SERMON NOTES
Who Is Jesus Christ?
John 5:17-24
v16 For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him,
because He had done these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them,
“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”
v18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke
the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the
Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever
He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 For the Father loves the Son, and
shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater
works than these, that you may marvel.
21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life
to whom He will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment
to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who
does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
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.
Matthew 16:13-16 Jesus asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the
Son of Man, am?” So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others
Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
2 Peter 1:1 To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the
righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Romans 10:9-10 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in
your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the
heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
C.S.Lewis “A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said
would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic … or else he would
be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son
of God: or else a madman or something worse.”
John 8:58 ...Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.
John 14:6 ...I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through Me.
John 14:9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not
known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say,
‘Show us the Father’?
6 Claims That Jesus Is Equal With God!John 14:15-16 If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father,
and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.
John 14:15-16 If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father,
and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.
Matthew 3:16-17 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the
water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from
heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
1. He’s Equal to God in Essence vv17-18
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God.
2. He’s Equal to God in Works vv17, 19
Isaiah 40:28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the
LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary.
John 10:30 I and My Father are one.
Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of
sins, according to the riches of His grace.
Galatians 4:4-5 ...God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to
redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
3. He is Equal to God in Knowledge and Love v20
4. He is Equal to God in Power v21
Luke 7:14-15 And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” So he who was dead
sat up and began to speak.
5. He is Equal to God in Judgement v22
6. He is Equal to God in Worship v23
John 14:6 Jesus said “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through Me.”
1 John 2:23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who
acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become
children of God, to those who believe in His name
John 5:17-24
v16 For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill Him,
because He had done these things on the Sabbath. But Jesus answered them,
“My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”
v18 Therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill Him, because He not only broke
the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.
19 Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the
Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever
He does, the Son also does in like manner. 20 For the Father loves the Son, and
shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater
works than these, that you may marvel.
21 For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life
to whom He will. 22 For the Father judges no one, but has committed all judgment
to the Son, 23 that all should honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who
does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
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.
Matthew 16:13-16 Jesus asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the
Son of Man, am?” So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others
Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
2 Peter 1:1 To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the
righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.
Romans 10:9-10 that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in
your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the
heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
C.S.Lewis “A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said
would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic … or else he would
be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son
of God: or else a madman or something worse.”
John 8:58 ...Most assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.
John 14:6 ...I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through Me.
John 14:9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not
known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say,
‘Show us the Father’?
6 Claims That Jesus Is Equal With God!John 14:15-16 If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father,
and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.
John 14:15-16 If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father,
and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.
Matthew 3:16-17 When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the
water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove and alighting upon Him. And suddenly a voice came from
heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Matthew 28:19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
1. He’s Equal to God in Essence vv17-18
John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God.
2. He’s Equal to God in Works vv17, 19
Isaiah 40:28 Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the
LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary.
John 10:30 I and My Father are one.
Ephesians 1:7 In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of
sins, according to the riches of His grace.
Galatians 4:4-5 ...God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to
redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
3. He is Equal to God in Knowledge and Love v20
4. He is Equal to God in Power v21
Luke 7:14-15 And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” So he who was dead
sat up and began to speak.
5. He is Equal to God in Judgement v22
6. He is Equal to God in Worship v23
John 14:6 Jesus said “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the
Father except through Me.”
1 John 2:23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who
acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
John 1:12 But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become
children of God, to those who believe in His name