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/Scripture John 7:1-24/
/Faith is not only a commitment to the promises of Christ; faith is also a commitment to the demands of Christ./
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/... William Barclay, The Letters of James and Peter/
*/7/*/ After this, Jesus went around in Galilee, purposely staying away from Judea because the Jews there were waiting to take his life.
2 But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near, 3 Jesus’ brothers said to him, “You ought to leave here and go to Judea, so that your disciples may see the miracles you do.
*4 **No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret.
Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”
5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him*.
6 Therefore Jesus told them, *“The right time for me has not yet come; for you any time is right.*
7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil.
8 You go to the Feast.
I am not yet a going up to this Feast, because for me the right time has not yet come.”
9 Having said this, he stayed in Galilee.
10 However, after his brothers had left for the Feast, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.
11 Now at the Feast the Jews were watching for him and asking, “Where is that man?” 12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him.
Some said, “He is a good man.”
Others replied, “No, he deceives the people.”
13 But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the Jews.
Jesus Teaches at the Feast 14 Not until halfway through the Feast did Jesus go up to the temple courts and begin to teach.
15 The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man get such learning without having studied?” 16 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own.
It comes from him who sent me.
17 If anyone chooses to do God’s will, he will find out whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.
18 He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him.
19 Has not Moses given you the law?
Yet not one of you keeps the law.
Why are you trying to kill me?” 20 “You are demon-possessed,” the crowd answered.
“Who is trying to kill you?” 21 Jesus said to them, “I did one miracle, and you are all astonished.
22 Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise a child on the Sabbath.
23 Now if a child can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses may not be broken, why are you angry with me for healing the whole man on the Sabbath?
24 Stop judging by mere appearances, and make a right judgment.”
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There is little that is “natural” about serving God.
The scripture refers to the “natural man”.
/14// nBut the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.*[2]*
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There are no “natural” Christians.
There may be certain things that come easy or natural to us but living for God is not one of them.
We are “warred against” by our connections with the world in which we live.
God calls us to live against what comes natural, to live self-controlled, godly lives.
There is tremendous blessing to living in this way.
But like most other things, inactivity lends itself to atrophy.
What we do not use will be of diminished capacity.
Engaging in the struggle creates a “sharpness” in us that is invigorating.
There is no feeling in the world like being in charge of your life.
Jacob wrestled with God
It is often those who are closest to God who become blind to His plans.
Jesus faced the skepticism of his own family members.
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/**/We struggle to understand His Tactics/*
/After this, Jesus went around in Galilee, purposely staying away from Judea because the Jews there were waiting to take his life.
2 But when the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was near, 3 Jesus’ brothers said to him, “You ought to leave here and go to Judea, so that your disciples may see the miracles you do.
4 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret.
Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”
5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him.
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[ They saw that He was supernaturally gifted and yet they did not believe in Him.
The miracles alone were not sufficient to convince his own family of his identity.
We enjoy it when God does the unexplainable among us.
That is truly incredible.
Would people believe more if we could see more of the miraculous.
Those who already believe would be strengthened and encouraged.
Would more people come to Christ if we saw these things more regularly?
I don’t think so.
It didn’t work for Jesus when it came to people who would follow Him through thin.
There are loads of “thick” followers.
They will follow Him through thick, but not thin.
[ They felt that people should see what He was doing and probably were somewhat dismayed at the loss of followers that he had just incurred.
The Feast of Tabernacles was perhaps the most “festive” of the feasts and would be attended at least, by every male in the country.
It was an opportunity for him to regain lost ground by going public.
[ They assumed that He wanted to become a public figure and should become a self-promoter.
He needed to market himself.
It made no sense to them that he was not doing this.
If it were up to us, as godly as we may be, we would do things much differently than God does.
What is there about God that would ever make sense to us.
We do not understand His attributes.
There are “natural “ laws that govern our existence that He has created and stands outside of.
The Bible speaks of the “mystery of godliness”
16 Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great:
He c appeared in a body, d
was vindicated by the Spirit,
was seen by angels,
was preached among the nations,
was believed on in the world,
was taken up in glory.
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Who would have chosen to redeem the world as God has chosen?
We would have people spend lifetimes repaying their debts to us and feel justified in that.
We would forgive but never forget.
And there would be limits to our forgiveness.
Once, twice, maybe three times?
Peter thought it noble that a person might forgive another 7 times as thought this was way beyond the call of duty.
We terminate marriages that we have asked God to bless because we develop irritation lists that become unbearable in our eyes.
And the we walk away as though we have done all to avoid the fracture.
How many times has God forgiven us of sins that we have previously committed.
And though we don’t deserve it and though we might even presume upon His forgiveness for our premeditated sin, He still abundantly forgives.
We would never do it and we want to qualify the practice of God’s forgiveness so that we can make it attainable.
We want to be able to walk away justified in our lack of forgiveness at some point.
God will never walk away from you.
He will love you to the end.
As long as there is breath in your body a brainwaves on a monitor, he will labor with you and love you, hoping that you will come to Him.
We don’t understand why He would tolerate His enemies.
Why should God put up with the ranting of the creatures who question the existence of their Creator?
Why should he not execute judgment here and now?
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/**/We struggle to understand His Timing/*
/“6 //Therefore Jesus told them, “The right time for me has not yet come; for you any time is right.”/
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