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J. Vernon McGee · Citado em PreceptAustin
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McGee - We find this same thought in 1 Corinthians 2:14. Human knowledge can be understood by any other man who has a human nature -- if his IQ is high enough. But divine knowledge is different. Only the Spirit of God can take the things of Christ and show them to us. That's what He is saying here.
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Vernon McGee adds this pithy comment writing that "Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is not alone (see notes beginning in James 2:14+). It will produce something. After a person believes on the Lord Jesus Christ, he will want to “continue in His Word.” The proof of faith is continuing with the Savior." (Ed note: And that is the person who will truly experience the freedom that Jesus makes possible!) (BORROW John Commentary) David Thompson - notice what sets a person free - not personal ambition, or personal promises that you’ll try to do better, or not readjusting your goals in life, not good intentions, not your feelings or emotions; the thing that will set you free from guilt, hang-ups, sin, quirks and problems is God’s truth. The Word of God frees a person from sin, from guilt, from condemnation. This is not only true positionally, but also practically. You can be set free from any sin that enslaves you through the truth of God. To know the truth is more than just knowing academic subjects. It is knowing Jesus Christ and the truth of God’s Word. It is so important to be in and under the Word of God. True disciples will be set free by God’s truth.
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Vernon McGee - "Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin" is in the present tense. If you continue in a life of sin, you are a servant of sin. I doubt if any of us go through one day without sinning, but the child of God comes to the Father every day and confesses his sin. The child of the Devil will never do that. This is the thought of Romans 6:16, "Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey... ?" Spurgeon on “the slave of sin.” - There is the test of your position; if you do the devil’s dirty work, you are his servant. If you delight in sin then you can hear your fetters clank if the ears of your conscience are but open: “Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.”.....Depend upon it, acts of sin breed habits of sin; and habits are the chains which slaves wear. How many there are who are bound to their lusts with many fetters! Once, they seemed to enjoy the sin, and to hold it in subjection; but now it has bound them, and they cannot escape from it......The man who habitually lives in sin is not a free man, for he is still a slave to sin. If he finds pleasure and delight in disobeying God, he has no right to talk about being a free man. His chains are rattling on his wrists; what can he know about freedom? (Spurgeon's Exposition - Gospel of John) "Sow a thought, reap an action. Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character reap a destiny!"
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Vernon McGee - Jesus gets rather subtle now. A servant may come and work for you during the day, but when evening comes, he gets his hat and goes home. The son comes in, pitches his hat in a corner, sits down and relaxes because he is the son. The Lord was telling these rulers that they are not really God's children. They were in the temple then, but they wouldn't be there long. In A.D. 70 Titus came and took every one of them away and sold them into slavery. The five o'clock whistle had blown, and the servants left the house. The Son makes us free indeed. We do not have to be the servant of sin. Many Christians accept defeat and failure as a normal Christian life. God never intended us to live like that. He intends us to live for Him by the power of the Holy Spirit. Leon
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Vernon McGee - Isn't it interesting that Jesus can tell people the truth and they will not believe. It arouses their intense antagonism. Steven
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Vernon McGee - Jesus put His very life on the line when He asked, "Which of you convinceth me of sin?" This is one of the great proofs of the deity of Christ. Believe me, if any of His enemies had had one shred of evidence against Him, they would have used it. They have no logical answers for His questions. So what do they do? They come up with ridicule. I learned this method long ago when I was on a debate team. When they have no logical answer, they resort to ridicule. Listen to the Jews. "You're a Samaritan; you have a demon" -- as I'm sure you know, demon is the correct translation. This is name-calling and pure ridicule. If I speak truth (aletheia), why do you (absolutely) not believe (pisteuo) Me? Another rhetorical question. If He was not guilty of sin, they why were they not willing to believe His Word of truth. So much for the authenticity of their belief in John 8:30! A T
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Vernon McGee - I wish we could see Him standing in that crowd. They hate Him so much that they want to kill Him. They have murder in their hearts, and He has nothing but love in His. He is going to go to the Cross to die for them. They are thinking of death for Him, but He is offering them life. "If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death." He is offering them eternal life, spiritual life. My friend, this Jesus is more than a man. What does He mean by the phrase keeps My word (logos)? Is Jesus teaching salvation by works? Of course not. He is teaching that obedience to His Word was crucial. In John 8:30 it says the came to believe in Him as He spoke the Word. In this passage, Jesus is saying that belief is shown to be saving belief by the individual's subsequent response. If they keep His Word, they show that their heart has believed and they have a supernatural desire and power from God which enables them to keep His Word. The root is their believing His Word. The fruit is their keeping His Word. His Word would refer to all that He had spoken to them that opens the door to the Kingdom of Heaven and eternal life. Rieger - He who follows the light of life which shines from the words of Jesus, does not see death, just as one who goes to meet the sun does not see the shadows behind him. Boice on keeps My word (summary points) - (1) First, it means that you must hear Christ’s word; that is, you must hear with understanding. Indeed, how else can a person keep it unless he hears it in the sense of understanding what it means.... (2) Second, to keep Christ’s word also means to commit oneself to Christ or to believe him.... (3) Finally, to keep Christ’s word obviously also means to obey him Robertson on keeps My word- Common phrase in John (Jn 8:51, 52, 55; 14:23, 24; 15:20; 17:6; 1 John 2:5).
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Vernon McGee - Did Abraham ever see Christ? He certainly did. The appearance of God to people in the Old Testament was an appearance of Jesus Christ to these people