5:25
“An hour is coming and is now here when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God”. How can this be both now and future? We are spiritually dead, but the voice of God brings us to life in Christ. That happens now. When Christ comes back we will be physically and spiritually raised to new life. We will have a new body, and will be utterly transformed. The transformation that has already started in us will be brought to completion. Note that it is the “voice of the Son of God” that brings us to life. Today we need to hear the voice of the Son.
5:26
How can this be? Because just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have “life in Himself”. God is self-existent, none of us are. We would not exist at all unless God had brought us into being. We are not self-existent, but are dependent upon God for our existence. The Son also is self-existent. And the one who is self-existent gives life to others.
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