John 8:12-59

MPS

MPT: Jesus is the Son of God. All who abide in his word are children of God. whoever does not is a son of satan. believe, abide.

Children of God recognize The Son, Abide in the Son and Worship the Son

Problems:

Dead in their sins (v24, 51)

stumbling in darkness

unaware of our slavery

unaware of their rebellion

do not believe Jesus- want to change him, trap him, make him irrelevant, kill him

we are sons of the devil, born into slavery,

Solution:

The resurrection- see who Jesus really is, live in the light

Eternal life- from death

freedom from sin and slavery

rebels to keepers of the word

Jesus is the Great I Am

Hooks:

Dead in our sins, alive in Christ

intro:

Hello and good morning!

Pastor Taylor

Come and See- Gospel of John

what about the infamous story of the woman caught in adultery (vv1-11)?

better flow when removed

can also be found at the end of some early copies of Luke- but not the earliest

nor is it found in the earliest manuscripts of John

“floating passage” - authentic story looking for a home

This is because the passage was a floating tradition that was inserted into different manuscripts at different times

-not written by John, not written by Luke.

-not scripture, but authentic tradition surrounding Jesus.

-we can preach it or not. We are not, because it is not in the earliest and most original manuscripts

What does this mean for you?

it means you can trust your bible. we have overwhelming amounts of early manuscripts that can be compared and contrasted, like playing the game of telephone to know what is the most original meaning of any text.

you can trust your Bibles- the fact that we know where variations in the text took place at different points in time and what the original text

you can trust the story of the samaritan woman as tradition about Jesus, but not scripture

vv1-11 are not a reason to doubt, but to be confident in the preservation of scripture.

if you want to talk more about it, grab me or Pastor Mat after service

picking up in vv12

“Again Jesus spoke to them..”

connecting this section to the section before the story of the Woman caught in adultery

“Father”- 15 times

who’s your daddy?

P1: Jesus is the son of God (vv12-30)

I am light

12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world.

Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness,

but will have the light of life.”

my dad speaks for me:

13 So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself;

your testimony is not true.”

14 Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true,

for I know where I came from and where I am going,

but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

15 You judge according to the flesh;

I judge no one.

16 Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true,

for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.

17 In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true.

18 I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.”

who’s your daddy?

19 They said to him therefore, “Where is your Father?”

Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father.

If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

20 These words he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

Where’s your daddy?

21 So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin.

Where I am going, you cannot come.”

22 So the Jews said, “Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

23 He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.”

Jesus is the Son of God

25 So they said to him, “Who are you?”

Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning.

26 I have much to say about you and much to judge,

but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.”

27 They did not understand that he had been speaking to them about the Father.

28 So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught me.

29 And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”

30 As he was saying these things, many believed in him.

This is my dad

who’s your dad?

P2: Who is your dad? (vv31-47)

v31 “The jews who had believed him”

but they don’t...

31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word,

you are truly my disciples,

32 and you will know the truth,

and the truth will set you free.”

33 They answered him, “We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say, ‘You will become free’?”

34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who practices sin is a slave to sin.

35 The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son remains forever.

36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

37 I know that you are offspring of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me because my word finds no place in you.

38 I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

Not Abraham’s children

39 They answered him, “Abraham is our father.”

Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works Abraham did,

40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.

41 You are doing the works your father did.”

Not God’s children

They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality.

We have one Father—even God.”

42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me,

for I came from God and I am here.

I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.

Satan’s Children

43 Why do you not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to hear my word.

44 You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires.

murderer

He was a murderer from the beginning,

liar

and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him.

When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.

46 Which one of you convicts me of sin?

If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

47 Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.”

P4: Jesus is God

Worship Jesus and keep his word (vv48-59)

I am- The great I am

48 The Jews answered him, “Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”

49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

50 Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is One who seeks it,

and he is the judge.

51 Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”

52 The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon!

Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’

53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?”

54 Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me,

of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’

55 But you have not known him.

I know him.

If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.

56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day.

He saw it and was glad.”

57 So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”

58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

59 So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

Conclusion: