And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,The Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.And the Father that sent me, he hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.
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… And the Father himself who sent me has testified of me. You have neither heard his voice at any time nor seen his form. Here's an important verse. but you do not have his word abiding in you because whom he sent him you do not believe. Okay, look at it again. You do not have his word abiding in you. So Jesus is making observation. He's got some Pharisees here. He says, you don't have his word abiding in you. How do I know? Because you didn't believe me when I showed up. What does that mean? The abiding word prepares us to accept what God is doing. before he does it. I want to use as a backdrop for tonight's message, and I'll just, well, I might read it in a minute. I quote a lot of scriptures, and I'm finding I need to take you there so you see it in your own Bible. But it's a cornerstone passage on our existence, on why we're here and what our assignment is. …
… right out of the lips of our Lord. Verse 37 of John 5, And the Father who sent me, He has testified of me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form. There again is the distinguishing mark between believers and non-believers. One has heard His voice, the other has not. In the next verse, verse 38, our Lord says, You do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent. You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life. It is these that testify about Me, and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. You are searching the Scriptures. You are not listening to the Scriptures. You are not applying the Scriptures. And hence, you do not have eternal life. In the tenth chapter of John's gospel, two verses, verse 26 and 27, our Lord again says, My sheep, I'm talking about my sheep, those that are mine. …
… This morning we're in the fifth chapter of that gospel, beginning at verse 31, reading through verse 47. John chapter 5, verses 31 through 47. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. There is another who bears witness of me, and I know that the witness which he witnesses of me is true. You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth. But I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved. He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in His light. But I have a greater witness than John's, for the works which the Father has given me to finish, the very works that I do bear witness of Me that the Father has sent Me. And the Father Himself who sent Me has testified of Me. And you have neither heard His voice at any time, nor seen His form. But you do not have His Word abiding in you, because whom He sent, him you do not believe. …