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My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）

My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音） 
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Day 60

The Witness of the Scriptures

Text: John 5:38-40

THE WITNESS OF THE SCRIPTURES

Jesus went on to speak of the Scriptures as another witness! This was an amazing thing to state!

“But you do not have His word abiding in you,
because whom He sent, Him you do not believe.
You search the Scriptures, for in them you think
you have eternal life; and these are they which
testify of Me. But you are not willing to come to
Me that you may have life.” 

John 5:38-40

1. The Four witnesses

a. God the Father
b. John the Baptiser
c. The works of Jesus
d. The Scriptures

2. “You search the Scriptures”

a. The Jews did read the Scriptures.
b. They hoped to find eternal life through reading the Scriptures.

3. The problem underlined

a. The opposing Jews did not really know how to read the Scriptures correctly.
b. They could not comprehend that the Scriptures pointed to the Saviour who could give eternal life.
c. They did not really have the Word of God abiding in their life at all (though the Jews prided themselves in their knowledge of the Scriptures).

4. The prophetic Scriptures that described the promised Anointed One (The Messiah)

a. His miraculous birth. He would be born of a virgin (Isaiah 7:14).
b. He would be born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2).
c. He would be anointed by the Spirit of God (Isaiah 11:2).
d. His ministry described (Isaiah 61:1).

All these texts testified of Jesus! If the Jews had hecked carefully, they would have come to faith in Him!

5. “But you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life”

a. They were not willing to come to Jesus humbly to seek eternal life from Him.
b. They refused to acknowledge the power of God that was so obvious in His life and ministry.

经文：约翰福音 5: 38-40

经文的见证

耶稣提及经文为另一个见证！这是何等奇妙！

“你们并没有他的道存在心里，因为他所差来的，你们不信。
你们查考圣经，因你们以为内中有永生。给我作见证的就是这经。然而你们不肯到我这里来得生命。”

《约翰福音 5: 38-40》

1. 耶稣的四个见证

a. 上帝，父
b. 施洗约翰
c. 耶稣的职事
d. 经文

2. “你们查考圣经”

a. 犹太人们有阅读经文
b. 他们希望能从经文中找到永生

3. 实际的问题

a. 对立的犹太人不知如何正确地阅读经文
b. 他们不能明白圣经指向能给永生的救主
c. 虽然犹太人以自己对经文的认识十分自豪，他们并没有把上帝的话语藏在生命里

4. 经文的预言形容了上帝应许的受膏者 (弥赛亚)

a. 祂奇妙的诞生童女怀孕所生《以赛亚 7: 14》
b. 祂将在伯利恒出世《弥迦 5: 2》
c.上帝的灵将膏祂《以赛亚 11: 2》
d. 祂的职事已被形容《以赛亚 61: 1》

这些经文已见证了耶稣！若犹太人们仔细考察，必会来信靠祂！

5. “然而你们不肯到我这里来得生命”

a. 他们不愿意谦卑地到耶稣面前，向祂寻求永生
b. 他们不肯承认上帝在耶稣的生命与职事里所显明的大能