BIBLE COMMENTARY/John 12: 48
JOHN 12: 48 – He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him, the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.
– Jesus is the Word of God (John 1: 1-2, 16: 28), so His sayings and commands are also God’s (John 8: 38, 12: 50).
– People feel that it’s easy to follow a religion, but it’s very hard to follow Jesus and live up to His teachings in the Bible. That’s because they must change their hearts and their way of life in order to fit the Bible’s standards (Luke 9: 23, 6: 46, James 2: 12). That’s the main reason why some people reject Jesus (John 3: 19-20).
– Jesus warned the whole world that everyone will be judged by the commandments and standards in the Bible (Zechariah 5: 3). God’s Word was set for the whole universe (Matthew 24: 35, 1Peter 1: 25). People can be punished because they break the law, so they will also be punished on Judgment Day for not obeying God’s laws (Revelation 21: 8, 22: 15).
QUOTED VERSES:
ZECHARIAH 5: 3 – Then he said to me: This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole earth: Every thief shall be expelled, according to this side of the scroll; and every perjurer shall be expelled, according to that side of it.
MATTHEW 24: 35 – Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.
LUKE 6: 46 – But why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do the things which I say?
LUKE 9: 23 – Then He said to them all: If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.
JOHN 3: 19-20 – And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
JOHN 8: 38 – I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have seen with your father.
JOHN 12: 50 – And I know that His command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told Me, so I speak.
JAMES 2: 12 – So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty.
1PETER 1: 25 – But the Word of the Lord endures forever.
REVELATION 21: 8 – But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
REVELATION 22: 15 – But outside are dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.