John 7:1-10
- Jesus avoids conflict/danger of Jews wanting to harm Him.
- We should always seek God before going towards conflict and danger.
- Feast of Tabernacles around September/October.
- Jesus’ natural brothers give Him poor advice, they lacked an understanding of Jesus.
- Jesus’ natural brothers (Matthew 13:55)
- James
- Joses
- Judas
- Simon
- Jesus’ natural brothers (Matthew 13:55)
- Christ knew when His hour would be (death).
- Jesus then goes to the feast in secret. He does things in secret to deal with threats and also false beliefs.
John 7:11-24
- Jews seek Him at the feast.
- V.13: fear of Jews = Sanhedrin Council
- Jesus teaches in temple, He was never formally trained. His knowledge is from Holy Spirit.
- Disciples also never formally trained.
- Acts 4:13
- When we minister/witness we should seek God and let Holy Spirit teach us. Everything is and should be to bring Glory to God, not us!
- They claim Jesus has a demon. This was claimed multiple times in the four Gospels.
- Work was done = John 5:1-15 (healing at the pool)
- Circumcision was always done, even on the Sabbath.
- Genesis 17:9-14
- Exodus 12:44, 48-49
- Leviticus 12:3
- The judge rightly, don’t be a hypocrite!
- 2 Corinthians 5:12
- Leviticus 19:15