Day 35 - John 5:16-23

16 So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules. 17 But Jesus replied, “My Father is always working, and so am I.” 18 So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill him. For he not only broke the Sabbath, he called God his Father, thereby making himself equal with God.

19 So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing. In fact, the Father will show him how to do even greater works than healing this man. Then you will truly be astonished. 21 For just as the Father gives life to those he raises from the dead, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants. 22 In addition, the Father judges no one. Instead, he has given the Son absolute authority to judge, 23 so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son is certainly not honoring the Father who sent him.


Tori's Comments:

Verse 17 is something I can't seem to fully understand. Is he just emphasizing that God does not need to rest, but man does? That the Sabbath is made for man, not God?



Terrie's Comments:
Jesus was pretty clear about who he was.  We are also called sons and daughters of God and fellow heirs with Jesus Christ.  We are told that as children of God we are to be doing the Father's will just as Jesus did while he was on earth.  When Jesus left this earth and ascended into heaven he also said that we would do greater works than he did while he was on the earth through the power of the Holy Spirit.  




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