God is

Still
Working
and So is
Jesus,

Part 2
(Just
Jesus
Evangelis
tic

Campaig
n, Day
52)

TEXT:
John
5:18-21

18
Therefor
e the
Jews
sought

the more
to kill
him,
because
he not

only had
broken
the
sabbath,
but said

also that
God was
his
Father,
making

himself
equal
with God.

19 Then
answere
d Jesus
and said
unto

them,
Verily,
verily, I
say unto
you, The

Son can
do
nothing
of
himself,

but what
he seeth
the
Father
do: for

what
things
soever
he doeth,
these

also
doeth the
Son
likewise.

20 For
the
Father
loveth
the Son,

and
sheweth
him all
things
that

himself
doeth:
and he
will shew
him

greater
works
than
these,
that ye

may
marvel.
21 For as
the

Father
raiseth
up the
dead,
and

quickene
th them;
even so
the Son
quickene

th whom
he will.
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Today, I
am
continuin
g the
daily Just

Jesus
Evangelis
tic
Campaig
n sermon

series,
which is
aimed at
sharing
the

Gospel of
the Lord
Jesus
Christ
with

unbelieve
rs and
remindin
g
Christian

s, in this
important
election
year, to
keep the

main
thing the
main
thing -and that

is
reaching
unbelieve
rs with
the

Gospel of
the Lord
Jesus
Christ
and

praying
for their
salvation,
for the
problem

in
America
is not
only
disobedie

nt
president
s
politician
s, and

people,
but
disobedie
nt
pastors,

preacher
s, and
parishion
ers who
have

refused
to obey
the
Lords
Great

Commiss
ion which
is to, Go
ye
therefore,

and teach
all
nations
and who
have

refused
to obey
God's
repeated
comman

ds to
"pray
without
ceasing"
for

unbelieve
rs,
believers,
and
political

leaders.
Yes, you
should
pray for
the right

candidate
to win;
yes, you
should
vote for

the
candidate
that the
Lord
gives you

peace
about
voting
for. But,
don't get

caught
up in it
like the
world
does.

Nothing
much is
going to
change
until

people
get saved
and get
their
hearts

right with
the Lord.
This
campaign

is
inspired
by the
following
three

verses: 1
Corinthia
ns 2:2
which
says,

"For I
determin
ed not to
know
anything

among
you, save
Jesus
Christ,
and him

crucified.
" Acts
5:42
which
says,

"And
daily in
the
temple,
and in

every
house,
they
ceased
not to

teach and
preach
Jesus
Christ."
And 2

Timothy
2:4 which
says, "No
man that
warreth

entanglet
h himself
with the
affairs of
this life;

that he
may
please
him who
hath

chosen
him to be
a
soldier."

This
series is
not for
Christian
s

necessari
ly.
However,
I do hope
you are

one of
those
saints
who still
loves to

hear the
"Old, old
story of
Jesus
and His

love" -As
another
hymn
says,

"For
those
who
know it
best

Seem
hungerin
g and
thirsting
to hear it

like the
rest."
This
series is
primarily

for
unbelieve
rs, so
they can
hear and

understa
nd the
Gospel
and be
saved

from sin
and the
punishm
ent of sin
which is

hell. This
is
message
number
52.

A.W.
Tozer
said, "If
man had

his way,
the plan
of
redempti
on would

be an
endless
and
bloody
conflict.

In reality,
salvation
was
bought
not by

Jesus'
fist, but
by His
nailpierced

hands;
not by
muscle
but by
love; not

by
vengeanc
e but by
forgivene
ss; not

by force
but by
sacrifice.
Jesus
Christ

our Lord
surrender
ed in
order that
He might

win; He
destroye
d His
enemies
by dying

for them
and
conquere
d death
by

allowing
death to
conquer
Him."

The
conflict
between
Jesus
and the

Jewish
religious
authoritie
s
continue

s almost
from the
beginnin
g of
Jesus'

ministry
until its
very end.
There
were

many
things
these
leaders
did not

like about
Jesus,
but the
main
thing

they
hated
was that
Jesus
claimed

to be God
-- or, as
they
would
have

said,
claimed
equality
with God.

Jesus,
for His
part,
never
tried to

convince
them that
He was
God. He
never

tried to
prove
this to
them or
make

them
believe it.
He let His
works
speak for

themselv
es. Jesus
claimed
not only
to be

doing the
work of
God, but
to be
working

with God.
He called
God "My
Father",
stating

plainly
that He
was IN
UNION
with God.

This
made the
religious
leaders
hate

Jesus all
the more:
He
implicate
d God in

what they
saw as a
crime -working
on the

Sabbath
day.
We are
reminded

that God
revealed
Himself
to man
through

His Son,
Jesus
Christ.
Everythin
g that

Jesus
did, God
was
doing.
Jesus

said,
"The Son
can do
nothing
of

himself,
but what
he seeth
the
Father

do: for
what
things
soever he
doeth,

these
also
doeth the
Son
likewise."

Jesus
was and
is the
manifesta
tion of

God in
the
world. He
was truly
God in

the flesh.
This was
somethin
g the
Jewish

religious
leaders
refused
to accept.

Jesus
goes on
to say,
"The
Father

loveth
the Son,
and
sheweth
him all

things
that
himself
doeth:
and he

will shew
him
greater
works
than

these,
that ye
may
marvel."
We are

often
reminded
of God's
love for
the world

which
moved
Him to
sacrifice
His Son.

But the
Bible
also tells
us of
God's

love for
Jesus.
One of
the
things

that is
recorded
in all four
Gospels
is the

voice of
God
declaring
, 'This is
my

beloved
Son.'
Because
God
loved His

Son, He
did not
abandon
Him once
He was

sent to
Earth. He
continuo
usly
showed

Him all
the
things
that He,
the

Father,
was
doing so
that the
Son

could
take part
in those
works.
Their

relations
hip was
one of
divine
partnersh

ip. As
time went
on, the
Father
together

with
Jesus
accompli
shed
even

greater
works.
Jesus
told the
religious

leaders
that they
would
marvel,
or

wonder,
at such
events.

What
kind of
events
was
Jesus

talking
about?
He
explains
in the

next
verse:
"For as
the
Father

raiseth
up the
dead, and
quickenet
h them;

even so
the Son
quickenet
h whom
he will."

Again
staking
His claim
to deity,
Jesus

claims
for
Himself
one of
the three

things
that the
Jews
believed
only God

could do.
Warren
Wiersbe
points
out that

the Jews
believed
only God
could: (1)
open the

Heavens
and allow
rain to
fall, (2)
open the

womb
and allow
the birth
of a new
person,

(3) open
the grave
and allow
the dead

to live
again.
Jesus
raised at

least
three
people
from the
dead

during
His
ministry
on earth,
however,

scholars
believe
that
Jesus is
not only

talking
about
physical
resurrecti
on, but

spiritual
resurrecti
on. Jesus
not only
gives

new
physical
life, but
He gives
new

spiritual
life. All
life,
physical
and

spiritual,
is subject
to God,
and thus
subject

to Jesus
Christ.
Adam
Clarke
said,

"Here our
Lord
points
out His
sovereig

n power
and
independ
ence; He
gives life

accordin
g to His
own will
-- not
being

obliged
to
supplicat
e for the
power by

which it
was
done, as
the
prophets

did; His
own will
being
absolute
and

sufficient
in every
case."

No one
else can
give you
a new
spiritual

life but
Jesus.
No one
but Jesus
can

guarante
e that
you will
live again
after you

die. If you
do not
know
Jesus
Christ as

your
Savior,
He
desires
more

than
anything
else to
give you
the new

life that
only He
can give.
He
desires

that you
take part
in the
love that
He and

the
Father
share. He
desires
that you

one day
take part
in God's
work that
began

with
Jesus
Christ.

Allow me
to share
with you
how you
can open

your
heart to
Jesus
Christ
and let

God
begin to
work
within

you
today.
First,
please

understa
nd that
you are a
sinner
and that

you have
broken
God's
laws. The
Bible

says in
Romans
3:23:
"For all
have

sinned
and come
short of
the glory
of God."

Please
understa
nd that
because
of your

sins, you
deserve
punishm
ent in
hell.

Romans
6:23 says
"the
wages of
sin is

death"
This is
both
physical
death

and
spiritual
death in
hell.

But here
is the
good
news.
John 3:16

reads,
"For God
so loved
the
world,

that He
gave His
only
begotten
Son, that

whosoev
er
believeth
in Him
should

not
perish,
but have
everlastin
g life."

The
phrase
"For God
so loved

the
world"
means
that if
you are

in this
world,
God
loves you
no matter

what you
have
done.

The next
phrase,
"that He
gave His
only

begotten
Son"
refers to
Jesus
Christ.

He is
God's
son who
suffered,
bled, and

died on
the cross
for your
sins and
for mine,

and He
was
buried
and rose
again.

Our next
phrase is
"that
whosoev

er
believeth
in Him".
The word
"whosoe

ver"
means
anybody
at
anytime.

The
phrase
"believet
h in Him"
means to

trust in
Him, to
depend
upon
Him, to

rely on
Him, or to
have faith
in Him for

your
salvation.
Our next
phrase,

"should
not
perish",
refers to
eternal

punishm
ent in a
place
called
hell.

And,
lastly, the
phrase
"but have

everlastin
g life"
means to
live
eternally

in
Heaven
with God.

The Bible
also says
in
Romans
10:9 and

13: "That
if thou
shalt
confess
with thy

mouth
the Lord
Jesus,
and shalt
believe in

thine
heart that
God hath
raised
him from

the dead,
thou
shalt be
saved....
For

whosoev
er shall
call upon
the name
of the

Lord
shall be
saved."

Dear
friend, if
you are
willing to
believe

on the
Lord
Jesus
Christ for
salvation,

please
pray with
me this
simple
prayer:

Heavenly
Father, I
realize
that I am
a sinner

and that I
have
done
some bad
things in

my life.
For
Jesus
Christ
sake,

please
forgive
me of my
sins. I
now

believe
with all of
my heart
that
Jesus

Christ
died for
me, was
buried,
and rose

again.
Lord
Jesus,
please
come

into my
heart and
save my
soul and
change

my life
today.
Amen.

If you
believed
in your
heart that
Jesus

Christ
died on
the
cross,
was

buried,
and rose
again,
allow me
to say,

congratul
ations on
doing the
most
important

thing in
life and
that is
accepting
Jesus

Christ as
your Lord
and
Saviour!
For more

informati
on to
help you
grow in
your

newfoun
d faith in
Christ, go
to Gospel
Light

Society.c
om and
read
"What To
Do After

You Enter
Through
the
Door".
Jesus

Christ
said in
John
10:9, "I
am the

door: by
me if any
man
enter in,
he shall

be saved,
and shall
go in and
out, and

find
pasture."
If you
accepted

Jesus
Christ as
your
Savior
today,

please email me
at
dw3@go
spellights

ociety.co
m and let
us know.
There is
some

free
material
that we
want to
send you.

If you
have a
prayer
request,
please e-

mail that
to us as
well, and
we will
pray for

you until
you tell
us to
stop.

God
loves
you. We
love you.
And may

God
bless
you.