Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 12:50

"And I know that his commandment is life eternal: the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath said unto me, so I speak." — John 12:50 (ASV)

And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatever I speak therefore, even as the Father said to me, so I speak.

The eternal authority of God is behind the testimony of Christ. Oh, that men would not be so unwise as to reject it!

Now, in our reading, at the 41st verse we met with these words: These things, said Isaiah, when he saw his glory and spoke of him. Now let us read the passage which gives us an account of Isaiah's seeing the glory of Christ.

And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

If the great Head of the Church was thus only a messenger, the deliverer of a message from the Father, should not we, who at our best are such poor ministers of Christ, take heed that we also can say, "Even as the Father said unto me, so I speak"? God grant it!

Amen.