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Who Will You Listen To?
  • John 5:31-47
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Introduction:
  • In John 5:16-30 Jesus claimed:
  • The Father and the Son are one.
  • The Father and the Son are identical in purpose and activity.
  • The Father loves the Son and the Son loves the Father.
  • The Son has the power to give life just like the Father.
  • The Father has given all judgment to the Son.
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Either Jesus is deluded, a liar or it’s true.
  • So how does he prove his claims?
  • Everything is to be confirmed on the basis of two or three witnesses.
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In John 5:31-47, Jesus gives us five witnesses to his identity.
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I. John the Baptist.  Verses 33-35
  • You listened to John and what did John say about me?
  • “I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God.”  John 1:34
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II. The miracles Jesus performed.  Verse 36
  • It is a testimony weightier than John.
  • It is the work the Father has given Jesus to do.
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There are seven miracles (signs) in John.
    • Turning water into wine.              John 2:1-11
    • Healing the official’s son.                        John 4:43-54
    • Healing the paralytic.  John 5:1-15
    • Feeding the multitude.  John 6:1-14
    • Walking on water.  John 6:16-21
    • Healing the blind man.  John 9:1-41
    • Raising Lazarus.  John 11:1-44
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Who can do these things?
  • No one but God and that is who Jesus is.
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III. The Father.  Verses 37-38
    • At his baptism – Matthew 3:17
    •   “This is my Son whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
    • At his transfiguration –            Matthew 17:5
    •   “This is my Son whom I love; with him I am well pleased.  Listen to him”
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Again a third time in John 12:28, the Father spoke.
  • The people thought it had thundered or an angel had spoken.
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There is a voice that speaks to us too.  It is the voice of the Holy Spirit.
  • Will we listen?
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IV. The Scriptures.  Verses 39-40
  • There are several hundred references to the Messiah in the Old Testament written over a period of 1500 years.
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There are over 60 major prophecies all fulfilled in Jesus.
  • (For a list of prophecies see Evidence That Demands a Verdict by Josh McDowell.)
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V. Moses, the Lawgiver.                    Verses 45-47
  • This would be especially important to the Jews.
  • Moses was the Lawgiver, their deliverer and the author of the first five books of the Old Testament.
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“If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.”                 Luke 16:31
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How ironic it is that people will believe other men, but not Jesus.  Verses 41-44
  • Yet who is more trustworthy than Jesus?
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Conclusion:
  • Who will you believe?
  • Who will you listen to?
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The Father has spoken.
  • “This is my Son whom I love; with him I am well pleased.