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John 5:22
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And that leads to another conclusion. ‘For the Father judgeth no man, but has committed all judgement unto the Son.’ The reasoning is this: If a person has divine power to raise the dead, he has divine judgement. The Father has clearly given to the Son the power and the authority of judgement because raising the dead, deferring their final death, is so inextricably bound with judgement. Only the judge does that. Only the Father who is the judge of all can raise the dead. If the Son can do it also, then he has been given the power of judgement, for the dead shall be raised in order that the judgment takes place. So Christ claims divinity, and he warns them that he is now the judge whom they must face.
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Why does Christ say that the Father does not judge, when the Scriptures frequently say that God does judge and will judge the world? The Father, of course, does judge. The Father has a view on judgment, just as Christ does, there view is one – that certain people will be judged – but the Father will not execute the judgement; he will not sit as the Judge, but he will assign to Christ the task of judging the world at the end of time.
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