Kress Biblical Resources :: Jesus Is to Be Honored Equally with the Father (John 5:1-47)

Detailed Outline of John

The Word of God, Jesus Christ the Son of God has come to bring light and eternal life—believe in Him

2. The prominent signs and statements that confirm that Jesus Christ is God incarnate and eternal life (Jhn 1:19-12:50) (continued)
   2. The public ministry and teaching of the Son of God [largely to the multitudes] in the face of opposition (Jhn 5:1-12:50)
      1. Jesus is to be honored equally with the Father (Jhn 5:1-47)
         1. The setting of the next recorded sign (Jhn 5:1-7)
            1. The celebration in Jerusalem (Jhn 5:1)
            2. The crowd of afflicted people near the pool of Bethesda (Jhn 5:2-4)
            3. The crippled man’s inability—to get to the pool and grasp Jesus’ question (Jhn 5:5-7)
         2. The sign of divine authority and power (Jhn 5:8-15)
            1. The command claiming divine authority (Jhn 5:8)
            2. The cure demonstrating divine power (Jhn 5:9)
            3. The concern demonstrating darkened perception (Jhn 5:10-13)
            4. The concern revealing divine omniscience and compassion (Jhn 5:14)
            5. The communication resulting in opposition (Jhn 5:16)
         3. The strife and opposition of religious unbelief (Jhn 5:16-18)
            1. Religious unbelief prioritizes man-made applications of the Law over truth and compassion (Jhn 5:16)
            2. Religious unbelief plots to destroy the truth that glorifies Son (Jhn 5:17-18)
         4. The sermon of the Sovereign Son of God (Jhn 5:19-47)
            1. The Son has the same right to divine honor as the Father (Jhn 5:19-23)
               1. The Son does only and always as the Father does (Jhn 5:19)
               2. The Son is beloved and honored by the Father (Jhn 5:20)
               3. The Son sovereignly gives life just as the Father (Jhn 5:21)
               4. The Son has been given all judgment by the Father (Jhn 5:22)
               5. The Son is to be honored even as the Father is honored (Jhn 5:23)
            2. The Son has the same divine authority as the Father (Jhn 5:24-29)
               1. The Son speaks the LIFE-GIVING Word of God (Jhn 5:24-25)
               2. The Son has life in Himself just as the Father (Jhn 5:26)
               3. The Son is the sovereign judge of men, because He is the Son of Man (Jhn 5:27-29)
                  • The Judge is both God and man (Jhn 5:27)
                  • The Judgment will be unto either eternal life or eternal damnation (Jhn 5:28-29)
            3. The Son has sufficient testimony of His divine authority from the Father (Jhn 5:30-47)
               1. The ways of the Son are only and always in line with the will of the Father (Jhn 5:30)
               2. The witness of the Son is not His own, but His Witness is from the Father (Jhn 5:31)
               3. The witness to the Son by John was for the sake of those who heard him (Jhn 5:32-35)
                  • John’s testimony about Jesus was true (Jhn 5:32-33)
                  • John’s testimony about Jesus was for the salvation of those who heard (Jhn 5:34-35)
               4. The witness to the Son, by His works is from the Father (Jhn 5:36)
               5. The witness to the Son by the Father is received only by believing in the Son (Jhn 5:37-38)
               6. The witness to the Son by the Scriptures is received only by believing in the Son (Jhn 5:39-47)
                  • Searching the Scriptures should lead to submission to the Son in faith (Jhn 5:39-40)
                  • Self-exaltation shuts out the love of God and seeks the approval of men rather than God (Jhn 5:41-43)
                  • Scripture (Moses) will condemn those who refuse to believe in the One to whom they testify—the Son (Jhn 5:44-47)