The Real Deals John 13:31-35 Big Deal 1: Christ Glorified Now Big Deal 2: The New Commandment Big Deal 3: Marks of a True Believer

Big Deal 1: Christ Glorified Now  Two meanings of glory (doxa)  To seem or to appear  To hold an opinion of  A good opinion – praise or honor Definition 1: To have a right opinion of God – “orthodox,” which is praise and worship - internal The Real Deals John 13:31-35

Big Deal 1: Christ Glorified Now  Two meanings of glory (doxa) – cont’d  External  Associated with light Definition 2: To have outward brilliance appropriate to a revelation from God The Real Deals John 13:31-35

Big Deal 1: Christ Glorified Now  Present tense always refers to Definition 1  Future tense always refers to Definition 2  The first reference is in the present tense and points to Jesus and the crucifixion – but how? 1. The crucifixion is the key and central focus of all of history 2. At the cross, Jesus reversed the conduct of the first Adam – Romans 5:18 The Real Deals John 13:31-35

Romans 5:18 (NASB) 18 So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men.

Big Deal 1: Christ Glorified Now  Present tense always refers to Definition 1  Future tense always refers to Definition 2  The first reference is in the present tense and points to Jesus and the crucifixion – but how? 1. The crucifixion is the key and central focus of all of history 2. At the cross, Jesus reversed the conduct of the first Adam – Romans 5:18 3. The death of Jesus reversed the power of Satan – 3. The death of Jesus reversed the power of Satan – Hebrews 2:14 The Real Deals John 13:31-35

Hebrews 2:14 (NASB) 14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Big Deal 1: Christ Glorified Now  The second reference is also in the present tense and refers to God’s glory. How is God glorified in the crucifixion? 1. The cross reveals the justice of God – Romans 3:26 The Real Deals John 13:31-35

Romans 3:26 (NASB) 26 for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Big Deal 1: Christ Glorified Now  The second reference is also in the present tense and refers to God’s glory. How is God glorified in the crucifixion? 1. The cross reveals the justice of God – Romans 3:26 2. The cross reveals God’s holiness – Habakkuk 1:13; Galatians 3:13 The Real Deals John 13:31-35

Habakkuk 1:13 (NASB) 13 Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, And You can not look on wickedness with favor. Why do You look with favor On those who deal treacherously? Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up Those more righteous than they? Galatians 3:13 (NASB) 13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, “C URSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE ”—

Big Deal 1: Christ Glorified Now  The second reference is also in the present tense and refers to God’s glory. How is God glorified in the crucifixion? 1. The cross reveals the justice of God – Romans 3:26 2. The cross reveals God’s holiness – Habakkuk 1:13; Galatians 3:13 3. The cross reveals the faithfulness of God 4. The cross reveals God’s love – Romans 5:8 The Real Deals John 13:31-35

Romans 5:8 (NASB) 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Big Deal 1: Christ Glorified Now  The third reference is in the future tense and refers to Jesus and the resurrection, exaltation, ascension, and second coming.  Hebrews 9:11-14 The Real Deals John 13:31-35

Hebrews 9:11-14 (NASB) 11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; 12 and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Big Deal 2: The New Commandment  Why this preamble is significant?  Jesus is about to depart from this world being the only real example of love.  Because He is God, He is Love – 1 John 4:7-8 The Real Deals John 13:31-35

1 John 4:7-8 (NASB) 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love

Big Deal 2: The New Commandment  Why this preamble is significant?  Jesus is about to depart from this world being the only real example of love.  Because He is God, He is Love – 1 John 4:7-8  Jesus was about to prove that love.  How would the disciples now see love?  Jesus was trying to get the disciples to transfer their love for Him to one another.  The vertical was to become horizontal! The Real Deals John 13:31-35

Big Deal 2: The New Commandment  Matthew 13:52 explains the connection between the New and the Old The Real Deals John 13:31-35

Matthew 13:52 (NASB) 52 And Jesus said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”

Big Deal 2: The New Commandment  Matthew 13:52 explains the connection between the New and the Old  The commandment to love is old – Deuteronomy 6:5; Leviticus 19:18 The Real Deals John 13:31-35

Deuteronomy 6:5 (NASB) 5 You shall love the L ORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. Leviticus 19:18 (NASB) 18 You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the L ORD.

Big Deal 2: The New Commandment  Matthew 13:52 explains the connection between the New and the Old  The commandment to love is old – Deuteronomy 6:5; Leviticus 19:18  So what is new about it?  It has a new object – a spiritual one of witness  It is a new measure – Jesus died for the ungodly – 1 John 4:10; 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 The Real Deals John 13:31-35

1 John 4:10 (NASB) 10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

1 Corinthians 13:4-8 (NASB) 4 Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, 5 does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, 6 does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. 8 Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away.

Big Deal 2: The New Commandment  Matthew 13:52 explains the connection between the New and the Old  The commandment to love is old – Deuteronomy 6:5; Leviticus 19:18  So what is new about it?  It has a new object – a spiritual one of witness  It is a new measure – Jesus died for the ungodly – 1 John 4:10; 1 Corinthians 13:4-8  It has a new power – the Holy Spirit The Real Deals John 13:31-35

Big Deal 3: Marks of a True Believer 1. The first mark of a disciple is to continue in the Word that Jesus taught.  John 8:31 The Real Deals John 13:31-35

John 8:31 (NASB) 31 So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine;

Big Deal 3: Marks of a True Believer 1. The first mark of a disciple is to continue in the Word that Jesus taught.  John 8:31  We must hear that Word – read it, study it, and even memorize it!  Once we have heard the Word, we must continue in it. The Real Deals John 13:31-35

Big Deal 3: Marks of a True Believer 2. The second mark of a disciple is to love one another.  John 13:35 The Real Deals John 13:31-35

John 13:35 (NASB) 35 By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Big Deal 3: Marks of a True Believer 2. The second mark of a disciple is to love one another.  John 13:35  The first mark had no reference to the world.  This one does! Why?  This is the mark that sets us apart from the world! Really!  What does that look like to the world?  1 John 3:16-18 The Real Deals John 13:31-35

1 John 3:16-18 (NASB) 16 We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? 18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth.

Big Deal 3: Marks of a True Believer 3. The third mark of a disciple is bearing fruit.  John 15:8 The Real Deals John 13:31-35

John 15:8 (NASB) 8 My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.

Big Deal 3: Marks of a True Believer 3. The third mark of a disciple is bearing fruit.  John 15:8  This tells us that the bearing of fruit will glorify God, not that it effects humanity.  We must recognize our own inability to produce the fruit.  We must remain attached to the fruit bearer! The Real Deals John 13:31-35

Application What does Jesus’ death mean to you? What will His second coming mean – glory or panic? Do those who are not yet believers see God and His love in you? Are you really one of Jesus’ disciples? How do you and others know? The Real Deals John 13:31-35