JOHN 7:1\u20139<\/b><\/p>\n
\u201cMy time has not yet come.\u2026 The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
(John 7:6\u20137)<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Not only did the crowds reject Jesus\u2019 claims concerning Himself, but His own brothers did as well. If Jesus had been more concerned about pleasing His earthly brothers than doing the will of God, He would have gone to the Feast of Tabernacles and more than likely been killed before God\u2019s appointed time (which would occur at the following Passover, not at the Feast of Tabernacles). But, as always, Jesus put God\u2019s will above the will of others.<\/p>\n
Let us look at exactly what His brothers wanted. They obviously did not believe that He was the Messiah, the suffering servant, who would sacrifice Himself for His people. Like so many others of their day, they looked forward to an earthly king. But they might not have believed even this much about Jesus. They might have just been taunting Him that if He wanted to impress people, then He needed to go to Jerusalem where all the people were gathered. However, their emphasis on His showing His power seems to indicate that they probably thought of Him in terms of a Messiah who would set up a temporal kingdom. They wanted the \u201cworld\u201d to see His power, and according to their own ideas about things, the upcoming Feast was the best place to manifest that power and lay claim to the throne.<\/p>\n
What was Jesus\u2019 response? First, He tells them that His time has not yet come. Jesus was committed to His Father\u2019s timetable, not to the demands of mere men. We, too, should be committed to what God wants, not to what men, even our families, expect. Second, He says, in realistic terms (for He knew the evil motives of all people), that the world, unbelievers like His brothers, hated Him. They would always hate Him no matter how much power He displayed. The world hates Him because He exposes it\u2019s sin. The world doesn\u2019t want to hear about it\u2019s sin, it\u2019s need of redemption, or threats of hell. Yet, this was exactly what Jesus delivered. When unbelievers hear the truth about their wickedness, their sin, and their need of Christ, they scoff and scorn. No matter how much we talk about Christ\u2019s power, they will never be impressed or enlightened by seeing \u201csigns.\u201d They will hate Him because their deeds are evil, and the \u201cdarkness hates the light.\u201d<\/p>\n
CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n
2 Samuel 13\u201314<\/p>\n
Luke 20:27\u201347<\/p>\n
WEEKEND<\/b><\/p>\n
2 Samuel 15\u201318 Luke 21:1\u201319<\/p>\n
Jesus often warned that the world will hate you if you follow His ways. Has this been apparent in your own life? A great preacher once said that if a Christian goes through life with no opposition, he should question his salvation. Do you agree with this? Meditate on and find comfort in John 15:18\u201325.<\/p>\n
For further study: Matt. 5:11\u201312 \u2022 John 8:13\u201320 \u2022 1 John 3:10\u201315<\/i><\/p>\n
WEEKEND<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
JOHN 7:1\u20139 \u201cMy time has not yet come.\u2026 The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it that its works are evil\u201d (John 7:6\u20137). Not only did the crowds reject Jesus\u2019 claims concerning Himself, but His own brothers did as well. If Jesus had been more concerned about pleasing His … Continue reading “IN GOD\u2019S TIMING”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}