Refusal to Confess Jesus

John 12:37-50 (KJV)
Even though Jesus had done so many miracles before the people, yet they believed not on him: that the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? Therefore they could not believe, because that Esias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and space of him. Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

Jesus cried and said, "He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

Jesus Predicts His Death

John 12:20-28
Some Greeks who had come to Jerusalem to attend the Passover paid a visit to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee. They said, "Sir, we want to meet Jesus," Philip told Andrew about it, and they went together to ask Jesus.

Jesus replied, "The time has come for the Son of Man to enter into his glory. The truth is, a kernel of wheat must be planted in the soil. Unless it dies it will be alone a single seed. But it's death will produce many new kernels a plentiful harvest of new lives. Those who love their life in this world will lose it. Those who despise their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. All those who want to be my disciples must come and follow me, because my servants must be where I am. And if they follow me, the Father will honor them. Now my soul is deeply troubled. Should I pray, Father, save me from what lies ahead? But that is the very reason why I came! Father, bring glory to your name."

Then a voice spoke from heaven, saying, "I have already brought it glory, and I will do it again."

The Triumphal Entry

John 12:12-19 (NLT) Summary

We read today about the news that Jesus was on the way to Jerusalem swept through the city. A huge crowd of Passover visitors took palm branches and went down the road to meet Jesus. They shouted, "Praise God! Bless the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hail to the King of Israel!"

Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, fulfilling the prophecy that said: "Don't be afraid, people of Israel. Look, your King is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt."

His disciples didn't realize at the time that this was a fulfillment of prophecy. But after Jesus entered into his glory, they remembered that these Scriptures had come true before their eyes.

Those in the crowd who had seen Jesus call Lazarus back to life were telling others all about it. That was the main reason so many went out to meet him because they had heard about this mighty miracle.

Then the Pharisees said to each other, "We've lost. Look, the whole world has gone after him."

Jesus and the Passover

John 12:1-11
In chapter 11 the question was asked if anyone would see Jesus at the Passover? There was a plot to kill Jesus and so Jesus left his public ministry and had not been seen. Anyone who saw Jesus was to report him immediately to the Jewish leaders so that he could be arrested.

In chapter 12 we read that six days before the Passover ceremonies began, Jesus arrived in Bethany, the home of Lazarus. It was here that Martha served the meal, Lazarus sat at the table with Jesus, and Mary took a twelve-ounce jar of expensive perfume made from essence of hard, and she anointed Jesus' feet with it and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with fragrance.

Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus' disciples, the one who would betray him said, "That perfume was worth a small fortune and it should have been sold and the money given to the poor." Judas did not really care for the poor but he was in charge of the funds and he often took money from it.

Jesus replied, "Leave her alone. She did it in preparation for my burial. You will always have the poor among you, but I will not be here with you much longer."

When all the people heard of Jesus' arrival they flocked to see him and also to see Lazarus, the man Jesus had raised from the dead. Then the leading priests decided to kill Lazarus too, for it was because of him that many of the people had deserted them and believed in Jesus.

The Plot to Kill Jesus

John 11:45-57 (NLT)
Many of the people who were with Mary believed in Jesus when they saw this happen. (Lazarus coming alive.) But some went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. Then the leading priests and Pharisees called the high council together to discuss the situation. "What are we going to do?" they asked each other. "This man certainly performs many miraculous signs. If we leave him alone, the whole nation will follow him, and then the Roman army will come and destroy both our Temple and our nation."

And one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "How can you be so stupid? Why should the whole nation be destroyed? Let this one man die for the people." This prophecy that Jesus should die for the entire nation came from Caiaphas in his position as high priest. He didn't think of it himself, he was inspired to say it. It was a predication that Jesus' death would be not for Israel only, but for the gathering together of all the children of God scattered around the world.

So from that time on the Jewish leaders began to plot Jesus' death. As a result, Jesus stopped ;his public ministry among the people and left Jerusalem. He went to a place near the wilderness, to the village of Ephraim and stayed there with his disciples.

It was now almost time for the celebration of Passover, and many people from the country arrived in Jerusalem several days early so they could go through the cleansing ceremony before the Passover began. They wanted to see Jesus, and as they talked in the Temple, they asked each other, "What do you think? Will he come for the Passover?" Meanwhile, the leading priests and Pharisees had publicly announced that anyone seeing Jesus must report him immediately so they could arrest him.

Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead

John 11:38-44 (NLT)

And again Jesus was deeply troubled. Then they came to the grave. It was a cave with a stone rolled across it's entrance. "Roll the stone aside," Jesus told them.

But Martha, the dead man's sister, said, "Lord, by now the smell will be terrible because he has been dead for four days."

Jesus responded, "Didn't I tell you that you will see God's glory if you believe?" So they rolled the stone aside. Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said, "Father, thankyou for hearing me. You always hear me, but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so they will believe you sent me." Then Jesus shouted, "Lazarus, come out!" And Lazarus came out, bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, "Unwrap him and let him go!"

*What a dramatic event! Jesus was still troubled by what he saw and that Martha and Mary were so sad about their brother dying. But Jesus knew that in just a few minutes thing would be alright. He thanked His Father for hearing Him and with a loud voice he told Lazarus to come out of the grave. All those that  saw this would believe that the Father had sent Jesus to the people.

Oh, what a wonderful God we have and we too can thank Him for sending His Son to die for us and that He rose again so that we would not be separated from God forever once we believe what Jesus did for us and believe that He is the Son of God.

Death of Lazarus

John 11:1-35 NLT

A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. This is the Mary who poured the expensive perfume on the Lord's feet and wiped them with her hair. Her brother, Lazarus, was sick. So the two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him, Lord, the one you love is very sick.

But when Jesus heard about it he said, "Lazarus's sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God. I, the son of God, will receive glory from this. Although Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, he stayed where he was for the next two days and did not go to them. Finally after two days, he said to his disciples, "Let's go to Judea again." But his disciples objected, "Teacher, only a few days ago the Jewish leaders in Judea were trying to kill you. Are you going there again?"

Jesus replied, "There are twelve hours of daylight every day. As long as it is light, people can walk safely. They can see because they have the light of the world. Only at night is there danger of stumbling because there is no light. Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but now I will go and wake him up:

The disciples said, "Lord if he is sleeping, that means he is getter better!" They thought Jesus mean Lazarus was having a good night's rest, but Jesus meant Lazarus had died.

Then he told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead. And for your sake, I am glad I wasn't there, because this will give you another opportunity to believe in me. Come, let's go see him."

Thomas, nicknamed the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go too and die with Jesus."

When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days. Bethany was only a few miles down the road from Jerusalem, and many of the people had come to pay their respects and console Martha and Mary on their loss. When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, But Mary stayed at home. Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask."

Jesus told her, "Your brother will rise again."

"Yes," Martha said, when everyone else rises, on resurrection day."

Jesus told her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die like everyone else, will live again. They are given eternal life for believing in me and will never perish. Do you believe this, Martha?:

"Yes, Lord," she told him. "I have always believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God." Then she left him and returned to Mary. She called Mary aside from the mourners and told her, "The Teacher is here and wants to see you." So Mary immediately went to him.

Now Jesus had stayed outside the village, at the place where Martha met him. When the people who were at the house trying to console Mary saw her leave so hastily, they assumed she was going to Lazarus's grave to weep. So they followed her there. When Mary arrived and saw Jesus, she fell down at his feet and said, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."

When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, he was moved with indignation and was deeply troubled. Where have you put him? he asked them.

They told him, "Lord, come and see." Then Jesus wept. The people who were standing nearby said, "See how much he loved him." But some said, "This man healed a blind man. Why couldn't he keep Lazarus from dying?"

* There are a few events that took place that made me stop and think about a little bit more. The first one is when Jesus said as long as it is light, people can walk safely. They can see because they have the light of this world. Only night is there danger of stumbling, because there is no light. If we stop and think about this it is so true. When we walk in the light we are safe. It is when we walk in the dark that there is danger.

Second event was when Jesus met with Martha and she said, "Lord if you had been here my brother would not have died. Mary also said the same thing. Jesus saw them weeping and the other people were wailing with them and Jesus was moved and was deeply troubled. Jesus wept.

Jesus Charged With Blasphemy

John 10:22-42

 1. It was now winter, and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of Hanukkah.

2. He was at the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon's Colonnade.

3. The Jewish leaders surrounded him and asked. "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah tells us plainly."

4. Jesus replied, "I have already told you, and you don't believe me.

5. You don't believe me because you are not part of my flock.

6. The Father and I are one.

7They replied "Not for any good work, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, have made yourself God."

8. Once again they tried to arrest him, but he got away and left them.

*What I have done for todays posting is to copy down the main verses that I thought brought out this account. It is best for you to read John 10:22-42 in your own Bible to get the whole story then look over the verses.

The Good Shepherd and His Sheep

John 10:1-21 (NLT)
"I assure you, anyone who sneaks over the wall of a sheepfold, rather than going through the gate, must surely be a thief and a robber! For a shepherd enters through the gate. The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice and come to him. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. After he has gathered his own flock, he walks ahead of them, and they follow him because they recognize his voice. They won't follow a stranger, they will run from him because they don't recognize his voice."

Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn't understand what he meant, so he explained it to them, "I assure you, I am the gate for the sheep", he said," all others who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep  did not listen to them. Yes, I am the gate. Those who come in through me will be saved. Wherever they go, they will find green pastures. The thief's purpose is to steal and kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.

 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will leave the sheep because they aren't his and he isn't their shepherded. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock. The hired hand runs away because he is merely hired and has no real concern for the sheep.

I am the good shepherd: I know my own sheep, and they know me, just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep, too, that are not in this sheepfold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice, and there will be one flock with one shepherd.

The Father loves me because I lay down my life that I may have it back again. No one can take my life from me. I lay down my life voluntarily. For I have the right to lay it down when I want to and also the power to take it again. For my Father has given me this command."

When he said these things, the people were again divided in their opinions about him. Some of them said, "He has a demon, or he's crazy. Why listen to a man like that?" Others said, "This doesn't sound like a man possessed by a demon! Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?"

*As I was reading this account I could hear Jesus' voice calling out my name as He is my Shepherd and I know His voice. He walks ahead of me and I follow Him. I know He will protect me from my enemies, as He has done it before. I am so glad that He is my Shepherd.

The Healed Man's Belief

John 9:35-41 Summary
The healed bling man is thrown out of the Temple and Jesus goes to find him and asked the man if he believes in the Son of Man. The man replies "Who is he." Jesus tells him that the man has seen him and he is talking to him. The man believes him and accept him, and worships him.

Then Jesus tells the man, "I have come to judge the world, I have come to give sight to the blind and show those who think they see that they are blind." The Pharisees who were standing there heard him and asked, "Are you saying we are blind?" "If you were blind, you wouldn't be guilty but you remain quilty because you claim you can see."
*Jesus knew what were in the hearts of the Pharisees and they thought they could see but actually they were blind spirituality. The blind man was now a man who could both see things as they were spirituality and in the real world. He believed that Jesus was the Son of Man.
*Question: Would we be able to answer Jesus' question about who was the Son of Man?

Car Is Returned

On February 9th is when we had our car accident. This week we finally were able to get our car to the garage to be repaired. Nine days later we got our car back. It costed almost $3,000.00 to get it fixed. Our son, who works on cars, said it could have been a lot higher. We don't have to pay it the insurance will be paying it. So far the person who hit us has not given our insurance company the information they need so I think it is going to be a long time before this whole thing is over. Will just have to pray that the other driver gets the information to who it belongs so it can be settled. God is in control so I know that I need not worry or be concerned about it. I am so happy that I can count on God to take real good care of me and my family. As my neighbor is always saying, "I don't know how I would get along without the Lord." I like that statement.

The Pharisees Question the Healing

John 9:13-34 Summary

There was a deep division of opinion among the Pharisees. . Some said that Jesus healed the man on the Sabbath and that he could not be from God. Others said how could an ordinary sinner do such miraculous signs?

The Pharisees asked the one that was healed who he thought Jesus was and he answered, "I think he must be a prophet."

The Jewish leaders wouldn't believe that the man had been blind so they called in his parents. They asked them, "Is this your son? Was he born blind? If so, how can he see?" His parents replied, "We know this is our son and that he was born blind but we don't know how he can see or who healed him. He is old enough to speak for himself. Ask him." They said this because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders, who had announced that anyone saying Jesus was the Messiah would be expelled from the synagogue.

So for the second time they called in the man who had been blind and told him," Give glory to God by telling the truth, because we know Jesus is a sinner." The man said, "I don't know whether he is a sinner but I know this I was blind and now I can see." But what did he do? they asked. "How did he heal you."

"Look!" the man exclaimed, I told you once didn't you listen? Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become his disciples too:"

Then they cursed him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know God spoke to Moses, but as for this man, we don't know anything about him."

"That's very strange!" the man replied. "He healed my eyes and yet you don't know anything about him! Well, God doesn't listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will. Never since the world began has anyone been able to open the eyes of someone born blind. If this man were not from God, he couldn't do it."

"You were born in sin!" they answered. "Are you truing to teach us?" And they threw him out of the synagogue.

Jesus Heals a Man Blind from Birth

John 9:1-12

Jesus passed by and he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, "Master, who did son, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?"

Jesus answered, "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

When he had spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and said unto him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam." He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. The neighbors therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, "Is not this he that sat and begged?" Some said, "This is he:" others said, "He is like him:" but he said, "I am he." Therefore said they unto him, "How were thine eyes opened?" He answered and said, "A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash': and I went and washed, and I received sight. Then said they unto him, "Where is he?" He said, "I know not."
*Jesus performs another miracle for all to see. In the next set of verses we see what the Pharisees think about it.

Honored by the Father

Honored by the Father
John 8:48-59

Jesus
His Father Honored
No Demon
Jesus Glorified by God
Those who obey Jesus' teaching never die
Jesus knows and obeys His Father
Jesus existed before Abraham was born
The people picked up stones to kill Him
Jesus hid himself from them and left the Temple

*Summary of John 8:48-59

* Question
 How do you think you would have responded?

Devil's Children

The Devil's Children
John 8:44-47

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do you not believe me? He that is of God heareth God's words; ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

*Jesus was telling the people that they were the child of the Devil. They loved to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning and has always hated the truth. There is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. So when Jesus told the people the truth they just naturally didn't believe Him. Then He asked which of them could truthfully accuse Him of sin? And since He was telling them the truth no one believed Him. He asked them why they didn't believe Him. Anyone whose Father is God listens gladly to the words of God. Since they didn't it proved them weren't God's children.

Abraham's Seed

Abraham's Seed
John 8:31-43

Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, "if ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed.; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

*It is the same for us today. If we continue in God's word we are disciples of the Lord as we are following His teachings. Because we are following His ways we will know the truth and it His truth that shall make us free. (Amen!)

They answer him, "We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man how says thou, 'Ye shall be made free?'"

* They had a different outlook then we might have. Being that most of us are not Jewish we are Gentiles so we would not be the seed of Abraham, but if we were, we might think this way ourselves. Let's see what Jesus tells them.

.Jesus answered them, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committed sin is the servant of sin.  And the servant abided not in the house for ever; but the Son abided ever. The Son there shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your Father."

*Any one who commits sin is its servant. A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son is part of the family forever. So if the Son sets you free you are free indeed. Jesus goes on and tells them that He is just telling them what He has seen when He was with His Father. And they are doing what they see their father do.

They answered and said unto him, "Abraham is our father," Jesus saith unto them, "If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. Ye do the deed of your father." Then said they to him, "We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

*They kept telling Jesus that Abraham was their father and Jesus kept telling them If they were the children of Abraham then they would do the works of Abraham but they are seeking to kill him. This is not of Abraham. They do the deeds of their father. Then they said they have only one Father, and that was God.

Jesus said unto them, "If God were your Father, ye would love me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I myself but he sent me. Why do ye not understand any speech? even because ye cannot hear any word.

*If God was your Father you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me. Why can't you understand what I am saying. You are the children of your father the Devil and you love to do the evil things he does.

We will find out next time what the people thought about what Jesus just told them. Come back and find out or better yet read on and then we will look at it together.

Question-How would you have felt if you were told you were the children of the Devil?

Jesus Speaks for the Father

Jesus Speaks for the Father
John 8:23-30( NLT)

Later Jesus said to them again "I am going away. You will search for me and die in your sin. You cannot come where I am going."

The Jewish leaders asked, "Is he planning to commit suicide? What does he mean, 'You cannot come where I am going'?"

Then he said to them, "You are from below, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not. That is why I said that you will die in yours sins, for unless you believe that I am who I say I am, you will die in your sins."

Tell us who you are," they demanded.

Jesus replied, "I am the one I have always claimed to be." I have much to say about you and much to condemn, but I won't. For I say only what I have heard from the one who sent me, and he is true." But they still didn't understand that he was talking to them about his Father.

So Jesus said, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man on the cross, then you will realize that I am he and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak what the Father taught me. And the one who sent me is with me-he has not deserted me. For I always do those things that are pleasing to him? Then many who heard him say these things believed in him.

Jesus, the Light of the World

Jesus, the Light of the World
John 8:12-20 (NLT)

Jesus said to the people, "I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won't be stumbling through the darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life."

The Pharisees replied, "You are making false claims about yourself."

Jesus told them, "These claims are valid even though I made them about myself. For I know where I came from and where I am going, but you don't know this about me. You judge me with all your human limitations, but I am not judging anyone. And if I did, my judgment would be correct in every respect because I am not alone-I have with me the Father who sent me. Your own law says that if two people agree about something, their witness is accepted as fact. I am one witness, and my Father who sent me is the other."

Where is your father?" they asked.

Jesus answered, "Since you don't know who I am, you don't know who my Father is. If you knew me, then you would know my Father, too." Jesus made these statements while he was teaching in the section of the Temple known as the Treasury. But he was not arrested, because his time had not yet come.

Stuck In The Bathroom

From time to time I like to give you a report on what is going on in my life. The experience shows how the Lord is working in my life.

Yesterday was a kind of day that I hope never happens again.

 My husband and I went out for lunch. The first thing that happened was my husband order hot tea without any milk. He go coffee with at least six containers of milk. I got water so I traded my water for the coffee and drank it without milk as I like it black. Next we had the soup and sandwich choice for our lunch. We waited and waited for our soup. We finally got it the same time we received our sandwiches. Usually we get the soup first. My husband got crackers with his but I didn't get any. Finally, I needed to go to the rest room. I got there and shut the door and locked it. Someone came and wanted to get in. I said wait a minute and I washed my hand, unlocked the door and tried opening the door. It would not open. The woman was helping from the outside. She couldn't get it opened either. I knocked on the door and she asked me if I wanted to come out and we tried the door again. By this time another lady had come and she pushed on the door and it came open and I was able to leave. I was so happy and relieved as I was getting anxious while stuck in the bathroom. I was telling the first lady don't shut the door tightly but she slammed it shut. I was thinking she was going to have a hard time opening it back up. They didn't seem to have any more problems  so I guess everyone got out without any more problems.

I am so glad that I could pray that I would get out ok. I kept saying to myself someone will be able to open the door.

John 8:1-11

Jesus Forgives an Adulterous Woman
John 8:1-11

Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. And the scribed and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, they said unto him, "Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what do you say." This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stopped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." And again, he stopped down, and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, "Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?'  She said, "No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, "Neither do I condemn thee; go, and sin no more."

Review John 7

Review
John 7
Jesus and His Brothers-John 7:1-9
Jesus did not want to go to the Festival with His brothers for they did not believe in Him. After brothers left for the Festival Jesus went to the Festival.

Jesus Teaches Openly at the Temple-John 10-24
There were a lot of people discussing Jesus. Some said He was a wonderful man, others said He is nothing but a fraud deceiving the people. But now one had the courage to speak favorably about him in public for they were afraid of getting in trouble with the Jewish leaders.

When Jesus began to speak in the Temple the Jewish leaders were surprised in how much he knew because they didn't think He hadn't studied as much as they did.

Jesus told them that He wasn't teaching His own ideas but those idea of the one that sent Him.

Jesus The Messiah-John 7:25-36
How could He be the Messiah the people knew from where He came. The Messiah, to them, was a person who would simply appear, no one will know where he comes from. There were many in the Temple that believed in Him. The priest sent Temple guards to arrest Jesus.

Jesus Promises Living Water-John 7:37-39

Division and Unbelief-John 7:40-53
The Pharisees mocked the Temple guards because they did not arrest Jesus and asked if they had been led astray too. For not one single one of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Jesus. The ignorant crowds do but what do they know about it. A curse on them anyway.

John 7:45-53

The Pharisees' Unbelief John 7:45-53 Galilee, too The Temple guards who had been sent to arrest Jesus returned to the leading priests and Pharisees, "Why didn't you bring him in?" they demanded. "We have never heard anyone talk like this!" the guards responded. "Have you been led astray, too?" the Pharisees mocked. "Is there a single one of us rulers or Pharisees who believes in him? These ignorant crowds do, but what do they know about it? A curse on them anyway!" Nicodemus, the leader who had met with Jesus earlier, then spoke up. "Is it legal to convict a man before he is given a hearing?" he asked. They replied, "Are you from Galilee, too? Search the Scriptures and see for yourself-no prophet ever comes from Galilee!" Then the meeting broke up and everybody went home.