Main idea: Jesus is God; therefore, let us worship him as God.
Outline:
- How is this text structured?
- How does this text demonstrate Christ’s deity?
- Truth #1: The Son’s works are identical to the Father’s (vv. 19-20)
- Truth #2: The Son enjoys and imparts life from the Father (vv. 21, 25-26)
- Truth #3: The Son receives and executes judgment for the Father (vv. 22, 27-30)
- How does this text apply to us?
- It summons us to worship Jesus as God.
- It summons us to a deeper study of God.
Secondary sources cited:
- Fred Sanders, The Deep Things of God: How the Trinity Changes Everything, 2nd ed. (Wheaton: Crossway, 2017).
- R. B. Jamieson and Tyler R. Wittman, Biblical Reasoning: Christological and Trinitarian Rules for Exegesis (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2022).
- (Hymn) Walter C. Smith, “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise,” originally written in 1867.