Who
Hath Believed our Report?
John 12:34 “The people answered him, We
have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for
ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be
lifted up? who is this Son of man?
35
Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the
light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest
darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in
darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
36 While ye have light, believe in the
light, that ye may be the children of light. These
things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide
himself from them.
37 But though
he had done so many miracles before them, yet they
believed not on him:
38 That the
saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled,
which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report?
and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
39 Therefore they could not
believe, because that Esaias said again,
40 He hath blinded their eyes, and
hardened their heart; that they should not see with
their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be
converted, and I should heal them.
41
These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and
spake of him.
42 Nevertheless
among the chief rulers also many believed on him;
but because of the Pharisees they did not confess
him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
43 For they loved the praise of men
more than the praise of God.
44
Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me,
believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
45 And he that seeth me seeth him
that sent me.
46 I am come a
light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me
should not abide in darkness.
47
And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I
judge him not: for I came not to judge the world,
but to save the world.
48 He
that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath
one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken,
the same shall judge him in the last day.
49 For I have not spoken of myself;
but the Father which sent me, he gave me a
commandment, what I should say, and what I should
speak.
50 And I know that his
commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak
therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I
speak.”
1. Son Of God And Son Of Man
2. Light
And Darkness
3. Blinded And Hardened
4. Praise
And Praise
5. Rejection And Judgment
1. Son Of God And Son Of Man
Verse thirty-four: “The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?”
Throughout the Bible the term “son of man” shows that which comes of man. [A father begets a son, thus a “son of man”.]
Turn to Job chapter twenty-five in your Bibles, and we will start with verse six: “How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?” [Job 25:6]
It is men that beget the “children of men”.
It has been this way for nearly six thousand years. [Genesis 11:5] “And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.”
The only aberration to this established norm is when the sons of God “took them wives” of the “daughters of men.”
We can see this by turning to Genesis chapter six, verse two: “That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.” [Genesis 6:2]
Now, without going into what exactly happened here at this time, I can say this though: the Devil was behind happened in Genesis six.
Let us move on now.
When Jesus Christ is called the “son of man” in the Scripture, it is to expressly emphasize HIS HUMANITY. The fact that GOD became a man almost two thousand years ago causes cataclysmic repercussions for us all … as men [MANKIND].
All one has to do to see to see truth of this, is to open THE BOOK at John chapter one, and read verse one, and verse fourteen, and then, turn to Philippians chapter two, and read, to see: that God “was made in the likeness of men.”
The SON of GOD [literally] stepped down among HIS Own creation to “manifest” HIMSELF in the flesh. “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.” [1 Timothy 3:16]
The term “Son of God” in the Bible emphasizes Jesus Christ’s DEITY. The fact that Jesus Christ is GOD goes without argument if you believe the Bible is the word of God.
[Now, if you are honest person, you know that I am right in this matter, and YOU can say AMEN!]
Jesus Christ is “the only begotten Son.”
See [John 1:18]: “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”
Now, read [Ephesians 3:4]: “Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ).”
2. Light And Darkness
Verse thirty-five and the first part of verse thirty-six: “Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.”
If only all men everywhere could see of the warning here and heed. The disciples would have forty-two months to [literally] walk with the LIGHT.
But for all those who would be born of the children of men, born after Jesus Christ went back to Heaven, we have the BIBLE … the WORD of GOD to be our LIGHT.
WALK WHILE YOU HAVE LIGHT!
Turn to Ephesians chapter five, verse fourteen: “Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.” [Ephesus 5:14]
God gives this light from the light of the glorious gospel … The Bible!
Turn to Second Corinthians chapter four, verse four, and see who it is that would love to keep from this LIGHT: “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” [2 Corinthians 4:4]
Did you see that? The Devil does not want you and I to see this LIGHT. The LIGHT is Jesus Christ. The Devil does not want “the children of men” [you and I] to awake from the sleep of death till you are in HELL!
3. Blinded And Hardened
Verse forty: “He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.”
This was prophesied by the prophet in Isaiah five hundred years earlier [Isaiah 6:10].
The prophesy in Isaiah is concerning Israel, and was literally fulfilled, when they [Israel] rejected their Messiah, who is Jesus Christ. Their blindness, as a nation, resulted in both the Kingdom of Heaven being delayed, and with the destruction of the city of Jerusalem in 71 A.D. and the dispersion of the Jewish nation throughout all the nations of the earth.
That is why Jesus weeped over Jerusalem in [Matthew 23:37]: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!”
4. Praise And Praise
Verse forty-three: “For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.”
The first praise is “the praise of men”.
The second praise is “the praise of God”.
The praise of men in terms of eternity will not amount to “a hill of beans”.
In the end, the praise of God will mean everything! Are you listening to me?
The first Adam was made a living soul by the ONE who was “a quickening spirit”.
Adam was a mere man, but “the quickening spirit” is the Son of God ... Jesus Christ.
[1 Corinthians 15:45] “And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.”
Who is the greater?
Is it the CREATOR [THE QUICKENING SPIRIT] or the Creature [MERE MAN]?
Wouldn’t you want the greater praise … the praise of your Creator?
[If you are in your right mind, it will be the praise of GOD.] AMEN!
Consider the Scripture in Hebrews chapter four, verse thirteen: “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.” [Hebrews 4:13]
5. Rejection And Judgment
Verse forty-eight: “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day”
Do nothing, and by default you have rejected Jesus Christ. This is a hard rule! "Pay day" for you will be at the White Throne Judgment which will take place after the one thousand year Kingdom of Heaven on this earth is over.
Lets close here by turning to Revelation twenty, verse eleven: “And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” [Revelation 20:11-15]
Friend, it will behoove you to hearken to the LORD.
Do not be among the crowd that rejects HIM.
Awake from your sleep NOW, and
turn to Jesus Christ … for His so great salvation
that HE purchased for YOU
by HIS BLOOD on Calvary’s
CROSS! Amen!