Gospel of John 09.vp

Session 7: Giver of the Spirit, High Priest of Heaven, the Shorn and Si lent Lamb 171

2. The effect of the hatred: the inevitability of being put out of the synagogue (spiritual rejection) and killed (physical abuse), 16.2 (cf. they’ll think they are offering service to God !)

a. Like the blind man, followers of Jesus will be kicked out of the synagogue (cf. John 9.22, 34).

b. Martyred at the hand of wicked men who justified their actions with religious arguments, Acts 7.54-60

3. The reason for the coming grim reactions: They have not known the Father, nor me , 16.3.

4. The importance of remembrance and the memorized word, 16.4

B. The sensitive heart of our Lord to his disciples, 16.4-6

1. The context of the disciples determined the Lord’s message to his disciples, 16.4.

2. Jesus’ full self-disclosure: I am going to him who sent me , 16.5 (the Ascension after the crucifixion and resurrection?).

a. The glory of the ascended Lord, Eph. 4.7-10 – But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. [8] Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” [9] (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower parts of the earth? [10] He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)