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This is going to be a place where I process my Bible reading. |
| Welcome to my Bible reading journey. I find that I process information better when I write/respond to it. This blog is simply a place where I can write down my thoughts about God's word. If you are reading I hope you get something out of it. Feel free to comment your take on the verses. Enjoy! |
| Today we will be reading through John 7 In these verses Jesus is headed to Galilee for the Feast of Tabernacles (weeklong celebration for God's faithfulness during the wilderness). He wanted to avoid Judea because the Jews wanted to kill Him. His brothers' wanted him to go into Judea and basically show HImself in a big way to prove Himself, if He was who He truly said He was. Jesus tells them to go (because the world doesn't hate them), but that it was not HIs time yet. While HIs brothers went openly, Jesus came in secret. He heard people discussing him and there was division. He goes to the temple and began to teach, but the leaders where doubting is education knowledge. Jesus told them HIs knowledge came from His father. They continue to throw shade at Jesus (crazy, has a demon etc.). Jesus told them not to judge by appearance, but by righteous judgement. Then they (Jews) doubt Jesus's words because they knew where He came from and it wasn't what they were expecting. The officers were ready to arrest HIm, but no one would lay a hand on Jesus. Jesus offers up a invitation that if anyone thirsts they can come to Him. There was still division amongst the crowd. They first thing I want to point out is the fact that Jesus' own brothers were trying to throw shade. They were basically calling Jesus out. He did not raise to the bait. I feel like family can be the hardest to reach. They have seen it all: the good times and the bad times. They know how to push our buttons like no other. Jesus simply told them to go and that it wasn't His time. The encouraging thing is while they might be unbelievers at this point, we know in later chapters at least some choose to follow the example of Jesus Another thing I am noticing is just how much division there was. I feel like in these verses people are always murmuring, doubting, and questioning job. Some people believed and others didn't. If this isn't a perfect representation of our world right now I don't know what is. People are fighting about opening the country/state back up, politics, religious believes and so much more. It can be overwhelming and confusing for people who are not in the know. I am following the whole tik-tok phase. I follow a lot of people who release Christian content which is very refreshing. But almost all of them have posted a video about how the world is telling them they will lose viewers if they continue to use tiktok as a platform for God. Why? Because for every positive uplifting comment, there are other negative and hateful comments. It can make a person feel like they are causing arguments and confusion. But Jesus caused division when He challenged the world's views a well. But He wasn't doing anything wrong. I feel like He explained it well when He told them they were judging based on the appearance. They were looking at a set of outdated rules (which had their purpose at back in the day) . But Jesus was speaking based on spiritual righteousness. His was coming out of a place of love for our spiritual well-being. Yes He might have healed people on the sabbath (a big no-no according to the law) but He was about HIs father's business. He was doing what God told HIm to do. We all have a purpose. We need to carry out that purpose, no matter what our family and friends say. Also no matter what the world, enemies say. And we need to accept that we might cause some dissention. Afterall the reason His brother could go is because the weren't doing anything that went against the norm. Jesus was the one doing the heavy lifting. So if we are in some uncomfortable places, well that means we are doing something right. As long as we are coming from a place of love and not from "holiness" or "superiority" |
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