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I wish I had time to go through John 1-10:21 with everyone this morning…seriously, I would love to but I don’t have that much time.
But we are at John 10 verse 22 this morning and we are going to be going through verse 31.
This morning we are going to be looking at some more deep theological themes…as we did last week.
Last week we covered the Atonement of Christ and the Doctrine of Election.
This morning we are going to cover one of those doctrines of the church again and hit on one or two more.
One thing we will be covering this morning is the Security of our Salvation…the Perseverance of the Saints…the doctrine that teaches us that we can not lose our salvation.
And…that’s good news!
So, if you have ever been taught or for whatever reason you may believe that you can lose your salvation…Im so glad God brought you here this morning.
If you came to hear the words of Christ and to hear the good news of his gospel…I can’t wait for you to hear what Christ has to say about that.
So, before we read this section, the last section of chapter 10, we are reading about the end of Jesus’ public ministry in and around the Temple in Jerusalem.
Let’s read God’s Word and then we will pray over our text:
John 10:22–31 (ESV)
At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem.
It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon.
So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense?
If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe.
The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep.
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
I and the Father are one.”
The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.
Prayer:
Look at verse 22
John 10:22 (ESV)
At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem.
It was winter,
Church, I want you to understand something.
Nothing is wasted in this book.
There is something behind everything that God has revealed to us.
What was the Feast of Dedication?
I am so glad you asked!
Turn to Daniel 11 first and lets read verses 30 and 31
Daniel 11:30–31 (ESV)
For ships of Kittim shall come against him, and he shall be afraid and withdraw, and shall turn back and be enraged and take action against the holy covenant.
He shall turn back and pay attention to those who forsake the holy covenant.
Forces from him shall appear and profane the temple and fortress, and shall take away the regular burnt offering.
And they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate.
When Daniel wrote this…this (verse 30-31) happened about 350 years (give or take some years) AFTER THIS WAS WRITTEN.
Antiochus IV was a Greek King and he was on a conquest to conquer all of Egypt.
A Roman delegation met him and Alexandria and made him leave Egypt and its territories alone.
He was given a decision to make, leave Egypt alone or lets get it on right now.
So, what did he do?
He did what Daniel prophesied about 350 prior to this event (Dan.
11:30-31).
He took his army into Jerusalem and ransacked it.
He killed thousands of Jews and overtook the Temple.
Every month he would check to see if anyone had a Book of the Law of God or if any child had been circumcised.
If so, they would be killed on the spot.
And “the abomination that makes desolate” that Daniel talks about in verse 31 happened in December of 167 B.C.
It was the first pagan sacrifice done on the altar in the Temple.
They made a sacrifice to Zeus there.
It is a good history read, Darcy said I don’t have time to tell you all the details.
But, this is what started the Maccabeeian revolt to take back the Temple and Jerusalem.
3 years to the DATE (in 164 B.C.) the Temple was restored.
When they dedicated the temple one of the sons only had one days supply of oil and he lit the menorah (the lampstand), it burned for 8 days on a days supply of oil.
The Feast of Dedication mentioned here is Hanukkah.
It was the end of November or Early December.... “it was winter”.
That is the history behind the “Feast of Dedication” and why it was and still is celebrated in winter.
But there is something else that God is telling us here.
When they should be celebrating the true Temple, …the true tabernacle…God with us…when they should be celebrating Jesus Christ who is standing right in front of them...
Their hearts were as cold as winter.
The hearts of these religious people had no life in them…cold and dark.
“winter”.
What can we learn?
Don’t have a cold heart to the words of Christ this morning.
Listen to His Word.
God never tells us to like his words first and then believe.
He never says, “wrap your mind around these things and understand them first and then believe”
When Christ said these hard truths of predestination and election earlier in John 6 we see how his disciples responded and it is how we should respond today
First…you believe the words of Christ.
Then…you come to know, to understand.
That is the order.
Believe the Words of Christ this morning.
Verse 23-24
When it says they “gathered around him”
It literally means they “encircled him on all sides simultaneously”
and not in a way that they were wanting to learn something
it was an aggressive move toward him.
And that aggressive move leads them to ask this question:
They come at Him with this attitude as if they really want to know…as if they are truly wanting to know the Truth…
They ask this question in almost an accusatory way.
It is as if they are blaming Him for not truly knowing…its his fault for their “doubt” and “unbelief”.
Doesn’t this sound like people today?
Blaming God for their unbelief?
“If God would just speak to me...”
“If God would just show Himself to me…then I would believe”
“If God would just...”
Instead of seeing their own unbelief in the Word of God, they want to blame Him for their unbelief!
Instead of seeing their own depravity and sinfulness…people want to blame someone else and ultimately it all goes back to Adam…in the garden
This is what fallen man has always done…BLAME GOD for their unbelief.
“tell us plainly”?
At this point in their unbelief, it didn’t matter what he said.
Their minds were already made up.
The problem isn’t that they didn’t see and hear things plainly enough…
BUT THE PROBLEM is they DIDN’T TRULY WANT THIS KIND OF MESSIAH
they wanted a Messiah they had dreamed up...
they wanted the “Messiah” they had convinced themselves of
they wanted a “Messiah” to be like the one they “wanted”…they didn’t want the True Messiah sent from God!
Who’s fault is it?
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