{"id":516,"date":"2019-11-03T13:33:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T18:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/?p=516"},"modified":"2019-11-03T13:33:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T18:33:27","slug":"witnessing-to-jesus-john-516-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/messages\/witnessing-to-jesus-john-516-47\/","title":{"rendered":"Witnessing to Jesus &#8211; John 5:16-47"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Witnessing to Jesus &amp;#8211; John 5:16-47\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2019-11-03T13:33:20-05:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT45M25S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"John 5:16-47\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/content.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/November_3_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service.mp3\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentSize\" content=\"42.3\" \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fcgcs_sermons%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fcgcs_sermons%2FNovember_3_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service.mp3&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fchinesegospelchurch.net%2Fcgcse%2Fmessages%2Fwitnessing-to-jesus-john-516-47%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-1\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/content.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/November_3_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/?powerpress_pinw=516-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/content.blubrry.com\/cgcs_sermons\/November_3_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"November_3_2019_CGCS_Sunday_Service.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/cgc-scarborough-sermons\/id1439749014?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fchinesegospelchurch.net%2Fcgcse%2F%3Fp%3D516\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2E36I4XpkCoAu263lNvqoO\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/chinesegospelchurch.net\/cgcse\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sermon Details:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Pastor Tim Grieves preached this sermon on November 3, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Scripture Passage:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John 5:16-47 (ESV)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>16&nbsp;<\/sup>And this was why the Jews&nbsp;were persecuting Jesus,&nbsp;because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.&nbsp;<sup>17&nbsp;<\/sup>But Jesus answered them,&nbsp;\u201cMy Father is working until now, and I am working.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>18&nbsp;<\/sup>This was why the Jews&nbsp;were seeking all the more to kill him,&nbsp;because not only was he&nbsp;breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God&nbsp;his own Father,&nbsp;making himself equal with God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>19&nbsp;<\/sup>So Jesus said to them,&nbsp;\u201cTruly, truly, I say to you,&nbsp;the Son&nbsp;can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father&nbsp;does, that the Son does likewise.&nbsp;<sup>20&nbsp;<\/sup>For&nbsp;the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And&nbsp;greater works than these will he show him, so that&nbsp;you may marvel.&nbsp;<sup>21&nbsp;<\/sup>For as the Father&nbsp;raises the dead and&nbsp;gives them life, so&nbsp;also the Son gives life&nbsp;to whom he will.&nbsp;<sup>22&nbsp;<\/sup>For the Father judges no one, but&nbsp;has given all judgment to the Son,&nbsp;<sup>23&nbsp;<\/sup>that all may honor the Son, just as they&nbsp;honor the Father.&nbsp;Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.&nbsp;<sup>24&nbsp;<\/sup>Truly, truly, I say to you,&nbsp;whoever hears my word and&nbsp;believes him who sent me has eternal life. He&nbsp;does not come into judgment, but&nbsp;has passed from death to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>25&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cTruly, truly, I say to you,&nbsp;an hour is coming, and is now here, when&nbsp;the dead will hear&nbsp;the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear&nbsp;will live.&nbsp;<sup>26&nbsp;<\/sup>For as the Father has life in himself,&nbsp;so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.&nbsp;<sup>27&nbsp;<\/sup>And he&nbsp;has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.&nbsp;<sup>28&nbsp;<\/sup>Do not marvel at this, for&nbsp;an hour is coming when&nbsp;all who are in the tombs will hear his voice&nbsp;<sup>29&nbsp;<\/sup>and come out,&nbsp;those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>30&nbsp;<\/sup>\u201cI can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and&nbsp;my judgment is just, because&nbsp;I seek not my own will&nbsp;but the will of him who sent me.&nbsp;<sup>31&nbsp;<\/sup>If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not true.&nbsp;<sup>32&nbsp;<\/sup>There is&nbsp;another who bears witness about me, and&nbsp;I know that the testimony that he bears about me is true.&nbsp;<sup>33&nbsp;<\/sup>You sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.&nbsp;<sup>34&nbsp;<\/sup>Not that&nbsp;the testimony that I receive is from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved.&nbsp;<sup>35&nbsp;<\/sup>He was a burning and&nbsp;shining lamp, and&nbsp;you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.&nbsp;<sup>36&nbsp;<\/sup>But&nbsp;the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For&nbsp;the works that the Father has given me&nbsp;to accomplish, the very works that I am doing,&nbsp;bear witness about me that&nbsp;the Father has sent me.&nbsp;<sup>37&nbsp;<\/sup>And the Father who sent me&nbsp;has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard,&nbsp;his form you have never seen,&nbsp;<sup>38&nbsp;<\/sup>and&nbsp;you do not have his word abiding in you, for you do not believe the one whom he has sent.&nbsp;<sup>39&nbsp;<\/sup>You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and&nbsp;it is they that bear witness about me,&nbsp;<sup>40&nbsp;<\/sup>yet&nbsp;you refuse to come to me that you may have life.&nbsp;<sup>41&nbsp;<\/sup>I do not receive glory from people.&nbsp;<sup>42&nbsp;<\/sup>But&nbsp;I know that you do not have&nbsp;the love of God within you.&nbsp;<sup>43&nbsp;<\/sup>I have come&nbsp;in my Father&#8217;s name, and&nbsp;you do not receive me.&nbsp;If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.&nbsp;<sup>44&nbsp;<\/sup>How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and&nbsp;do not seek the glory that comes from&nbsp;the only God?&nbsp;<sup>45&nbsp;<\/sup>Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father. 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