Jesus opposed by His family
So that you may believe - Gospel of John • Sermon • Submitted • Presented • 56:53
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Opposed by the Jews (finish it up)
Opposed by the Jews (finish it up)
Opposed (adj) - eager to prevent or put an end to; disapproving of or disagreeing with. (of two or more things) contrasting or conflicting with each other.
Have you ever stood or been in opposition to someone, or something? How did you handle it?
How has Jesus handled opposition so far?
He removed himself to avoid conflict (Jn4:1-3)
Though He had a divine appointment
He explained his offer of living water and who He was (Jn4:7-29)
Unlikely conversation, etc. led to many believing
He explained to the Jews about His Father working, and His equality with the Father (Jn5:17-47)
How are we going to feed these 5000? (Jn6:2-13)
Jesus asked Philip knowing what he was going to do already.
You want to be fed again, don’t labor for perishable (Jn6:26-29)
They came for food and a king, and got much more, an eternal teaching about what really matters
Jews demand sign, Jesus gives reason to believe (Jn6:30-51)
Jesus says he is the bread of life
Jews argue among themselves, Jesus teaches and many depart (Jn6:52-71)
This is where we were last week and did not finish, so we need to finish this up before going forward.
Not everything is literal, this is a great example of misunderstanding a spiritual truth because they were looking for literal application (other examples Jn2:19-21; 3:4; 4:11)
metaphor. Living bread is a metaphor. Bread of God is a metaphor. It doesn’t surprise that Jesus extends the bread metaphor to His action, soon-to-come sacrifice on the cross.”
He said that the eating, drinking were mandatory, absolutely essential, so that would mean anyone who did not take communion would be out of the kingdom.
Join me and look at (v.56) again.
56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.
There are some really good quotes I want to bring in here.
Clarke “He lives in them, and they in Him; for they are made partakers of the Divine nature as stated in 2Pt1:4.”
Spurgeon says: “In eating and drinking, a man is not a producer, but a consumer; he is not a doer or a giver forth; he simply takes in. . . Eating is an act of reception in every case. So it is with faith; you have not to do, to be, or to feel, but only to receive.”
Nothing will satisfy our hunger or bring us life except actually eating the bread. Eat and live forever!
Deserting words
Deserting words
There are things that you hear that you just want to turn and away from, and these are some that many did.
60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, “This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, conscious that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, “Does this cause you to stumble?
62 “What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before? 63 “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and 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 it was that would betray Him. 65 And He was saying, “For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father.”
jn6:66-67
66 As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. 67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “You do not want to go away also, do you?”
68 Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life. 69 “We have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God.”
What general observations do you make in this passage?
What did many of the disciples think of Jesus statement (v.60)?
It is difficult statement, who can listen to it.
Focus on (v.61) for a moment, in context with (v.62), what kind of stumble do you think Jesus is speaking of?
Stumble of unbelief because the saying is hard, difficult
Who gives life and what profits nothing (v.63)?
The Spirit gives life, the flesh profits nothing. His words are Spirit and life.
What has to be granted from the Father (v.65) look at (v.64) too, so to keep in context?
Belief must be granted (v.64) and that comes from the Father to believe in the Son to have eternal life.
What was the results of these hard words (v.66)?
Many of His disciples withdrew from Him.
What does Peter’s answer convey (v.68-69)?
Jesus words had eternal life
That they all believed
And they knew He was the Holy One of God
The words, the teaching are not hard to understand but are hard to accept. Many disciples (so called believers) left him. They already were stumbling in faith because Jesus claim, came down from heaven, claim equality with God. Stumbled because of eating his flesh, drinking his blood. Now He is saying ascending back into heaven. Hard things to accept, unless you believe His words have eternal life, and that He truly is the Holy One of God.
Morris said this: “The events in this chapter had made it all too clear that following Him meant something different from anything they had anticipated. Nothing is said to give us a clear idea of their views, but the probability is that they were interested in a messianic kingdom in line with the general expectation.”
I love what Wiersbe said: How, then, do we ‘eat his flesh and drink His blood?’ Through the Word. The words are spirit and life (v.63) and the word became flesh (1:14) and in Him those who believe have everlasting life (5:24).”
It is the same for us, the word brings belief and belief brings eternal life.
Peter’s confession (v.69) did make one wrong assumption, that he was speaking for all, and that all believed. And Jesus addresses that that one of them is a devil.
May we learn from Peter’s confession
Jesus is Lord
Jesus is the way, despite the difficulties
Recognize the value of spiritual things over temporal or material things.
Recognize Jesus is more than just Lord, but Messiah, the Christ, the Son of the Living God.
Determining words
Determining words
Hard words, difficult words, not hard to understand, but hard to accept. And Jesus does not hold back.
70 Jesus answered them, “Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?” 71 Now He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray Him.
Any general observation?
Who is Jesus speaking to (v.70)?
Speaking to the disciples the twelve
Who is Jesus speaking about (v.71)?
Judas the one who would betray Him.
It is important that we understand the context, who is Jesus speaking to. For it not we might think this can be about us. And it is not. Jesus specifically says He chose them, the twelve. We, the people today are not in view.
F.F. Bruce said: “One of them was a diabolos —the Greek word means a ‘slanderer’ or ‘calumniator’ a ‘false accuser’, but it is probably used her as the counterpart to the Hebrew satan, ‘adversary.’”
I think a quick couple of things before we close out tonight.
Within the 12 was a fake, a fraud, a betrayer, a slander, a false accuser. We should not think that they are not out there today, in fact John says this.
19 They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us.
and
18 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour.
Don’t think that just because someone hangs around the church, they are the church. For a disciple will be known by their fruit.
15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 “You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?
17 “So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 “A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit.
They come in among the church (body of believers)
4 For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
And cannot end on a negative note, So how about something positive
This has been about words tonight right?
It is the Word, the proclaiming, the sharing, the preaching of the word of God that sifts the hearts of the listeners. God draws sinners to Himself through the Word to the Savior through the power of the truth, the power of the Word. Those who receive the word willingly receive the Savior eternally and are born again of water and Spirit. They will be fed the eternal water and bread of heaven that will satisfy.
(Prayer) (Close)
Now this brings us to tonight, and we will see how far we get.
I asked about opposition earlier, in this case tonight we see opposition starts close to home, within Jesus family. So, here is how we will approach our passage tonight, in sections.
Opposition foreseen and portrayed before Him (Jn7:1-5)
Response to opposition (Jn7:6-9)
Jesus actions (Jn7:10-13)
Opposition foreseen
Opposition foreseen
Jesus is on a divine timeline, divine schedule, with divine appointments and opportunities along the way. This evening we will one of the oppositions He faces that will lead to another opportunity to teach.
1 After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him. 2 Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near.
3 Therefore His brothers said to Him, “Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing. 4 “For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” 5 For not even His brothers were believing in Him.
What did you see, observe in the passage?
After what things (v.1)? Why was Jesus unwilling to walk in Judea?
After being and teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum and He had been abandon by many of the disciples (have to look back 6:59-71)
What feast was coming up (v.2)?
Feast of booths, aka feast of tabernacles
Why did the brothers want Jesus to go up to the feast (vv.3-5)?
They wanted Him to publically show himself, though they were doing it from a place of unbelief. It was really from mockery not identity (as the Christ).
Some cool facts
Feast of tabernacles was celebration to remember God’s faithfulness to Israel when they were in the wilderness.
FF Bruce says “The Hebrews called it festival of booths (Sukkoth), because for the full week that it lasted people lived in makeshift booths of branches and leaves (c.f. Lev23:40-43); town-dwellers erected them in their courtyards or on their flat housetops.”
We see in (v.3) Scripture proof that Jesus had brothers
This is contrary to some teaching about Mary being a perpetual virgin.
There was other scriptures that mention both brothers and sisters
The brothers want him to see publically (v.4) either put up or shut up; prove who You say you are or shut up.
Here they grew up with him, saw him. Saw he was not ordinary and yet they did not believe, nor would they until after the resurrection. They were all on the way to religious feast but were rejecting the Messiah who was with them, trading the truth for tradition.
They sawthe miracles, could not deny the miracles, but did not believe He was the claimed Messiah.
Let me ask a question can we get so caught up in tradition that we miss the real relationship with Jesus, the Messiah?
Another good quote from FF Bruce “It was widely believed that when the messiah came he would make himself publically known in some spectacular way.” - the living bible gives a good sense of this: “You can’t be famous when like this! If you’re so great, prove it to the world!”
Now, honestly the brothers could think, well He just lost lots of the disciples, and if He makes himself known publically in Jerusalem and not in Galilee he may gain some “cred.” but that would not back up scripture for the brothers unbelief was foretold
8 I have become estranged from my brothers And an alien to my mother’s sons.
(Transition) this now brings us to our second point tonight.
Response to opposition
Response to opposition
Their request deserved a response, or a teaching. One they did not fully understand yet, but would in the future.
6 So Jesus said to them, “My time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune. 7 “The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.
8 “Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because My time has not yet fully come.” 9 Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee.
Any observations?
Why does the world hate Jesus (v.7)?
It hates Him because he testifies that the deeds are evil of the world.
Why was Jesus not going up to the feast yet (v.8)?
My time has not fully come.
There are two words for time
“Kairos” which means opportune - or the qualitative time of life
“Chronos” - this is quantitative time, a moment of time.
Barclay said:
“In this passage the word is kairos, which characteristically means an opportunity; that is, the best time to do something, the moment when circumstances are most suitable.” (Barclay)
It was not time for Jesus to show himself to the world (7:4), it was always good in the brothers eyes, but Jesus was in submission to the Father and did things according to the Fathers will and the Fathers time schedule. Jesus will one day show Himself to all the world, all the world will see (consider Jn14:22 and Rev1:7)
Commentator Dodds speaking of the hate, and the brothers here had this to say.
“There is no danger of your incurring the world’s hatred by anything you do or say; because your wishes and actions are in the world’s own spirit.” (Dods)
(Transition) This statement, conversation with the brothers did not keep Jesus from going up to the feast, but only from the way they wanted him to go (publically); let’s look together now at the next part of our passage.
Jesus Actions
Jesus Actions
May we remember that Jesus actions were all intentional, purposeful. To fulfill the will of the Father. As a Jew Jesus was required to go to the feast, but how He goes and what He does is what matters, for the rest of the lesson today and for the set up for next week.
10 But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret. 11 So the Jews were seeking Him at the feast and were saying, “Where is He?”
12 There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; some were saying, “He is a good man”; others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray.” 13 Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for fear of the Jews.
What observations do you make?
How did Jesus go up to the the feast (v.10)?
He went up to the feast privately, not publically. He did not want to draw attention to himself.
Remember why the brothers wanted Him to go (v.4)
Also remember the brothers were like the Jews they did not believe in Him (v.5). Does that mean all did not believe in Him? No, for there were some that did (The woman at well, the men of Sychar, the royal official, the disciples).
Draw an assumption from what we have looked at previously, why were the Jews seeking Him (v.11)?
Some wanted to make Him king (6:15)
Others wanted to persecute and kill Him (5:16; 7:1)
What does the word grumbling mean (v.12)?
Have someone google the answer on this.
(n): The act or action of complaining in a bad-tempered way
(adj): expressing a complaint in a bad-tempered way; making a low rumbling noise.
They were doing it among themselves, to themselves. Of course Jesus knew their hearts as previously seen (2:24)
Can we grumble, dispute today, is it still an issue today? Maybe consider another name for it. GOSSIP
There were two opinions about Jesus (v.12), what are they?
Some thought He was a good man, others thought He was leading people astray. Leading astray from what? Why would they think He was a good man?
Why was no one speaking openly about Jesus (v.13)?
For they were in fear of the Jews. Being judged, persecuted by the Jews. Remember John is not written chronologically, but with purpose. So this could be the feelings of being put out of the synagogue like you can read in Jn9:22.
22 His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.
Can we be in fear of things that would keep us from openly speaking of Him?
Jesus divided people then, and the gospel message and Jesus today divides people, even families. For in Jesus words (please turn to Mt10:34-36 with me)
34 “Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35 “For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; 36 and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household.
What did Jesus come to bring (Mt10:34)?
A sword
What do you think this sword would be, could be? Keep in mind our passage (maybe look at v.7).
What would this look like (Mt10:35-36)?
Families would be divided because of God’s word. And still today it can be the same. If you read on in Mt10:36ff you can see more of that, but you can do that on your own, I encourage you to do that.
A few things to remember today from our passage
Jesus lived intentionally in Kairos, not Chronos time
Jesus spoke truth and the truth exposed evil
Truth even caused unbelief, and can bring hate
Don’t grumble, complain, speak up, speak out, stand out for Christ. Pick up your cross and follow Him. wait, maybe turn back to Mt10 again if we have time.
37 “He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 “And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.
39 “He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it. 40 “He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.
Is this not true for us today, as it was for the apostles whom this was spoken. If our life is lost in Him, we have life, and we have Him. And if we have Him we have the One who sent Him, we have the Father.
Consider these things as we pray
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