'For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto

the Son' (John 5:22).

'And hath given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is

the Son of Man' (John 5:27).

Let us record all the occurrences of krisis in John 5:

All judgment committed unto the Son (22).

Shall come not into condemnation (24).

Authority to execute judgment also (27).

Unto the resurrection of damnation (29).

My judgment is just (30).

In order that the relationship of these passages may be the more

clearly seen, let us note the way these words are distributed:

A

All judgment committed to the Son.

B

Believers shall not come into judgment.

A

Authority to execute judgment ... because He is the Son of Man.

B

Some shall come forth unto the resurrection of judgment.

A

His judgment is just.

This, however, is not all.  There is but one occurrence of krisis

written in John's Gospel before this fifth chapter and that is John 3:19,

'This is the condemnation', and it is of the utmost importance because it

contains not only the word krisis, but the only other occurrence in the four

Gospels of the words translated 'done evil'.  These words are in the original

hoi ta phaula praxantes (John 5:29), and pas gar ho phaula prasson (John

3:20), the one reading, 'those the evil things having practised', the other

reading 'every one who practises evil things'.  Nowhere else does John use

the verb prasso (practice) throughout his writings than in John 3:20 and John

5:29.  Nowhere else does John use phaulos (evil) than in these selfsame

passages.  The conclusion is irresistible.  John 5 is a continuation and

expansion of John 3, and if John 3 deals with two classes, the saved and the

lost, John 5 deals with them also.  If John 3 deals with one class, the

saved, which are divided into two companies, then John 5 will teach the same.

Let us, therefore, turn to John 3, and examine this passage afresh.

The section commences with verse 14 and ends with verse 21.  Two

classes and two classes only are envisaged in the passage where Moses lifted

up the serpent in the wilderness.  Those who lived, and those who perished,

and these alternatives are clearly stated in verse 16.  At the close of the

chapter, the testimony of John 3:14-21 is summed up:

'He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that

believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth

on him' (John 3:36).

They that have done good -- the resurrection of Life.

They that have practised evil -- the resurrection of judgment,

condemnation and wrath.

'This is the condemnation'.  Such hate the light and will not come to

it, lest their evil deeds be exposed.  Those who enter the resurrection of