What is the meaning of John 5:20? The Father loves the Son • The love spoken of here is eternal, personal, and active. It is not merely affection but a perfect unity of purpose and delight (John 3:35, “The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands,”). • This love affirms the Son’s full deity while also portraying the Father–Son relationship found elsewhere: at Jesus’ baptism and transfiguration the Father declares, “This is My beloved Son” (Matthew 3:17; 17:5). • Because the Father’s love is unchanging, we can trust every act of Jesus as an exact revelation of God’s heart (John 15:9; Colossians 1:13). and shows Him all He does • “Shows” indicates unhindered disclosure; nothing of the Father’s counsel or work is hidden from the Son (John 8:28, “I do nothing of Myself, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me,”). • Jesus therefore acts with perfect knowledge of the Father’s will, never independent or uncertain (John 12:49–50). • The Son mirrors the Father so completely that to see Jesus is to see the Father (John 14:9; Hebrews 1:3). And to your amazement, He will show Him even greater works than these • The audience had just witnessed Jesus heal a man who had been an invalid thirty-eight years (John 5:8-9). Greater works would surpass physical healing—namely, raising the dead and executing judgment (John 5:21-22, 27). • These greater works unfold in the Gospel record: – Raising Jairus’s daughter, the widow’s son, and Lazarus (Luke 8:54-55; 7:14-15; John 11:43-44). – His own resurrection, the ultimate validation of divine authority (Acts 2:24; Ephesians 1:19-20). • The purpose of the greater works is amazement that leads to faith, compelling hearers to honor the Son just as they honor the Father (John 5:23). summary John 5:20 reveals the intimate, loving unity between Father and Son, the total transparency of divine purpose shared with Jesus, and a promise of even more astonishing works—culminating in resurrection power and final judgment—so that all may recognize and honor the Son as equal with the Father. |
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