John 5:19-47.

John 5.19-47

Jesus told the people:

I tell you for certain that the Son cannot do anything on his own. He
can do only what he sees the Father doing, and he does exactly what he
sees the Father do. The Father loves the Son and has shown him
everything he does. The Father will show him even greater things, and
you will be amazed. Just as the Father raises the dead and gives
life, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants to.

The Father doesn't judge anyone, but he has made his Son the judge of
everyone. The Father wants all people to honor the Son as much as
they honor him. When anyone refuses to honor the Son, that is the same
as refusing to honor the Father who sent him. I tell you for certain
that everyone who hears my message and has faith in the one who sent
me has eternal life and will never be condemned. They have already
gone from death to life.

I tell you for certain that the time will come, and it is already
here, when all of the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. And
those who listen to it will live! The Father has the power to give
life, and he has given that same power to the Son. And he has given
his Son the right to judge everyone, because he is the Son of Man.

Don't be surprised! The time will come when all of the dead will hear
the voice of the Son of Man, and they will come out of their graves.
Everyone who has done good things will rise to life, but everyone who
has done evil things will rise and be condemned.

I cannot do anything on my own. The Father sent me, and he is the one
who told me how to judge. I judge with fairness, because I obey him,
and I don't just try to please myself.

Witnesses to Jesus

If I speak for myself, there is no way to prove I am telling the
truth. But there is someone else who speaks for me, and I know what
he says is true. You sent messengers to John, and he told them the
truth. I don't depend on what people say about me, but I tell you
these things so that you may be saved. John was a lamp that gave a
lot of light, and you were glad to enjoy his light for a while.

But something more important than John speaks for me. I mean the
things that the Father has given me to do! All of these speak for me
and prove that the Father sent me.

The Father who sent me also speaks for me, but you have never heard
his voice or seen him face to face. You have not believed his
message, because you refused to have faith in the one he sent.

You search the Scriptures, because you think you will find eternal
life in them. The Scriptures tell about me, but you refuse to come to
me for eternal life.

I don't care about human praise, but I do know that none of you love
God. I have come with my Father's authority, and you have not
welcomed me. But you will welcome people who come on their own. How
could you possibly believe? You like to have your friends praise you,
and you don't care about praise that the only God can give!

Don't think that I will be the one to accuse you to the Father. You
have put your hope in Moses, yet he is the very one who will accuse
you. Moses wrote about me, and if you had believed Moses, you would
have believed me. But if you don't believe what Moses wrote, how can
you believe what I say?

God bless you.