ST. CHARLES | BOB INGLE

April 20, 2025
John 5:24-29

“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done what is good will rise to live, and those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.” John 5:24-29 (NIV)

*Jesus Promises to Resurrect…

1. BELIEVERS.

“Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. Very truly I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.” John 5:24-25 (NIV) 

"As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins.” Ephesians 2:1 (NIV)

“But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. And God RAISED US UP with Christ…” Ephesians 2:4-6a (NIV)

*Jesus Promises to Resurrect…

2. HIMSELF.

“For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.” John 5:26 (NIV)

“Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by a man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead…”. Galatians 1:1 (NIV)

“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.” 1 Peter 3:18 (NIV)

“The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again.” John 10:17-18a (NIV)

“God raised Jesus from the dead.” Acts 2:24 (NIV)

“And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.” 1 Corinthians 15:17 (NIV)

“If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:9 (NIV)

“I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.” Revelation 1:18 (NIV)

*Jesus Promises to Resurrect…

3. EVERY BODY.

“And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man. “Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when ALL WHO ARE IN THEIR GRAVES will hear his voice and come out…” John 5:27-29a (NIV)

-> Believers are raised up for CELEBRATION.

‘…those who have done what is good will rise to live…’ John 5:29a (NIV)

“But we are citizens of heaven, where the Lord Jesus Christ lives. And we are eagerly waiting for him to return as our Savior. He will take our weak mortal bodies and change them into GLORIOUS BODIES like his own, using the same power with which he will bring everything under his control.” Philippians 3:20-21 (NLT)

-> Unbelievers are raised up for CONDEMNATION.

“…those who have done what is evil will rise to be condemned.” John 5:29b (NIV)

“Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books…Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:11-12, 15 (NIV)