drew upon the background of His listeners. Give me a second and I'll tell you why it's special. The problem with that interpretation is seen in John 8:28, 29, 28 So Jesus said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He [ego eimi], and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. She's six years old about to be seven and has blonde hair and brown eyes. “His brethren” mentioned in verse 3 are Jesus’s half-brothers. God had established that Christ would be “seized” (or arrested) and crucified at the feast of Passover. John 5:19–21, 23. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles testified that Jesus came to earth to “reveal and make personal to us the true nature of His Father, our Father in Heaven. … To come to earth with such a responsibility, to stand in place of Elohim—speaking as He would speak, judging and serving, loving and warning, forbearing and forgiving as He would do—this is a duty of such staggering proportions that you and I cannot comprehend such a thing. After a week or two of striving to strengthen your testimony of that doctrine, write in your journal what you have learned so far. Like those childish Galileans of old, we may turn up our noses when divine sustenance is placed before us. …. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on LitCharts. (see John 5:26–29 and Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin’s statement in the commentary for John 5:28–29). His eye is fixed on the coming One. In this case, the question is: “Are You the Messiah?” Jesus’ affirmation is: “I am” or “I am He,” or “I am the One.”. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said of this account: “In that little story is something of the danger in our day. “Chapter 23: Eternal Truth,” Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor (2011), 209–18 “Chapter 23,” Teachings: John Taylor, 209–18 Chapter 23. The Old Testament prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel used water as a symbol of the Lord’s Spirit, provident care, and healing power (see Isaiah 41:17–18; 58:11; Jeremiah 2:13; Ezekiel 47:1–12). So these words of John 20:23 are a promise that their new reception of the Holy Spirit, which had been to the Apostles alone, had given them the unique discernment to fathom men’s hearts and discern the genuineness of their repentance. Jesus already had two or three witnesses to prove that He was the Messiah, and so His own claim to be “the light of the world” merely confirmed the testimony of previous witnesses. “I Am”—one of the names by which the Savior is known in the Old Testament—is recorded repeatedly by John, and Moses was told to use this name so the Israelites would know that Jehovah had spoken. The Jews persecuted the Savior not only because He healed a man on the Sabbath, but because He said that God was His Father (see John 5:18). When John the Baptist bore witness that Jesus was the Christ, this should have been sufficient evidence for the religious leaders and the common people. The Pharisees, knowing that Jesus was helping the Jews to see the truth, sent officers to arrest Him. One’s spiritual identity originates with the last Adam (Christ), who was made a life-giving spirit. This metaphor aptly describes the gift of the Holy Ghost. How do these witnesses (and other modern witnesses) strengthen your testimony of the Savior’s divinity? The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. After Jesus miraculously fed the five thousand, as recorded in John 6:3–14, the people who had been fed sought more food from Jesus. Hence, all that the Son did can be attributed to the Father, just as we can say that when an army wins a battle, it is the general who is given credit for the victory, even though the general may never touch a sword but only give orders to the troops. Those who are of the earth remain under the curse of the law that was imposed on Adam for his sin. Priests at the temple altar. “The second Bible testament of Christ is the New Testament, which records His birth, His life, His ministry, His gospel, His Church, His Atonement, and His Resurrection, as well as the testimonies of His Apostles. graceabrown. By believing in Him and His mission, we have opportunity to avoid the usual fate of dying in our sins. But here we have an added detail, for He told them that they would die in their sin. (24-47) Commentary on John 5:1-9 (Read John 5:1-9) We are all by nature impotent folk in spiritual things, blind, halt, and withered; but full … * 1 On the first day of the week, a Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, * and saw the stone removed from the tomb. If you want to receive updates from us, signup below. “ sent. ” the Son is not the law that was quite different from what the religious leaders and! 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