Eavesdropping On Heaven's Situation Room Series

On May 1, 2011, President Obama, his staff, and military brass watched the raid on Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan compound in the Situation Room. The famous Situation Room is not one room but is actually several conference rooms and offices.1 Its abbreviated name is the Sit Room, and it has just received a $50 million upgrade in recent days.2 Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in the famous Sit Room during a crisis? What would it have been like to be in that room with Vice President George H. W. Bush when President Reagan was shot in 1981?

Jesus does something unusual in taking us behind the scenes of the ultimate heads of power conversation. Jesus takes us inside conversations He has with none other than God the Father. If you think it would be interesting to know the inside conversations before Apple launched the first iPhone, wait to you get a load of this! If you could imagine, if we had a video of the planning of D-Day available to us, wait to get a load of this! No place on earth has more power, authority, and splendor than God’s throne room. It’s like Jesus is allowing us to be a “fly on the wall” in very the throne room of God to eavesdrop on the conversations between God the Father and the Son. Nothing could be more fascinating or riveting.

Find John 5:19 with me, if you will, and look here when you find it.

Invitation

At the conclusion of today’s message, you will be invited to respond to Jesus’ offer of a clean, fresh start. You can respond by going to the Encourager’s Room, a virtual room, or the altar. We would love to meet with you personally.

We continue our series of walking through the Gospel of John together. John stops the narrative of miracles and conversations between Jesus and those outside the faith. He gives us the inner workings of the Godhead. Jesus takes us behind the curtain.

Today’s Scripture

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel. For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will. For the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself. And he has given him authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.

“I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me (John 5:19-30).

Again, Jesus gives us the inner workings of the Godhead. Jesus takes us behind the curtain.

1. Why Should I Care?

“For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing. And greater works than these will he show him, so that you may marvel” (John 5:20).

Here you are, with inflation at a record high in the past thirty years or so. Your rent is sky-high. You are worried about your teenage children with so many temptations. You are trying to get your toddlers potty trained. And the pastor is talking about something that seems remote and detached as the Trinity! Why should you care about what Jesus says to God, the Father? Why does this matter to you?

1.1 #1 This Matters Because God Cares that You Know Him

Is it important to know the identity of the person you marry? For example, should you know their height? Shouldn’t you know their hometown? Anyone who intends to spend a lifetime with another person, wants to know their true nature. God cares that you know Him. He penned the Bible for you to love Him. This Matters Because God Cares that You Know Him.