Commentary on the Gospel of John

                                   Chapter Two

                                                                                                                                         Verses 24-25

At this Passover in the beginning of Jesus' ministry, He did not openly proclaim Himself to be the Son of God and Savior of the world. Jesus knows the hearts of all humans. I Samuel 16:7. Jesus knows that humans can choose to be good because of the goodness He puts into them when He creates them, and Jesus also knows that all humans are sinful, and some are downright evil, because of the spiritual death that the Devil injects into the inner beings of all humans. Genesis 1:31; Genesis 2:17. Spiritual death had to have come from the Devil, never from God. Jesus knew that the evil nature of His enemies would cause them to have Him crucified to early in His ministry. Jesus needed a three and a half years of a ministry of miracles and compassion toward a fallen race to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that He was and is God in human form and Savior of the world. John 10:36-38; Matthew 26:62-65.

Toward the end of His ministry, Jesus openly revealed Himself to be the Son of God and Savior of the world. John 18:19-21. In their heart of hearts, the Pharisees and Sadducees, and even the Romans, knew who Jesus was when they crucified Him, but their stubborn, proud and evil natures allied them to the Devil's attempt to murder God. Matthew 27:54; Mark 11:27-33. All of Jesus' disciples fled except Peter, and he denied Him. Matthew 26:56; Matthew 26:69-75. The sins and the evil of the entire human race nailed Jesus to the cross in its allied attempt with the Devil to get rid of God. Acts 4:25-28. Yet, Jesus cried from the cross, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." Luke 23:34. Jesus prayed for the entire human race, and since His Father could never fail to give Jesus that for which He prayed, then God must forgive and save every living human that He created, some by His grace and all others from the regions of the dead when they repent and believe in a great worship service as recorded in Revelation 5:11-14. Ecclesiastes 3:14; Luke 20:38.

The Holy Spirit brings all humans who hear or read the gospel under the conviction that they are sinners in need of Christ the Savior of the world. John 16:7-11. The Holy Spirit preaches to the hearts of humans who never hear or read the gospel. John 1:9; Colossians 1:23. Those who repent and believe while still alive in the flesh immediately become saved forever by the grace of God. John 5:24. The Holy Spirit has the power to save every human who has never read or heard the gospel even though they may have a very vague understanding of that which they believe. Those who refuse to believe do so because they allow their evil natures to cause them to stubbornly reject God's Love and His compassion for them. Some of these types can become so hardhearted that they no longer listen at all to the plea of the Holy Spirit that they repent and believe. Nevertheless, Christ will reveal Himself to them as they languish in the horrors of the regions of death, and because they will observe His Majesty and His Almighty Love for them as the Lamb of God, they will all choose to repent and believe because God will revive their latent faith that He put into their living souls and spirits when He created them. Revelation 5:11-14; Genesis 1:27; Romans 12:3; Luke 20:38; Isaiah 45:21-24. Christ will resurrect all repentant living humans from the regions of death and recreate them to live on His recreated earth. Revelation 20:5; Revelation 21:1-5; John 5:28-29. Christ will recreate all these living humans to be meek and righteous. Matthew 5:5; Revelation 21:5. God's Will will be done on earth to the same extent that His Will will be done in Heaven. Matthew 6:10. God will recover and recreate all living humans that He creates and loves to live forever in His recreated Heaven or on His recreated earth. Ecclesiastes 3:14; Romans 11:36; II Peter 3:9-13; Luke 20:38; I Corinthians 15:22; Revelation 21:1-5; I Corinthians 15:26.