John || What is the Wise Thing to Do?
John 7:1
After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him.
John 7:2-3
Now the Jews’ Feast of Booths was at hand. So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing.
Now the Jews’ Feast of Booths was at hand. So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing.
John 7:4-5
For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world. ” For not even his brothers believed in him.
For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world. ” For not even his brothers believed in him.
Even those closest to Christ misunderstood him.
Even those closest to the Christian will misunderstand them.
Matthew 4:5-6
Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, “‘He will command his angels concerning you, ’and“‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. ’”
Then the devil took him to the holy city and set him on the pinnacle of the temple and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, “‘He will command his angels concerning you, ’and“‘On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. ’”
John 7:6
Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.
Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.
Christ operates on The Fathers timetable, not human pressure.
Christ followers will operate on the Father’s timetable, not human pressure.
John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil.
Christ’s mission is inseparably connected with the world’s hostility.
The Christians mission will be inseparably connected to the world’s hostility.
John 15:18-21
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
John 7:8
You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come. ” After saying this, he remained in Galilee.
You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come. ” After saying this, he remained in Galilee.
John 7:10
But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.
But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private.
Christ moves with wisdom in a hostile world.
The Christian must move with wisdom in a hostile world.
In light of my past experience, my current reality, and my future hopes and dreams…
What is the wise thing to do?
John 7:11-13 The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he? ”
And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, “He is a good man, ” others said, “No, he is leading the people astray. ” Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.