John 5:17-30

Hi All!!! I am tring to be proactive and get everything I have posted, we will be focusing on John 5:1-16 for this week (July 29), but since Jared was ahead of the game and sent the next section I decided to post both of them for you......


Jesus is Divine – The Father and Son Sermon.

Discussion questions:
-In what ways are you like your father or mother? Do you share any common characteristics? Would
people be able to guess that you were his or her child? (Parents, what about your children? How are they like you or dislike you?)

-Is there anyone in your family that you would consider a “chip of the old block?” or most like a parent?

-If someone were to ask you how are Jesus and the Father connected? What would your answer be?
How are they alike? How are they different?

Text Questions:
-After reading this text how would you describe the relationship of the Father and the Son? What is the role of the son? What does he receive?

-Look at verses 19-24 again. We are being introduced to the mystery of the Trinity (Father, Son, & Holy Spirit are one God in the 3 persons or 3 essences. They are a Tri-unity). In these verses Jesus appears to be both subordinate and equal to the Father. The Father also gives power to Jesus. Can you be God and God’s son? Can the Son do things the Father can’t? How do you think all of this works?

-Look up Philippians 2:5-11, Colossians 1:15-20, and Matthew 28:18-20 to get a fuller picture of the
relationship of the father with the son.

-Is this something that we can fully explain? Or is it something that God “reveals” to us and we are
called to trust and believe?

-Read verse 20-What do you think are the “these” and what do you think are the “greater works than
these?”

-Look at verses 24-30. We see almost the same material in John 3. Jesus says believe in me and you will have eternal life and not faith judgment. Then he goes on to speak of a judgment.
-What do you think it means to “believe” in him?

-What do you think it means to execute judgment?

-What is the resurrection of life and the resurrection of judgment?