John 5:22

In John 5:22, Jesus talks of His role as judge.  He is uniquely qualified to act as judge.  As the only begotten Son of God, He knows from experience what it means to be human.  If we want to know what a human being should really be like, especially as His followers, we need to look to Jesus.  He set the standard by which we will be judged, and then He paid the price of that judgment for those who believe ln Him.  The Father will not be the Judge, but the Son will since He was sent to be the Savior.  He also states that those who do not honor the Son do not honor the Father.  God's people then and now do not honor Jesus as the Son of God nor do some other groups who profess God to be the Creator of all.  Verse twenty-two declares, For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:  Jesus continues to speak of the relationship between the Father and the Son.  Again, the triune nature of God is nothing the mind of mankind can truly comprehend.  Fortunately, we do not have to.  Jesus was saying in this verse that He had every right to proclaim Himself the Son of God.  His works were God's work.  He was not and is not secondary to the Father, because they and the Holy Spirit are One.  Looking back at verse twenty-one, Jesus said as the Father lifted up and quickened the dead, even so the Son quickened who He will.  The Father had shown through His prophets the ability to quicken, those who were physically dead.  Jesus would show this same power, but more importantly He would have the power to quicken the spiritually dead.  When we read that Jesus quickens whom He will, that doesn't mean He arbitrarily choses to give life to one and not to another spiritually.  When He physically restored Lazarus to life, He was indeed specific, but spiritually He brings life to all who believe in Him as their personal Savior.  We need only believe that Christ died for us to have everlasting life.  Verse twenty-three adds, That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.  We don't have to fully understand the Trinity, but simply accept that Three are One, and that Jesus said nothing wrong when He said He was equal to the Father.  Verse twenty-four says, Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.  He declares with great emphasis that anyone who hears His word and believes in Him shall have everlasting life and not condemnation.  He came to be our redeemer, not our judge.