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Dr. Murray: Some is and some ain’t.
Some do, Some don’t.
Some will, Some won’t.
There will be those that will accept Christ and live for Christ, and there are those who will not.
The Feast of Dedication was not a Biblical Feast.
There was 7 biblical feast.
3 in the Spring, 4 in the fall
The Feast of Unleavened came after Passover commemorated
The Feast of Dedication was a feast instituted by Judas Maccabeus to memorialize the cleansing and rededication of the temple under Judas Maccabeus in 164 b.c.
following its desecration by the Syrian forces of Antiochus Epiphanes.
This feast was one instituted in anticipation of the Messiah, who they thought was coming to set up a time of political independence.
to memorialize the cleansing and rededication of the temple under Judas Maccabeus in 164 b.c.
following its desecration by the Syrian forces of Antiochus Epiphanes
And this is what they wanted.
This was the heart of the Jews.
This feast of dedication was and is a testament to that.
They want the Messiah to bring them political independence and prosperity.
What they don’t want is what they have in Jesus.
Even His disciples were focused on a political Messiah.
Even after Christ had rose from the grave, the disciples have failed to see that Christ has come to set up a kingdom that is not of the world.
Jesus says himself:
Jesus whole ministry his disciples and others have misunderstood the nature of His ministry.
This is precisely why the Jews have rejected Christ up until this point.
He is not the Messiah they expected or wanted.
So listen to their next conversation:
This question has to be frustrating for Jesus.
Think of all that he has done up until this point, just in the book of John.
John the Baptist has testified of him.
He has turned water into wine.
He has healed the noble man’s son in chapter 4.
He has healed the man who was sick for 38 years.
He has fed over 5 thousand people with a few fish and a little bread.
He has walked on the water.
He has healed the man born blind.
In between all of that, Jesus has had conversation after conversation with these Jews.
It seems that half of our sermons have dealt with the rejection of these JEWS.
I think you can agree, that no matter what, the Jews will not accept Jesus authority.
He has told them over and over again of his union with the Father.
But he is not their Messiah.
He is blowing their expectations out of the water.
He isn’t their Messiah.
The heart of the matter here is that the Jews want Jesus to do what they want him to do.
The heart of their sin is a lack submission.
But why?
We look at these stories and we say, “How could they not have believed?”
They saw all that.
I dont understand
They don’t believe for the same reasons people today don’t believe.
Look at what Jesus says in verse 25.
Jesus has revealed himself through His own words.
“I told you, and you do not believe.”
Jesus has revealed himself through His own works.
Don’t you remember all of the stuff I’ve done.
How could they forget?
But they have still rejected Christ.
They have heard his word, seen his works, and they not only don’t believe.
They hate him for it.
Jesus speaks beyond the what to the why.
Why do these people not believe in Christ?
Why do people today not believe in Christ.?
They are not His sheep.
Let’s take a minute to see the weightiness of what Jesus just said.
In light of the context, Jesus has just told them they he has not came to give them life abundant.
Without Christ as their Shepherd, they will be lost sheep, headed for trouble.
How do we know they aren’t sheep?
Other than the fact that Jesus just told us they aren’t.
What are the marks of Christ sheep?
My sheep hear my voice.
His sheep don’t just hear his voice initially.
As we discussed last time, this isn’t mere accumulation of sound in the ears, this is an accumulation of Christ word’s in our hearts.
Spiritual hearing vs. Physical
The first mark of those who are Christ’s sheep is that hear Christ’s voice.
Jesus knows His sheep.
There is one thing for sure.
Jesus is not mistaken in the statement he just made.
These men are not his.
He knows this because he knows his own.
Illustration: Imagine a day care trying to give you a kid that ain’t yours.
He knows them.
This is comforting for those who are His sheep.
This is scary, because he knows our seepest darkest secrets, but even that should be welcome by a true sheep.
(Psalm 139)
We are known by our Shepherd.
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Peter isn’t running to Jesus telling Jesus, hey someone else got saved.
He already wrote them name.
He knows the sheep.
Not only do we hear his voice, he knows us.
but thirdly.
They follow me.
His sheep follow Him.
While this is at time comforting and rewarding, (), this also cost us.
Following Christ involved denying ourselves.
When its sin or Christ, we deny ourselves and follow Christ.
When its comfort or Christ, we deny ourselves and follow Christ.
etc.
Fourthly,
Look in verse 28
They have eternal life and they will never perish.
This happens through hearing and believing.
we are given eternal life.
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