SERMON NOTES

Eternal Life or Judgment?
John 5:25-29

George Washington “You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of
Jesus Christ. These will make you a greater and happier people than you are.”
John Adams “Suppose a nation in some distant region should take the Bible for their only law book and
every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited. . . . What a Eutopia – what a
Paradise would this region be.”
Samuel Adams “I rely upon the merits of Jesus Christ for a pardon of all my sins.”
Gunning Bedford “To the triune God – the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost – be ascribed all honor
and dominion, forevermore – Amen.”
Benjamin Franklin “As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the
system of morals and His religion as He left them to us, the best the world ever saw or is likely to see.”
Patrick Henry “Being a Christian is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast.”
John Jay “Mercy and grace and favor did come by Jesus Christ, and also that truth which verified the
promises and predictions concerning Him.”
Thomas Jefferson “I am a real Christian – that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus Christ.”
John5:24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has
everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. 25 Most assuredly,
I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and
those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life
in Himself, 27 and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. 28
Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice 29 and
come forth—those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the
resurrection of condemnation.
George Bernard Shaw “The statistics on death are quite impressive: one out of one people die.”
1. He’s Equal to God in Essence vv17-18
2. He’s Equal to God in Works vv17, 19
3. He is Equal to God in Knowledge and Love v20
4. He is Equal to God in Power v21
5. He is Equal to God in Judgement v22
6. He is Equal to God in Worship v23
Deuteronomy 32:39 Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me;
I kill and I make alive.
Deuteronomy 1:17 ...you shall not be afraid in any man’s presence, for the judgment is God’s.
1 Corinthians 15:42-43 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is
raised in incorruption. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in
power.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an
archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
Jesus is The Giver of Eternal Life vv24-26
John 1:4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
Jesus Will Empty All Graves vv24-26
John 3:15 that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.