TRUE WITNESS JOHN 5

 True Witness                                          John 5: 31-32                           2004
        "If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.  There
        is another that beareth witness of me, and I know that the 
            witness which he witnesseth of me is true."

  In the following passage of Scripture we will consider the testimony 
of a witness according to God’s law of  objective witness as opposed to 
subjective witness.   In subjective witness one testifies of  himself.   In 
objective testimony, one testifies of/for another.  Subjective witness is
not authoritative in  God’s  court any  more than  in the  courts of  our 
land.  In the realm of  the Lord God,  the only authoritative  witness is\
the Lord God, Jesus Christ or the Spirit,  (Holy Spirit) 

  Our first consideration is the verse listed above, our key Scripture. If 
one bear witness of himself it is not authoritative. To carry weight, the 
testimony must come from another.  Every Scriptural reference shows
our Lord coming in the name of  God the Father.  One passage confir-
ming the authority of Jesus Christ is found  in  Acts 4: 8-12; Peter was
first filled with the Holy Spirit.  In verse 12  stated,  “Nor  is there sal-
vation in any other; for there is none other name under  heaven given  
among   men,  whereby  we  must  be  saved.”    Here, the  Holy Spirit,   
through  Simon  Peter,  testifies to the authority of  the name of Jesus 
Christ.  We look in the  gospel according to John and  find many such 
references.  

In John 4:22-24, during Jesus' conversation with a woman of Samaria
at the well,  he  stated, “God  is  a  Spirit...”  This  lays  groundwork for 
the Holy Spirit’s entrance into the  world in the name  of  Jesus Christ
after His ascension,  to  represent God  the Father.  In  John 5: 43-44,  
Jesus Christ states he has come in  the name of  His Father.  It is inte-
resting also,  in John 14:26  where  Christ states,  “But the Comforter,
which  is the  Holy Ghost,  whom  the Father will send in my name, he
shall  teach you all  things and  bring  all things to your remembrance,
whatsoever I have said  unto you.”  Here he restates, the Spirit is sent 
of  the Father,  but comes  in  the  the name of  Jesus  Christ.  Without 
exception,  witness  is given,  as  one gives  testimony of another.  You 
may say Jesus gave  authority to  the Holy Spirit  and  God  the Father 
and the Holy Spirit  gave  witness  to  the authority of  God the Father 
and God the Son. (Another title of Jesus Christ) The Holy Spirit never 
gives  witness to  Himself.   Is there  name given the Holy Spirit except 
that of  Holy Spirit,  Spirit of God,  Holy Ghost,  Spirit,  or the Spirit of 
Jesus Christ?  

 All of  this  gives  confirmation to  the  assertion  of  Jesus Christ who, 
 before  His  ascension,  stated  His  disciples  would  perform  greater  
 works than He. Since Christ did not testify of Himself  and  the power 
 of God rests in  his name,  the disciples had  the potential for  greater 
 works than did He. In other words, disciples of Christ have the power 
 of His name in performance of their deeds while Christ did not testify 
 in that name.   (verse 12 of Acts 4)

NEVER THOUGHT OF IT IN THAT WAY, NOR HEARD
         ANYONE ADDRESS IT.  HOPE THIS IS CLEAR...  

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