John 12:44-50 ESV

44 And Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45 And whoever sees me sees him who sent me. 46 I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. 47 If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. 49 For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment—what to say and what to speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me.”

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44 Si Jesus ay sumigaw at nagsabi, “Ang sumasampalataya sa akin ay hindi sa akin sumasampalataya, kundi doon sa nagsugo sa akin. 45 At ang nakakita sa akin ay nakakita doon sa nagsugo sa akin. 46 Ako'y naparito na isang ilaw sa sanlibutan, upang ang sinumang sumampalataya sa akin ay huwag manatili sa kadiliman. 47 Kung ang sinuman ay nakikinig sa aking mga salita, at hindi tumutupad ng mga iyon ay hindi ko siya hinahatulan, sapagkat hindi ako naparito upang humatol sa sanlibutan, kundi upang iligtas ang sanlibutan. 48 Ang nagtatakuwil sa akin at hindi tumatanggap sa aking mga salita ay mayroong isang humahatol sa kanya. Ang salitang aking sinabi ang siyang hahatol sa kanya sa huling araw. 49 Sapagkat ako'y hindi nagsasalita mula sa aking sarili kundi ang Ama na nagsugo sa akin ay siyang nagbigay sa akin ng utos, kung ano ang dapat kong sabihin, at kung ano ang dapat kong bigkasin. 50 Nalalaman ko na ang kanyang utos ay buhay na walang hanggan. Kaya't ang mga bagay na sinasabi ko ay aking sinasabi ayon sa sinabi ng Ama.”

KNOW CHRIST, KNOW THE FATHER

As Jesus shouted to raise Lazarus to life, so Jesus did a loud, deliberate proclamation here. That is, “Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.” His claims corresponded to what Heb 1:3 states, that is, “He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature.”

People were confronted with two only two options being confronted by Jesus, claiming as the light. That is, either they will believe and follow Him as the light or they remain in darkness. There is no in between. And as the light, His words reveals the Father. When one hears from Jesus, they are hearing from God the Father. Rejecting the Son is as rejecting God (John 3:36). Paul affirmed this by saying that Jesus is the visible form of the invisible Father.[Col 1:15] Jesus is the "light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God."[2 Cor 4:4]

During His first coming, Jesus did not come to judge the world but to save the world from darkness. However, we must receive Him and His words to keep it. Rejecting His words is costly someday. To "remain in darkness" is not merely to choose ignorance. It means to decide to remain away from God, forever (Mat 25:30). What awaits for them is God’s judgment. It is unfair for a teacher to give an examinations to his students a subject matter that he had not taught yet, is it not? God is just. Likewise, the words that they heard from Jesus will judge them someday. In other words, the gospel that the people reject would be the basis of their condemnation.
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