John 5

Sent. Commissioned. Empowered.

Sent. Commissioned. Empowered.

Dave Riddle - 4/16/2023

Key Passage: John 20:19-31

They Locked Themselves Away in Fear

  • John 20:19

    • John 19:38

  • We gather together today, not in fear, but with joy!

Peace Be With You

  • John 20:19, 21

  • eirene: a national state of tranquility, harmony, and safety. In a Christian context: the tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation

  • Peace: the absence of chaos.

Sent On A Mission For The King

  • John 20:21 - “as the Father has sent me, I also send you.”

    • Sent in the same way He was sent.

      • This mission is going to come with chaos, confusion, and resistance.

      • Yet, he calls us to peace.

He Breathed on Them

  • John 5:22

  • A preview of Acts 2

He Validates their Message

  • John 5:23

  • their message is His message

The Purpose of This Gospel

  • John 20:30-31

  • So that you may believe!

    • That you may come to believe (an evangelistic purpose.)

    • That you may keep on believing (an edifying purpose)

    • BOTH!

Christmas Eve - The Impact of Life

Christmas Eve - The Impact of Life

12/24/2021 - Dave Riddle 

God gives us life

  • Genesis 2:7

    • From the very beginning

  • John 1:4

    • Life from Jesus

We are surrounded by death

  • Romans 5:12, 17

    • Because we’ve all missed the mark

  • Romans 6:23

    • The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life

  • John 10:10

    • …life and life to the fullest

      • zōē (ζωή): life

      • perissos (περισσός): life to the fullest! superabundant or superior. Exceeding some number, measure, or rank. Over and above. More than necessary. Extraordinary. Excellent.

John 5:25 - …and those who hear will live

1 Corinthians 15:54 - …Death has been swallowed up in victory. Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting? 

Five Witnesses

Five Witnesses 

The Gospel of John - Part 14 - 11/29/20

Key passage: John 5:30-47

The Witness of the Father

  • John 5:31-32

    • The Father bears witness

    • John 5:37-38 - the Father who sent me has testified about me.

The Witness of John the Baptizer

  • John 5:33 - John has testified to the truth

  • John 1:6-8 - ...he came as a witness to the light.

  • John 5:35-36a

The Witness of His Works

  • John 5:36

    • Want to know what God is like? Watch what Jesus does and did.

The Witness of the Word

  • John 5:39-40

    • They missed the real message of the scriptures while focusing on trivial things.

The Witness of Moses

  • Rejection By His Fellow Jews

  • John 5:43-47

    • They were sure that Moses would be on their side. Jesus says “Moses would be your accuser”.


Jesus, Giver of Life

Jesus, Giver of Life

The Gospel of John - Part 13 - 11/22/20

Key passage: John 5:21, 24-29

Jesus, Giver of Life

  • John 5:24 - anyone who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life ...

  • 2 Corinthians 5:17 - if anyone is in Christ they are a new creation...

  • John 5:21 - just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so the Son also gives life to whom he wants.

A time is coming and has now come...

  • John 4:23 - a time is coming and has now come when people will worship in spirit and truth...

  • John 5:25 - a time is coming and has now come when the dead will be raised to life...

Jesus gives life because it is his to give

  • John 5:26 - For just as the Father has life in himself, so also he has granted to the Son to have life in himself.

Jesus is the Assessor of Life

  • John 5:27 - Jesus is the Son of Man

  • Daniel 7:13 - [The Son of Man’s] dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away.

All will hear his voice

  • John 5:28-29 - a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice... both the good and the evil.

    • 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 - each one’s work will become obvious... the fire will test the quality of each one’s work.

Equality With The Father

Equality With The Father

The Gospel of John - Part 12 - 11/15/20

Key passage: John 5:17-28

Why did they want to kill Jesus?

  • John 5:18 - The Son is equal to the Father.

How are they equal?

  • His Capability

    • John 5:19 - Whatever the Father does, the Son does also.

  • His Authority

    • John 5:22 - The Father has given all judgement to the Son.

  • His Status

    • John 5:23 - All people will honor the Son as they honor the Father.

      • timaō (τιμάω) - honor, revere, venerate

        • Mark 7:6 - “‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;”