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  EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS ON JOHN - JOHN 5:24-29
  by J.C. Ryle
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"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes
the one who sent me, has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has
crossed over from death to life. I tell you the solemn truth, a time is
coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of
God, and those who hear will live. For just as the Father has life in
himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself, and he
granted the Son authority to execute judgment because he is the Son of
Man.

"Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in
the tombs will hear his voice and will come out--the ones who have done
what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who
have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in damnation.

The passage before us is singularly rich in weighty truths. To the minds
of Jews, who were familiar with the writings of Moses and Daniel, it
would come home with peculiar power. In the words of our Lord they would
not fail to see fresh assertions of His claim to be received as the
promised Messiah.

We see in these verses that the salvation of our soul depends on hearing
Christ. It is the man, we are told, who "hears Christ\

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/jc-ryle/expository-thoughts-on-john-john-524-29/
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