The Moral excellence of
God’s Son
Read John 5.19
“So Jesus said to them,
’Truly , Truly I say to you, the Son can do nothing of His own accord, but only
what He sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father does, the Son does
likewise.”
The Lord Jesus was
being accused of claiming very high ground – indeed they said, by calling God
His Father, He was making Himself equal with God V18. The response is
beautiful. The Lord takes the lowly place of meekness (rather like Moses). He
made no claim to independent authority or power in what He was doing or saying.
He rather renders the initiative and the authority to the Father above.
The case in hand was
the healing of a man on the Sabbath day. So the Lord explains, that the ‘day of
rest ‘ had been spoilt by sin and now the Father was in the work of rescuing
souls from sickness, sin and judgement. This ongoing work could not cease until
the work of redemption was complete (Hebrews 4). And so the Lord, who could see through the fake
Sabbath keeping, saw the need to be busy in recovery, restoration and
redemption.
Yet within this
position of meekness, lies the divine claim of knowing God as Father, knowing
intimately the Father’s will and the unfettered ability to act – even to do the
miraculous. As the conversation proceeds, the Lord Jesus unveils the ultimate
authority committed to Him by God – Life and death, Judgement and eternal life!
I recommend you take a
moment to sing the beautiful song:
‘Meekness and majesty
Manhood and Deity
In perfect harmony
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We have reason to worship .
JRM
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