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Introduction and Background
Verse 22 begins with “after this.”
So of course we have to ask the question “after what?”
Last week we read through verses 16-21 of John chapter 3.
Jesus is giving Nicodemus the gospel.
In verses 16 and 17 Jesus spoke of God giving and sending the Son.
God gave His only Son so that those who’d believe would not perish.
We also saw God sent the Son with a mission.
His mission was not to condemn the world but to save it.
And He would do this in His earthly life.
In verse 18, we read about a belief and disbelief in the Son.
We talked about the cause of our faith and the cause of our condemnation.
The cause to our faith comes from the work of God alone.
Belief can only come through the work of God in Christ.
And our condemnation comes from our already disbelief in the Jesus Christ as the Son of God.
Being that we were condemned and in darkness, we needed the light of Christ which we read in verse 19.
Our third point was the light of the Son.
We talked mainly about two things.
1. Jesus is light and He has come into the world
2. People loved themselves and their own works over the work of God
Jesus coming into the world as light exposed clearly that we were condemned and it clearly revealed the work of God in someone to believe!
It showed us how we come to saving faith and it showed us that we were already condemned which comes from our rejection.
Which was our last point in verses 20-21.
The rejection of the Son and the work of God.
Nicodemus approached Christ and affirmed that God was with Him and he believed in the signs Jesus did.
But Nicodemus did not receive the testimony of Jesus Christ as the Son of God who was Himself God.
Jesus gave Nicodemus the gospel.
And it reveals to us the amazing work that God does that only He could do in a person who needs faith.
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The Setting (v.22-24)
Read verses 22 - 24.
Verse 22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing.
Verse 23 John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized
Verse 24 (for John had not yet been put in prison).
Verse 22 After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he remained there with them and was baptizing.
We see according to verse 22 that Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside.
Jesus’ interaction with Nicodemus took place in Jerusalem, which by the way was a part of Judea.
Judea being a region.
The country side would have been outside of the city where there were more farms and they would have called earth land.
We don’t now exactly where Jesus and His disciples were but what we do know is that Jesus remained there and was baptizing.
We see later that Jesus Himself was not baptizing according to , but that It was His disciples doing the baptisms.
John 4
In verse 23 we see that John was also baptizing.
It was His disciples that baptized but since it was under Him
John 4
John was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there.
Aenon was a Hebrew word meaning “springs.”
Which was most likely a place that had have plenty of water.
Which was most likely a place that had have plenty of water.
John MacArthur Jr., ed., The MacArthur Study Bible, electronic ed.
(Nashville, TN: Word Pub., 1997), 1582.
We also see that people were coming and being baptized.
We have to remember that John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance.
and people were coming and being baptized
Meaning
His baptism was only preparing people for the appearance of Jesus Christ.
It was symbolic of one the need for a change of mind.
One that would turn from sin and turn to Jesus Christ who was Himself God.
That is why the beginning of John started the way it did.
John was baptizing and people were coming to him.
But what we have to see is that this section is a transition.
We do see some overlap where John continued to baptize as Jesus disciples were baptizing but later we do see an eventual transition which is cemented in John’s arrest.
As Jesus’ disciples wer baptizing a discussion arose between John’s disciple’s and a Jew.
2. The Discussion (v.25-26)
Read verse 25 and 26
Verse 25 Now a discussion arose between some of John’s disciples and a Jew over purification.
Verse 26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.”
The NLT actually captures it well.
John 3
Which makes sense since John was baptizing.
They might have been debating .
We really don’t know but have an account if you remember in .
After asking John about who he was verses 24 and 25 of chapter one reads,
Essentially, they were asking by what authority was he doing these things by.
And of course his response was that he was only preparing the way.
Also, we see in , that there were tax collectors and soldiers being baptized which would have greatly challenged the Jews when it came to ceremonial cleansing.
The discussion led to John’s disciples going to John and they asked about Jesus and His baptism.
Read Verse 26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.”
John’s disciples saw many people going to John and responding to the call for repentance.
Notice two things in their response.
First, they said to John “he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness.”
Question: Is it possible that they might have been followers of John who themselves did not bear witness of Jesus?
Well, they didn’t say “he who was with us of whom we bore witness.”
Most likely the case that they didn’t.
Second, they said to John “look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.”
They seemed concerned only with the fact that all people were now going to Jesus.
Which was the plan from the beginning!
This was John’s message the whole time!
This was John’s message the whole time!
They forgot John’s answer in .
This was the plan.
To prepare the way for the One to come.
Who would baptize with fire.
think affirms this in his response to their concern.
3. The Response (v.27-36)
Introduction
Last week we talked about 4 things that we saw in verses 16 to 21.
The first was The giving and sending of the Son in verses 16 and 17.
Read verses 16 and 17
Verse 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
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