Title: The Conflict Between Jesus And The Religious Rulers
Author: Marvin Patterson
Text: John 7:1-24
Introduction:
WIFE: "There's trouble with the car. It has water in the carburetor."
HUSBAND: "Water in the carburetor? That's ridiculous."
WIFE: "I tell you the car has water in the carburetor."
HUSBAND: "You don't even know what a carburetor is. I'll check it out. Where's the car?"
WIFE: "In the pool."
Body:
1-Jesus is challenged by His Brothers
7 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
A 7 month gap most likely took place between chaps. 6 and 7. While chap. 6 occurred around Passover (6:4-Apr.), chap. 7 occurs at the Feast of Tabernacles (Oct.). John wrote nothing about those months since his purpose was not to present an exhaustive chronology of Christ's life but to portray Him as the Messiah and Son of God and show how men reacted to Him. walked in Galilee. Chapter 6 indicates Jesus spent two days with the multitude of 20,000 people (6:22), but He spent 7 months teaching His 12 disciples who believed in Him. This phrase subtly highlights the great importance of discipleship, for Jesus concentrated great lengths of time upon training His future spiritual leaders.
John MacArthur Jr., ed., The MacArthur Study Bible, electronic ed. (Nashville, TN: Word Pub., 1997), 1594.
Jesus is continuing His ministry in the Northern parts of Israel, for He could not take a chance of being around the area of Jerusalem. The sermon that He just preached about Him being the Bread of life divided the crowd into those who wanted to follow Jesus, and those who wanted to kill Jesus! They still could not get over the fact that to eat His flesh and drink His blood meant that one had to come to faith in His death, burial, and resurrection in order to go to heaven!
2 Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.
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Author: Marvin Patterson
Text: John 7:1-24
Introduction:
WIFE: "There's trouble with the car. It has water in the carburetor."
HUSBAND: "Water in the carburetor? That's ridiculous."
WIFE: "I tell you the car has water in the carburetor."
HUSBAND: "You don't even know what a carburetor is. I'll check it out. Where's the car?"
WIFE: "In the pool."
Body:
1-Jesus is challenged by His Brothers
7 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
A 7 month gap most likely took place between chaps. 6 and 7. While chap. 6 occurred around Passover (6:4-Apr.), chap. 7 occurs at the Feast of Tabernacles (Oct.). John wrote nothing about those months since his purpose was not to present an exhaustive chronology of Christ's life but to portray Him as the Messiah and Son of God and show how men reacted to Him. walked in Galilee. Chapter 6 indicates Jesus spent two days with the multitude of 20,000 people (6:22), but He spent 7 months teaching His 12 disciples who believed in Him. This phrase subtly highlights the great importance of discipleship, for Jesus concentrated great lengths of time upon training His future spiritual leaders.
John MacArthur Jr., ed., The MacArthur Study Bible, electronic ed. (Nashville, TN: Word Pub., 1997), 1594.
Jesus is continuing His ministry in the Northern parts of Israel, for He could not take a chance of being around the area of Jerusalem. The sermon that He just preached about Him being the Bread of life divided the crowd into those who wanted to follow Jesus, and those who wanted to kill Jesus! They still could not get over the fact that to eat His flesh and drink His blood meant that one had to come to faith in His death, burial, and resurrection in order to go to heaven!
2 Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.
Th ...
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