John 5:25-27 Truly, truly, I say to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God… I. THE TIME OF IT. Now, during the currency of this Christian dispensation, at any and every moment thereof (2 Corinthians 6:2; Hebrews 3:7; Hebrews 4:7). II. THE SUBJECTS OF IT (Ephesians 2:1). III. THE MANNER OF IT. The vitalizing of a dead soul results from the infusion into it of life by the Son of God (ver. 21). 1. Not directly. 2. But indirectly through the word which the Son speaks. IV. THE COGNITION OF IT. Not all the spiritually dead are quickened, or even all to whom the word of Christ is externally addressed, but only those who hear and believe (vers. 24-25, cf. Isaiah 55:3). V. THE GROUND OF IT. The fact that the Son is possessed of life in Himself as an original and inexhaustible fountain, even as it exists in the Father (ver. 26). VI. THE END OF IT. Life in the fullest and highest sense. (T. Whitelaw, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. |
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