The Message of the Bible
John 5:45-47 — Those who will not believe in Jesus are awaiting condemnation. In this sermon on John 5:45–47 titled “The Message of the Bible,” Dr. Lloyd-Jones picks up his exposition on the passage and confronts the Jews with the authority of the Bible. Jesus is keeping the pressure on the Jews that their belief in God the Father is empty and void. The Jewish claim to believe in God was inaccurate and was not going to lead to salvation but instead condemnation. Beginning in verse 45, Jesus pulls the rug out from under the Jews when He confronts them concerning the words of Moses. In the end, Jesus would not condemn them, but in fact it was the words of Moses that accused them in the present and would again in the final judgment. If the Jews truly believed the words of Moses, then they would believe in Jesus as Moses had written of Him. Ultimately, the Jews were rejecting the supreme authority of the Bible. True belief that saves is found only by accepting the Bible as the authority, in being right and clear about its message, and by acting upon that message. By exposing the Jews’ faulty belief, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones illuminates that true belief begins with the authority of the Bible.
Ujumbe wa Biblia Yohana 5:45-47 - Wale ambao hawatamwamini Yesu wanangojea hukumu. Katika mahubiri haya juu ya Yohana 5: 45-47, yenye kichwa "Ujumbe wa Biblia," Dk Lloyd-Jones anaendelea na ufafanuzi wake juu ya kifungu hicho na kuwapinga Wayahudi kwa mamlaka ya Biblia. Yesu anaendelea kuwafanya Wayahudi waamini kwamba imani yao katika Mungu Baba ni tupu na isiyo na maana. Kwa sababu ya madai ya Wayahudi kwamba wanaamini katika Mungu, hawakuwa na uhakika na hawangeweza kuokolewa, bali wangehukumiwa. Katika mstari wa 45 na 45, Yesu anawaonya Wayahudi kuhusu maneno ya Musa. Yesu hakupenda kuwaadhibu, lakini maneno ya Musa ndiyo yaliyowashtaki katika siku za sasa na yatakuwa hivyo tena katika hukumu ya mwisho. Ikiwa Wayahudi waliamini kweli maneno ya Musa, basi wangeamini Yesu kama Musa alivyokuwa ameandika juu yake. Kwa kweli, Wayahudi walikuwa wakikataa mamlaka kuu ya Biblia. Imani ya kweli ambayo huokoa hupatikana tu kwa kukubali Biblia kama mamlaka, katika kuwa sahihi na wazi kuhusu ujumbe wake, na kwa kutenda kulingana na ujumbe huo. Kwa kufunua imani isiyo sahihi ya Wayahudi, Dakt. Martyn Lloyd-Jones anaonyesha kwamba imani ya kweli huanza na mamlaka ya Biblia.