church.com. Now here's our pastor,
Todd Nibert. In John chapter 7, verse 32,
the Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning
him, speaking of the Lord Jesus. And the Pharisees and the chief
priests sent officers to take him, to arrest him. They wanted his speech stopped. And then we read in verse 45,
then came the officers to the chief priests and the Pharisees,
the same ones whom they sent to arrest the Lord Jesus. And they, the chief priests and
Pharisees said unto them, why have you not brought him? We
told you to arrest him and bring him back to us and you're coming
empty handed. Why have you not brought him?
The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. We heard him speak and we were
dumbfounded by what he said. We've never heard anybody speak
like this. We've never heard the content
of such speech. We couldn't arrest him. Never
man spake like this man." Now a truer statement has never been
made with regard to his manner of speech. No one spake with
the confidence with which he spake. He said, we speak that
which we know and testify that which we have seen. Everything
he said was absolute truth. No lies, no exaggeration, utter
sincerity, no attempt to project an image to impress people, no
manipulation of his hearers at all. With what cogency he spake,
how clear and lucid were his words. Never man spake like this
man in the history of the universe. Never man spake like this man. We understand why Mary sat at
his feet and heard his word, but I'm only talking about the
manner of his speech now. What about the content of his
speech? After the Sermon on the Mount, that great glorious sermon
that's recorded in Matthew 5-7, where he begins by telling us
who is blessed. Blessed are the poor. Blessed
are they that mourn. Blessed are the meek. Blessed
are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness. Blessed
are the pure in heart. Blessed are the merciful. Blessed
are the peacemakers. Blessed are they who are persecuted
for righteousness sake. Oh, that glorious Sermon on the
Mount. How many times did he say, you've
heard it said of them old, but I say unto you, I say unto you. Something the Lord never said
was thus saith the Lord. He said, I say unto you. Now
that ends with the people were astonished at his doctrine for
he spake as one having authority and not as the scribes. I love
that slam on the scribes, the religious leaders of his day. There was no authority with what
they said, but what the Lord said, his very words recommended
themselves as nothing less than the words of God himself. Now we could spend our lifetime
on this verse, considering what he said, but what I'd like to
try to do is limit myself to the book of John, where this
was said, and just take some of the words that he said, and
consider and see for yourself, no man ever spake like this man. Hear for yourself. In John chapter
one, his first words were, what seek ye? He said that to the
men following him. What seek ye? What a question. And they said, Master, where
dwellest thou? He said, come and see. He's not
holding you off. He's not keeping you away. Come
and see. Do you want to know who he is?
Come and see. He won't keep himself from you.
Come and see. I love when he came to Nathanael
in chapter one. And he said, behold, an Israelite
indeed, in whom is no guile. Nathaniel said, whence knowest
thou me? How do you know my name? I've
never seen you. I don't know who you are. Whence
knowest thou me? He said, Nathaniel, before you
saw me and you were sitting under the fig tree, I saw thee. You see, the Lord Jesus Christ
speaks as omnipresent. He speaks as omniscient. He speaks
in omnipotence. Before, oh, don't you love that? Before that Philip called thee
when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. In chapter two, when he saw the
money exchangers trying to make a profit out of religion, trying
to make money from religion. And when you say that's what
much of religion is about, What'd the Lord do? He made a whip. A scourge of cords. Somebody
said, did he hit those people? I don't know, but if he did,
it was right. He made a scourge of cords. He said, take these
things hence. Get them out of here. He overturned
the tables. Make not my father's house. And
remember when he said my father, he's speaking as himself being
equal to his father. And therefore, his father's house
was his house. Make not my house a house of
merchandise. And he overthrew the money exchangers
tables and the cages with the sacrificial animals to be sold
for profit. And they said, who gave you the
authority to do this? And listen to his answer, destroy
this temple. And in three days, I will raise
it up. Now they thought he was talking
about the physical temple, but he was talking about the temple
of his body. You destroy this temple, and in three days, I
will raise it up. He foretold of his resurrection
even then. In John chapter three, we read
of his interview with Nicodemus. There was a man, Nicodemus, who
came to him by night, a ruler of the Jews. And he said, Master,
we know that you've come from God, for no man can do the things
that you do, except God be with him. And the Lord said, except
a man be born again, he can't enter the kingdom of God. Except
a man be born from above, he can't see the kingdom of God.
Marvel not that I say unto you, you must be born again. Now what
he's saying to Nicodemus, is you are so dead in sins and unable
to do anything to save yourself except you be birthed by God,
born again, born from above. you'll never enter the kingdom
of heaven." And Nicodemus said, how can these things be? He said,
are you a master in Israel and knowest not these things? We
speak what we do know and testify what we've seen and you believe
not our witness. And then he makes this incredible
statement that nothing had ever been heard like this. As Moses
lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, And that's talking
about when Moses put a brazen serpent on a pole and lifted
it up and everyone that was bitten by the fiery serpents, when they
simply looked, that's all they did was look, they lived. As
Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must
the Son of Man be lifted up. Referring to his crucifixion,
lifted up between heaven and earth, nailed to a cross. Even
so must the Son of Man be lifted up that whosoever believeth in
him should not perish. Never man speck like this man.
I think in John chapter four, when he comes to that woman that
was so different than the religious leader, it was an immoral woman.
It was a woman who had many issues. She'd been married five times
and she was, at the time, cohabiting with someone. And the Lord goes
to meet her. He must need to go through Samaria
because she's there. And he said, woman, if you knew
the gift of God. His gifts have no strings attached. He doesn't need anything from
you. If you knew the gift of God and who it is that saith
to thee, give me to drink, you would have asked and he would
have given thee rivers of living water. Never man spake like this
man. She still didn't know what he
was talking about. And she said, I know the one
Messiah cometh. He'll tell us all things. And he said, woman,
I that speak unto thee, am he. Never man spake like this man. In chapter five, he came to the
man laying at the pool of Bethsaida, waiting for the moving of the
water when whoever went in would be healed. And he said to this
impotent man, wilt thou be made whole? He didn't ask him if you
can heal yourself. He said, will you be made whole? In that same chapter, he says
as the father Raises the dead and quickens them even so the
Son quickens whom he will. He ascribed two things to himself
that can only be ascribed to God. Only God can raise the dead. And only God is absolutely sovereign. He does it with whom he will.
Christ says that's me. In John chapter 5 verse 39 he
said to the Pharisees, you search the scriptures. In them, you
think you have eternal life. And they are they which testify
of me. How do you think they felt when
he said that? This book you claim to believe, every scripture in
it testifies of me. And you will not come to me that
you might have everlasting life. Oh, no man spake like this man. In John chapter six, the famous
sermon at Capernaum, he said this, this is after they asked
him the question, what must we do that we might work the works
of God? That's a good question. What must we do that we might
work the works of God? He said, this is the work of
God. that you believe on him whom
he hath sent. Period. No and, no additions,
faith alone. You believe he was before God
sent him, the eternal son of God. You believe God sent him. and you believe he did whatever
it was that God sent him to do. And he goes on in this message
to say to these people, you've seen me and believe not. All that the Father giveth me
shall come to me and him that cometh to me I will in no wise
cast out. Never man spake like this man. He said the words in that same
sermon, he said, the words that I speak unto you, they call them
hard sayings. He said, the words that I speak
unto you, they are spirit and they are life. Never man spake
like this man. In chapter seven, he said to
his siblings, the world cannot hate you. But me, it hateth,
because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil, every
work that comes from the world, even the supposed good works
and righteous works. They're all evil. He said in
that glorious chapter, if any man thirst, let him come to me
and drink. Out of his belly shall flow rivers
of living water. Never man spake like this man.
In John chapter eight, when we have this woman taken in adultery,
in the very act, can you imagine how humiliated Perhaps angry
she was when she was dragged by the Pharisees to Christ, and
they say she was taken by, taken in adultery in the very act.
There's no doubt about her guilt. Moses said stone her, what do
you say? Don't you love the way the Lord said, he that's without
sin among you? And he's talking about that sin.
Throw the first stone. And they all began with shame
to move away. And he said, woman, where are
those thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee? She
said, no man, Lord, neither do I condemn thee. Go and sin no
more. Never man spake like this man.
You see, there was nothing to condemn her for because of the
blood that he shed on Calvary Street. In that chapter, that
very same chapter, he said to his enemies, You are of your
father, the devil. And the lusts of your father
you will do. Never man spake like this man.
In that same chapter, he said, before Abraham was, I am. I am eternal God. I am that I am. Never man spake like this man. In chapter nine, When the man
that was born blind was given sight, hear the words of the
Lord for judgment, I'm coming to this world that they would
seem not, might see. And that they would see, they
think they see why I would save them. They'll be made blind.
And the Pharisee said, are we blind also? He said, if you were
blind. you'd have no sin. But now you
say we see, therefore your sin remaineth. If you think you can
see why God would save you because of something you've done, you're
blind. If you can see no reason why
God would save you, you're without sin. Jesus Christ died for you. In John chapter 10, the great
chapter on the shepherd and the sheep, he said, I lay down my
life. for the sheep. Other sheep have
I, which are not of this fold, them also I must bring, and there
shall be one fold and one shepherd. The Lord Jesus laid down his
life for the sheep. Is everybody sheep? No, they're
goats. But everybody he died for must be saved. And then in chapter 11, giving
Lazarus life, he'd been dead. been dead four days. By this
time, he stank. And when the Lord finally came
to that place, Martha said, if you'd been here, my brother had
not died. As if the Lord couldn't have
kept it from happening because he wasn't in that geographical
place. She was wrong. Yes, he could
have prevented him from dying if he wasn't there because he's
Lord. But she still said, if you would have been here, my
brother had not died. And he said, your brother shall
rise again. And she said, well, I know he'll rise at the last
resurrection. And he said, I am the resurrection
and the life. The resurrection is not an event.
I'm it. I am the resurrection and the
life. He that liveth and believeth
in me shall never die. Do you believe this? Oh, nobody
spake like this man. I am the resurrection and the
life. And then there's that 12th chapter
right before his final sermon with his brother. And right before
he died, he said, the hours come, that the son of man should be
glorified. That hour for which he came that
glorified him and his father. Never man spake like this man. In chapter 13, when he's giving
his final instructions to his disciples, he said, you call
me master and lord. And you say, well, for so I am. Hate it when people use his name,
Jesus, in a flippant way. He's the Lord. He said, you call
me master and Lord, and you say, well, for so I am. Then at the end of that chapter,
he said, Peter, you're going to deny me three times. Let not your heart be troubled. Now how can that be? You tell
Peter he's going to be denied three times and yet he says,
let not your heart be troubled. I'll tell you why. Because Peter's
salvation wasn't in his ability to confess Christ or deny Christ. His salvation was in who Jesus
Christ is and what he accomplished on Calvary's tree. And he could
say to Peter, even in the face of that, Let not your heart be
troubled. You believe in God? Believe also
in me. In my Father's house are many
mansions. I go to prepare a place for you."
And that's what he was doing when he went to the cross. He
was going to prepare a place for his people. In that same chapter, chapter
14, he said, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father,
but by me. Never man spake like this man.
He didn't say, I'll show you the way. I am the way. He didn't
say, I'll give you life. He said, I am the life. He didn't
say, I'll tell you the truth. He said, I am the truth. No man comes to the Father, but
by me. The only way you can get into
the Father's presence is if you're in me and I bring you into the
Father's presence. Philip said in that same chapter,
show us the Father and it sufficeth us. And he says, I've been so
long time with you, Philip, and yet has thou not known me? He
that has seen me has seen the Father. Never man spake like
this man. In chapter 15 he said, I am the
vine, you are the branches. Without me, severed from me,
Apart from me, you can do nothing. Now what a beautiful emblem.
The same branch, the same stems that flow through the branches
flow through the vine. There's no connecting point.
This speaks of the eternal union of Christ and his people. And
he says, without me, you can do nothing. Never man spake like
this man. He said in that same chapter,
as the father hath loved me. So have I loved you." Never managed
to make it like this man. We wouldn't believe that if it
wasn't in the Bible. But however the father loved him, that's
how he loved his people. He said, you have not chosen
me, but I have chosen you. and ordained you. Does your heart
say truth, Lord? Never man spake like this man."
And then in chapter 16, when he's talking about the work of
the Holy Spirit, he says, when he has come, he shall convince
the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment. Of sin, because
they believe not on me. Of righteousness, because I go
to my Father. Of judgment, because the prince
of this world is judged. When God the Holy Spirit convicts
you, You're made to see that you can't even believe unless
God gives you faith. You're made to see that the righteousness
of Christ is the righteousness that He brings to His Father.
You're made to see that all judgment took place on the cross. And
then He said, these things have I spoken unto you that in me
you might have peace. Not in your works, not in yourself,
not in your understanding, not even in your faith. These things
have I spoken to you that in me you might have peace. In the
world you shall have tribulation. Be of good cheer. I have overcome the world." And
then in John chapter 17, that great high priestly prayer for
his people, Father, the hour has come. glorify thy son, that
thy son also might glorify thee. As thou hast given him power
over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many
as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that
they might know thee, the only true God in Jesus Christ, whom
thou hast sent. Never man spake or prayed like
this man. In John chapter 18, when he's
arrested, they come to arrest him. And he says to them, whom
seek ye? They said, Jesus of Nazareth.
He said, I am. And the scripture says they fell
backwards, driven by irresistible power. He was letting them know,
you're not in control here. I'm in control. This is happening
because of my will. I'm permitting this to happen.
It's all a part of my glorious purpose. In that same chapter,
he said, he said, my kingdom is not of this world. It's not
a political kingdom. If it were of this world, my
servants would fight that I should not be delivered thence, but
now my kingdom is not from hence. I came to bear witness to the
truth. And oh, how he bore witness to the truth. Then in John chapter
19, when Pilate said, don't you know that I have power to crucify
you and I have power to release you? The Lord looked at him and
said, you could have no power at all over me. except it were
given thee from above. What majesty! No man ever spake
like this man. And listen to these final words
from the cross. It is finished. The reason I came, I accomplished
what I came to do. Thou shalt call his name Jesus,
for he shall save his people from their sins. It is finished. They are saved from their sins. Never man spake like this man. And then in chapter 20, after
the resurrection, he said, peace be unto you. He showed them his
hand and his side. Then were the disciples glad.
You'll be glad when you see the power and meaning of his resurrection
and what those scars he still bears means, the complete salvation
of everybody he died for. And then in closing, in John
chapter 21, I want to read this to you. He made this statement. To Peter, when thou wast young,
thou girdest thyself, and walkest whither thou wouldst not. But
when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands,
and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldst
not. This spake he signifying what? Death. He should die and
glorify God. Peter was crucified. upside down, and yet it says,
by that death he glorified God. What manner of man is this? The
God-man, that even a death like that would glorify God, truly. Never man spake as this man spake. To receive a copy of the sermon
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