John 8:51 Truly, truly, I say to you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. I. WHAT IS CHRIST'S SAYING? 1. The law, promulgated in spirit and effect in Paradise, republished at Sinai, and reinforced by the Sermon on the Mount. This law was given to create a sense of sin and of the necessity of a Saviour, and so prepared the way for — 2. The gospel (Romans 8:2, 3). The law is the storm that drives the traveller to the shelter, the condemnation that makes the criminal long for and use the means for securing a reprieve. II. WHAT IS IT TO KEEP CHRIST'S SAYING? 1. Reading it carefully and constantly. 2. Hearing it, "Faith cometh by hearing." 3. Understanding it. What we thoroughly understand we do not easily forget. 4. Obeying it. This fixes it in the memory. III. THE REWARD OF KEEPING CHRIST'S SAYING. He shall never see — (1) Spiritual death. The word which is spirit and life is the seed of regeneration. (2) Eternal death. Christ's saying is a promise of a blessed immortality which the keeper thereof by faith has made his own. (I. Saunders.) Parallel Verses KJV: Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.WEB: Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death." |
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