5:41
“I do not receive glory from people.” The root of the Hebrew word for glory has to do with weight, meaning significance. Jesus did not get His significance from people. This was in stark contrast to the religious leaders, especially the Pharisees, who delighted in being honoured by people. The religious leaders applied their own lens when looking at Jesus, and so did not “get Him” at all. This is why Paul said we no longer view Jesus from a human perspective (2 Cor 5:16). If we do so we will never see who He really is.
5:42,43
“I know that you do not have the love of God in you”. Jesus was not afraid to make stark judgments, especially of the religious leaders. They could not see who Jesus was, Jesus could see what they were not. They claimed to love God, Jesus came in the name of the Father, yet they did not receive Him. Once again we see Jesus as being the touchstone. Yet things were even worse. If someone came in their own name, i.e. they were not sent by God but were just coming full of themselves, acting out of their own will, the religious leaders would receive them. Today there are churches that will not receive the word of God, but will accept the teachings of any ungodly person.
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