You're Invited
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The Invitation of the Messiah 37-39
John 7:37
On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
Isaiah 12:3
Therefore with joy you will draw water
From the wells of salvation.
Matthew 5:6
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled.
John 7:38
He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
John 7:39
But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
First Response: Engaged and moving in the right direction. 40
John 7:40
Therefore many from the crowd, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is the Prophet.”
Second Response: Converted by Faith in Jesus Christ 41
John 7:41
Others said, “This is the Christ.”
But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee?
Third Response: Lazy Unbelief 41b-42
John 7:41-42
Others said, “This is the Christ.”
But some said, “Will the Christ come out of Galilee? Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the seed of David and from the town of Bethlehem, where David was?”
Fourth Response: Impressed but Unconvinced 45-46
John 7:45-46
Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why have you not brought Him?”
The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man!”
Fifth Response: Arrogant Rejection of Jesus Christ 47-52
John 7:47-49
Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived? Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in Him? But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.”
John 7:50-52
Nicodemus (he who came to Jesus by night, being one of them) said to them, “Does our law judge a man before it hears him and knows what he is doing?”
They answered and said to him, “Are you also from Galilee? Search and look, for no prophet has arisen out of Galilee.”
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