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I. Intro: "I know" is possibly the least meaningful phrase in the English language.
a. Sometimes we think that the thing that keeps us from doing the right thing is that we didn't have the information we needed.
The problem is that this isn't usually true.
i.
Not doing the chore mom told me to do until her car was in the driveway.
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A lot of times the trouble comes from the fact that we didn't do anything with the information we had.
We didn't act on it.
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This is the problem we encounter in today, let's start in verse 22
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d. 22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem.
It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon.
24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense?
If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
e. "the Jews" come to Jesus and say, look, Jesus, we're tired of all the secrecy!
If you're the messiah, just tell us plainly."
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What are they saying here?
Jesus, the reason we're not on board here, is because we're not sure what you are trying to tell us.
Are you the messiah?
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So what is Jesus's problem?
Why doesn't he just give them the information they're asking for?
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Well, let's keep reading.
In verse 25:
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f. 25 Jesus answered them, “I told you, and you do not believe.
The works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness about me, 26 but you do not believe because you are not among my sheep.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
30 I and the Father are one.”
31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.
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Jesus's answer here shows that he knows what is going on with this crowd of people, even before we do.
They run up to him claiming "if we only knew, we could do something about this messiah thing!"
i. Jesus responds saying, no, you don't have a knowing problem, you have a hearing problem.—a
believing problem.
I've already told you everything you need to know.
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Then he goes on to allude to the thing they are asking about, and though it's not good enough for them to follow him, it is apparently enough for a death sentence.
They pick up rocks to stone him.
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So what is really going on here?
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The Jews claim to have a knowing problem, but Jesus says they already know.
Look here in verses 25- 27
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I told you, and you do not believe
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You do not believe because you are not my sheep
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My sheep hear my voice and follow me.
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These people aren't ignorant to what Jesus has said.
They are ignoring what Jesus has said.
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Why is that?
1. Jesus says you already know what you need to know, but you refuse to believe it.
You refuse to take the next step.
That's because you aren't my sheep.
2. How do we know that?
This is how someone who is Jesus's sheep reacts:
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They listen to what I say, and the follow me!
3. Here's how James, the brother of Jesus, expresses this reality, in
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But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror.
24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like.
4. Jesus's sheep, the people who are in his flock, don't just hear him with their ears.
They believe what he says, and that results in them following Him.
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So why won't these people listen to Jesus?
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It's not a knowledge problem.
This whole Jewish culture was full of "knowers" but light on "Believers".
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1. reminds us "He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him."
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This whole situation in is a perfect example of what John is telling us in :
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i. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
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19And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
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Jesus came to bring life.
He came to be our savior.
But coming to Jesus comes at a cost.
And it's a cost this crowd of Jews in wasn't willing to pay.
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To come to Jesus, you have to admit that you need a savior, and you need to let the light shine on you—revealing your sin and imperfection.
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That is a scary thing.
You gotta lay down your pride.
You gotta admit your weakness.
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