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7:1 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews1 were seeking to kill him. 2 Now the Jews’ Feast of Booths was at hand. 3 So his brothers2 said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. 4 For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.” 5 For not even his brothers believed in him. 6 Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not3 going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.” 9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee.
10 But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. 11 The Jews were looking for him at the feast, and saying, “Where is he?” 12 And there was much muttering about him among the people. While some said, “He is a good man,” others said, “No, he is leading the people astray.” 13 Yet for fear of the Jews no one spoke openly of him.
14 About the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and began teaching. 15 The Jews therefore marveled, saying, “How is it that this man has learning,4 when he has never studied?” 16 So Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me. 17 If anyone’s will is to do God’s5 will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. 18 The one who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory; but the one who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and in him there is no falsehood. 19 Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?” 20 The crowd answered, “You have a demon! Who is seeking to kill you?” 21 Jesus answered them, “I did one work, and you all marvel at it. 22 Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. 23 If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well? 24 Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”
25 Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this the man whom they seek to kill? 26 And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him! Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ? 27 But we know where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from.” 28 So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, “You know me, and you know where I come from. But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know. 29 I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.” 30 So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?”
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about him, and the chief priests and Pharisees sent officers to arrest him. 33 Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me. 34 You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.” 35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? 36 What does he mean by saying, ‘You will seek me and you will not find me,’ and, ‘Where I am you cannot come’?”
37 On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as6 the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” 39 Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
40 When they heard these words, some of the people said, “This really is the Prophet.” 41 Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “Is the Christ to come from Galilee? 42 Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?” 43 So there was a division among the people over him. 44 Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.
45 The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” 46 The officers answered, “No one ever spoke like this man!” 47 The Pharisees answered them, “Have you also been deceived? 48 Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” 50 Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, 51 “Does our law judge a man without first giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” 52 They replied, “Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”
53 [[They went each to his own house,
[1] 7:1
[2] 7:3
[3] 7:8
[4] 7:15
[5] 7:17
[6] 7:38
[7] 7:53
(ESV)
A few years ago I was participating in the RAPSody (Ride Around Puget Sound) and missed a "Dan Henry" arrow telling me where to turn. As a result I got lost and wound up riding more than 20 miles out of my way. The worst part was that I rode all the way down to the Hood Canal, and had to climb almost 600 feet vertically to get back to the correct route. As a result of this mistake (at least in part) I was unable to finish the 163 mile ride, and ended up quitting after 110 miles. At one point I was so confused that I had to ask several people for directions (the ultimate humiliation for a male road cyclist).
In John 7 we see confusion reign supreme. Jesus' own brothers were confused because they did not believe in him (vs. 5). The crowds at the Feast of Tabernacles were confused: "Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, 'He is a good man.' Others replied, 'No, he deceives the people.'" (John 7:12) The Jewish leaders were confused by Jesus' obvious wisdom, scratching their heads and asking: "How did this man get such learning without having studied?" (vs. 15) The people were confused because they knew the authorities wanted to kill Jesus yet they weren't acting. They asked: "Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Christ?" (vs. 26) Some were confused and thought Jesus couldn't be the Christ because they knew he was from Galilee. They didn't know their Bible and thought that the origins of the Messiah would be unknown (vs. 27). Still others were confused because they also knew Jesus was from Galilee and they knew the Messiah must come from Bethlehem. (vs. 42) The guards who were sent to arrest Jesus were confused as to why they should do so, protesting: "No one ever spoke the way this man does." Nicodemus was confused as to why they wanted to arrest Jesus and asked: "Does our law condemn anyone without first hearing him to find out what he is doing?" (vs. 51)
Clearly there is confusion everywhere in John 7, except in Jesus. Jesus is the only one who knows what he's talking about. Jesus is clear as to who he is, where his teaching comes from, and where he is going. His words ring out like the peal of a bell, loud and clear. "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."
Life is confusing nowadays. Everyday we are faced with a myriad of choices. You go to buy a new coffee maker and there are hundreds of different models, styles and brands to choose from. You try to decide right and wrong on a moral issue and there are as many opinions as there are "experts" to listen to. How can we overcome the profusion of confusion in our world? The same way Jesus overcame the confusion in Jerusalem at the Feast of Tabernacles.
Drink deeply from the water of life that Jesus offers you in his Word. Fill your heart, mind and spirit with that refreshment for the soul. The more you drink the clearer God's truth will become to you. The more you drink the stronger your faith will become. And the more you drink the more you will be able to help others overcome the confusion in their lives, because "streams of living water will begin to flow from within you."
55:1 “Come, everyone who thirsts,
come to the waters;
and he who has no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without price.
2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,
and your labor for that which does not satisfy?
Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good,
and delight yourselves in rich food.
3 Incline your ear, and come to me;
hear, that your soul may live;
and I will make with you an everlasting covenant,
my steadfast, sure love for David.
4 Behold, I made him a witness to the peoples,
a leader and commander for the peoples.
5 Behold, you shall call a nation that you do not know,
and a nation that did not know you shall run to you,
because of the LORD your God, and of the Holy One of Israel,
for he has glorified you.
6 “Seek the LORD while he may be found;
call upon him while he is near;
7 let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10 “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven
and do not return there but water the earth,
making it bring forth and sprout,
giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater,
11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but it shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
12 “For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the LORD,
an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”
56:1 Thus says the LORD:
“Keep justice, and do righteousness,
for soon my salvation will come,
and my righteousness be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man who does this,
and the son of man who holds it fast,
who keeps the Sabbath, not profaning it,
and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
3 Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say,
“The LORD will surely separate me from his people”;
and let not the eunuch say,
“Behold, I am a dry tree.”
4 For thus says the LORD:
“To the eunuchs who keep my Sabbaths,
who choose the things that please me
and hold fast my covenant,
5 I will give in my house and within my walls
a monument and a name
better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
that shall not be cut off.
6 “And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD,
to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD,
and to be his servants,
everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it,
and holds fast my covenant—
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples.”
8 The Lord GOD,
who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares,
“I will gather yet others to him
besides those already gathered.”
(ESV)
This beautiful invitation wonderfully illustrates the grace of God. "Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price." Jesus is the One who fulfills this offer: "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink." (John 7:37) How often we foolishly chase after costly things that cannot satisfy, when God offers us the richest of fare that can truly satisfy our souls and provide eternal life—at no cost to us, purely by His grace! This offer is made to all "the peoples" and stands for all time, based on "an everlasting covenant." All we need do is eat and drink by faith at the table of the Lord, as Jesus said: "Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you." (John 6:27). Nevertheless, there is an urgent tone to Isaiah's words: "Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near." The prophet's call to repentance is clear. God is prepared to abundantly pardon all who turn to Him, but repent we must. His compassion doesn't make sense to us. It violates our sense of justice. God's thoughts are as much higher than our thoughts as the highest heavens are above the earth. What brings us to the point of repentance, where we are ready to receive His grace and eat and drink the spiritual food of eternal life? It is the Word of God. God's Word does not proceed from His mouth and fall empty to the ground. It accomplishes the purpose for which He sent it! When we listen to His Word, receive His grace, and enjoy His rich fare, the result is abundant joy and peace. The prophet pictures all creation rejoicing with us—the mountains sing and the trees clap their hands. Repentance and the grace of God result in transformation for those who have believed. "Blessed is the man who does this." And this promise is not limited to God's chosen people. Even the foreigner will be given an everlasting name. What a blessing this is to those of us Gentiles who have come to share the faith of Abraham through God's own Son, Jesus Christ! Jesus' words echo verse 8: "I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered." He said: "I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd."
47:1 Clap your hands, all peoples!
Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
2 For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared,
a great king over all the earth.
3 He subdued peoples under us,
and nations under our feet.
4 He chose our heritage for us,
the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah
5 God has gone up with a shout,
the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises!
Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
7 For God is the King of all the earth;
sing praises with a psalm!1
8 God reigns over the nations;
God sits on his holy throne.
9 The princes of the peoples gather
as the people of the God of Abraham.
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
he is highly exalted!
[1] 47:7
(ESV)