Did Moses Actually Testify AGAINST the Religious Leaders? | The Shocking Truth About John 5:45-47

🗡️ This expository sermon was delivered at Pilgrim Baptist Church in Cookeville, TN on Sunday, October 5, 2025, at 11:00 am. 🗡️

Ever thought someone was in your corner only to find them testifying against you? In John 5:45-47, Jesus drops a stunning truth bomb on the religious leaders: Moses himself—the very man they claimed to follow—would be their accuser in God's courtroom.

What You'll Discover in This Powerful Message:

This compelling Bible study exposes how the Jewish religious leaders missed Jesus Christ even though Moses wrote about Him throughout the entire Pentateuch. We walk through Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy to reveal the gospel hidden in plain sight—from the seed crushing the serpent's head, to the Passover lamb, to the bronze serpent lifted up in the wilderness.

The problem wasn't lack of evidence. These religious leaders had Moses's writings preserved perfectly for 1,400 years. They quoted him every Sabbath. They sat in Moses's seat claiming his authority. Yet they rejected the very Messiah Moses prophesied about in Deuteronomy 18. This profound Bible teaching examines the dangerous difference between Bible knowledge and Bible belief, and why head knowledge without heart transformation leads to spiritual blindness.

The Heart Issue That Changed Everything:

This sermon confronts our own false oppositions—when we claim to love God but our actions tell a different story. Do we defend the Bible yet deny the behavior it calls us to? Do we go to church but never truly serve? Do we have religious titles without genuine testimony? Jesus exposes these contradictions in John 5 with surgical precision, showing us that the religious leaders didn't have an information problem but a will problem. Their hearts were hard, not their heads empty.

From Accuser to Introducer:

The incredible news? Moses doesn't have to be our accuser. The law that shows us our sin can become our schoolmaster bringing us to Jesus Christ. This gospel-centered message explains how the same writings that condemn can also save when they lead us to the Lawgiver Himself—the one who came not to accuse sinners, but to save them.

Whether you're studying Old Testament prophecy, exploring how Jesus fulfills Scripture, or wrestling with the difference between religion and relationship, this expository preaching will challenge and encourage you. We examine biblical authority, the importance of believing God's Word, and what it means to truly surrender to Christ's lordship.

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"For the Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our king; he will save us." - Isaiah 33:22

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