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John 5:19-29

The Son Quickeneth Whom He Will

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The Son Quickeneth Whom He Will

John 5:19-29

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This song belongs to the John collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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John
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John
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Classical
[Verse 1] Verily, verily, the Son does nothing alone; He sees the Father's work and does the same. The Father loves the Son and shows Him all, And greater works shall make you marvel at His name. [Refrain] As the Father raiseth the dead and gives them life, So the Son quickeneth whom He will; Judgment is committed wholly to the Son, That all may honor Him in heaven and earth be still. [Verse 2] Who hears My word and trusts the One who sent Me Has everlasting life and shall not be condemned; From death to life that soul has passed already, The former sentence broken at its end. [Breakdown] The hour is coming, and now is, The dead shall hear the Son of God's own voice; They that hear shall live. [Verse 3] The Father has the life within Himself; The Son has life and judgment in His hand. Marvel not: the graves shall hear His summons, And every buried generation rise and stand. [Outro] The good come forth to resurrection life; The evil, to the resurrection of damnation.

About the passage

John 5: A healed man and the authority to give life

A man disabled for thirty-eight years is healed without reaching the pool he has watched, and the carried bed immediately becomes the center of a Sabbath dispute. Jesus answers by tying his work to the Father’s continuing work, which pushes the argument from one healing into claims about divine authority, life, judgment, and resurrection. The Son does what the Father does, gives life, and will call those in graves. Jesus then names the witnesses supporting those claims: John the Baptist, the works themselves, the Father, and the Scriptures. The Book of John refuses to treat Scripture as the problem. The sharper accusation is that people can search it, trust Moses, and still refuse the one to whom those writings testify. A chapter that begins with bodily restoration ends with the question of whether revered testimony will actually be received.

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