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Title: Jesus We Wait

Jesus we are waiting for

John 10:30

 

2009.12.20

 

*Before the sermon, I would like to ask those who read this manuscript.

Please read John 17 slowly two or four times.

John's eyes and ears.

 

 

It is the last week of Advent, waiting for Jesus to come to this earth. Then, we need to know what kind of Jesus we are waiting for and what he is waiting for and what his identity is.

 

So today, focusing on the Gospel of John, let's look at how Jesus Himself expresses Himself. Of course, this is also the understanding of the writer of the Gospel of John. In John 10:30, Jesus says, “I and the Father are one.” Jesus himself said so. On the other hand, in John 14:28, he says, "My Father is greater than I". Now, Jesus is using these two contradictory expressions. So, who the hell is Jesus?

 

The Gospel of John has a different color tone compared to the other synoptic Gospels. In other words, in the Gospel of John, Jesus speaks differently, speaks a different language, and behaves differently than in the other Gospels. The Gospel of John seems to be the easiest in all of the New Testament, but it is also one of the most difficult. So, New Testament scholars say, the Gospel of John is like solving an esoteric riddle. The previous two statements are the same.

 

The Gospel of John focuses on identifying the identity of Jesus. Who really is Jesus? someone? The fact that such a question arose means that at the time this Gospel was written, the 'meaning of Jesus' was already deteriorating, and that it was exposed to the possibility. The true meaning of who Jesus was was fading away. So the writer of the Gospel of John is trying to confirm that. The writer of the Gospel of John offers several kinds of answers. The answers seem to contradict each other. Now you must listen to the sermon, recalling the entire Gospel of John.

 

In the Gospel of John, Jesus is portrayed as the Son of God or understood as the actual image of God. On the other hand, Jesus is sometimes portrayed as being less than God or being portrayed as equal to God. It is in the Gospel of John where these contradictory expressions meet and reveal one Jesus.

 

The Jesus that John saw is the one who 'came from heaven and returns to heaven again'. “I came from the Father and came into the world; again I leave the world and go to the Father” (16:28). This verse is a decisive clue to understanding the flow of thought in the Gospel of John as a whole. In the beginning of the Gospel of John, Jesus is the Word (Logos), and this Word is God. And at the conclusion of the Gospel of John, it is confessed as “my Lord and my God” (20:28). In other words, Jesus and God are the same person. The declaration “he who has seen me has seen God” (14:9) and the declaration “I am in the Father, and the Father in me” (14:10) are also words that support the coexistence of Jesus and God. And at 10:30, it will be completed with "I and my father are one". So, did John only see Jesus like this? no. say otherwise. It means that you and your father are not equal. Before we get to where such a verse is, let's look at why.

 

 

 

The phrase “my father is greater than me” (14:28) can be more properly understood within this framework. That is, the heavenly Jesus (God) filled with only divinity is greater than Jesus (the Son of God) filled with partial divinity and partial humanity. Thus, Jesus on earth longs for a restoration to his perfect divine state.

 

Chapter 17 is Jesus' farewell prayer and at the same time a petition to restore lost divinity. There, Jesus hopes to restore "the glory he had with the Father before the foundation of the world." When the Father and the Son are glorified, the restoration of Jesus to equal equality with God will be accomplished. For that restoration, Jesus prays, “I am going to the Father now” (17:13). But the ascension of Jesus to heaven, the complete restoration of divinity, is accomplished by the initiative of the Father.

 

What important lessons does the Gospel of John teach us? This is what John is trying to say. In the end, Jesus said, 'After coming to this earth, he must return to heaven again.' Considering that John's focus on Jesus is here, isn't that saying that we should also soar toward perfection like Christ Jesus, and that we should focus only on 'Jesus who came to this earth' and not use it as an instrument of desire? It means that you must know 'Jesus who must come to this earth and go to heaven again'. Then why did you come to this earth for a while? That's right. It was to save my salvation or mankind. 17:8 confirms that very clearly. "I told these people the word that was given to me. They accepted it, and they really realized that I came from the Father, and they believed that you sent me."

 

This understanding of faith in the Gospel of John and living according to it should be the coordinates of faith and life in the same way for us. Because there are resurrections, the second coming, and the millennial kingdom as an extension of that. Today, Christianity is holding on to the partially divine and partially human Jesus, who must remain on this earth for a while and then return to heaven.

 

When we look forward to 'Christmas' today, it is no different from our determination to put our lives not on earth but ultimately in heaven through 'Jesus who will rise again'. Verse 24 teaches us that. *

 


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