August 20th John 5:17-18 Equal to God
August 19, 2023

17 But Jesus answered them, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.”
18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. John 5:17-18


Jesus is Equal to God


Conflict
This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him,
because not only was he breaking the Sabbath,
but he was even calling God his own Father,
making himself equal with God.”


Pharisee thinking
Exodus 20:8 ESV
8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.

Exodus 20:3 ESV
3 “You shall have no other gods before me.

Exodus 20:13 ESV
13 “You shall not murder


God never contradicted himself in any law


Genesis 3:1–4 ESV
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”
2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,
3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.


That voice in your head is not ALWAYS FROM GOD


Ephesians 6:12 ESV
12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.


OUR Actions and Reactions
Judging others often makes us feel superior. Tearing other people down is one the most common ways people prop themselves up. By judging others harshly, we compare ourselves to them and feel superior.

Part of our human condition


[1waiting for the moving of the waters;
4 for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted.] NASB


Our Understanding
Sometimes as hypocritical as the Pharasees


**Case for EqualityDeuteronomy 6:4 ESV
4 “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.

Deuteronomy 10:12 ESV
12 “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,


Things we teach today.
• Fear the Lord
• Walk in Christ
• Love Him with all your heart and soul
• Serve Him with everything in your life.


Seek to not be a hypocritic
seek to be like Jesus
One with the Father
Knowing the Lord our God is One with You
and the We are all One Body in Christ Jesus


Jesus must and has to be GOD.
For only God is perfect
For only God is totally and completely with out sin
OUR JESUS is the Only ONE that Has Ever Been that can
Fulfill that ROLE.