OUR FATHER WHOSE SON CAME TO DIE FOR THE SINS OF THE WORLD

Jesus, aware of the consipiracy behind closed doors to get rid of Him, declared so as He spoke to the crowds and they were not aware of the backroom deals that were being set to kill jesus so they accused Jesus of having a demon of paranoia  for believig that there were people seeking to kill Him.

John chapter 7 verses 20 - 31 reveals. 

20 The people answered and said, “You have a demon. Who is seeking to kill You?”

21 Jesus answered and said to them, “I did one work, and you all marvel. 22 Moses therefore gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath, so that the law of Moses should not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? 24 Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.”

25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to kill? 26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ? 27 However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”

28 Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, “You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whomyou do not know. 29 But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”

30 Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. 31 And many of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”

Even though Jesus was boldly speaking in the temple, the religious leaders could not act against Him because Him time to lay down His life had not yet come.

Others, who knew of the conspiracy to kill Jesus, wondered why Jesus was able to teach in the temple under the noses of the religious authorities.

As people debated the significance of Jesusˋ ministry in their midst, some people reasoned that He must have been the Saviour they were waiting for because they could not imagine that  another representative would do more astonishing supernatural miracles than Jesus was doing.

Amen.

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OUR FATHER WHO  SENT HIS SON TO TEACH US

John chapter 7 verses 10 - 19;

10 But when His brothers had gone up, then He also went up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. 11 Then the Jews sought Him at the feast, and said, “Where is He?” 12 And there was much complaining among the people concerning Him. Some said, “He is good”; others said, “No, on the contrary, He deceives the people.” 13 However, no one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews.

14 Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. 15 And the Jews marveled, saying, “How does this Man know letters, having never studied?”

16 Jesus answered them and said, “My doctrine is not Mine, but His who sent Me. 17 If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God or whether I speak on My own authority. 18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is true, and no unrighteousness is in Him. 19 Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill Me?”

Amen.

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OUR FATHER WHOSE SON CAME TO SAVE THE WORLD

The political opposition to Jesusˋ ministry was intensifying and designs to kill Him were on the table and Jesus began to restrict His movements to the northern territory of Galilee to stay away from those who sought to kill Him.

In the book of John chapter 7 verses 1 - 9, the Lord explained the reason why He was regulating His traveling itnerary to avoid Jerusalem and Judea;

1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee; for He did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill Him. 2 Now the Jews’ Feast of Tabernacles was at hand. 3 His brothers therefore said to Him, “Depart from here and go into Judea, that Your disciples also may see the works that You are doing. 4 For no one does anything in secret while he himself seeks to be known openly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.”       5 For even His brothers did not believe in Him.

6 Then Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.        7  The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil. 8 You go up to this feast. I am not yet going up to this feast, for My time has not yet fully come.” 9 When He had said these things to them, He remained in Galilee.

When the feast of Tabernacles arrived, Jesusˋ brothers cynically urged Him to go to Jerusalem so that more people could see His miraculous powers. They considered Jesusˋ ministry to be a novelty to be promoted at festivals and so their view was that He should show Himself to the world to maximize His exposure.

Jesus, knowing that their understanding of what was actually going on was limited, told them that the time had not yet come for the revealing of His primary reason for coming down from heaven and as such, He could not be conspicuous at that time and would not travel with His brothers to the feast.

The time for which all of creation awaited to see the perfection of the nature of God was approaching but was not yet.

Amen.

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 OUR FATHER WHOSE SPIRIT GIVES LIFE

John chapter 6 verses 60 - 71 concludes the chapter this way;

60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”

61 When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, “Does this offend you? 62 What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. 64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. 65 And He said, “Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

66 From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”

68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?” 

71 He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray Him, being one of the twelve.

Amen.

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