John 7:1-2 ESV
After this Jesus went about in Galilee He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. Now the Jews Feast of Booths was at hand.
Recap
The Feast of Booth or Tabernacles
Read Leviticus 23:33-44 , then answer the following.
List any facts that you can glean from the passage and give a summary of this passage.
Read John 7:3-24
Why did Jesus’ brothers tell him, to make himself known publicly?
Did Jesus’ brothers believe in him?
John 7:6-9 Amplified
So Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but anytime is right for you. The world cannot hate you [since you are a part of it], but it does hate Me because I denounce it and testify that its deeds are evil. Go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to the feast because My time has not fully come.” Having said these things to them, He stayed behind in Galilee.
If you were to write a definition for the word “hate”, what would it be?
Now, go look up the word Hatred in Strong’s Concordance and write out the definition that it was intended to be from the Greek meaning of the word.
How close is your definition compared to the Greek or that of an English dictionary?
In what ways have you been hated because of your belief in Christ?
What do you think Jesus meant when He said, “My time has not yet come.”?
Where did Jesus go after his brothers left for the feast?
What did the people during this feast wonder about Jesus and when He came to the feast, what did he do?
What was it that Jesus taught to the people that made them wonder where his knowledge and teaching came from?
Fill in the Blank from John 7:18 ESV
The one who speaks on his own _____________ seeks his own ________; but the one who seeks the ____________ of him who sent him is ________ and in him there is no falsehood.
GO DEEPER (personal reflection)
- Describe the ways in which a person or you even seek out your own glory and praise.
- Describe or list the ways in which a person or even you seek out the one who sent Jesus and his glory over this next week?
Write a brief summary of what has transpired in John 7:19-24.
Close today’s journey in John with a time of worship and prayer. Pray for all the items and people that come to your mind at this moment.
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