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liberty bible church 7~/20~/08 a.M.
By Tom Zobrist
“would jesus contradict himself?”
John 7:19-24
introduction
Illus. of *Great Slips of the Tongue in U.S. Politics- *1.
'the United States has much to offer the third world war.? (Ronald Reagan in 1975, speaking on Third World countries; he repeated the error nine times).
2. 'thank you, Governor Evidence.? (President Richard M. Nixon, referring to Washington State Gov. Daniel Evans in a speech during the Watergate period).
3. "I hope that Spiro Agnew will be completely exonerated and found guilty of the charges against him.? (John Connally, in a 1973 speech).
Politicians are fallible and so will have slips of the tongue, especially when it comes to contradicting themselves.
But, it that possible for Jesus?
Would He ever contradict Himself or have a slip of the tongue?
One glaring possibility where someone might say that the Bible contradicts itself is in the area of judging.
Cf.
Matt.
7:1; Luke 6:37 both in our bulletin today.
And then we get to this passage in John, where it appears that Jesus tells us that we are to judge and gives some instruction on how to do it.
So, are we to judge or not and how are we to do it if we are?
OPEN to the passage.
*Prop.
*In this passage, we see how we are to judge others.
Open in PRAYER.
PREVIEW the passage.
Jesus has gone up to the Feast of Tabernacles or Booths secretly.
After remaining silent for half the feast and listening to the people and what they think of Him, He finally speaks out.
Cf. 10-18 Now, what about their judgmental spirits?
How does He address that issue?
He shows them that there is a right kind of judgment and a wrong kind.
Which do they have?
There are three types of judgment that we see here.
The first is…
i.
Unrighteous judgment vs. 19-20
Illus. of “Judgmental” Part 1 At a recent gathering of seminary professors, one teacher reported that at his school the most damaging charge one student can lodge against another is that the person is being “judgmental.”
He found this pattern very upsetting.
“You can’t get a good argument going in class anymore,” he said.
“As soon as somebody takes a stand on any important issue, someone else says that the person is being judgmental.
And that’s it.
End of discussion.
Everyone is intimidated!”
Many of the other professors nodded knowingly.
There seemed to be a consensus that the fear of being judgmental has taken on epidemic proportions.
Uncommon Decency, Richard J. Mouw, pp.
20-21 The Devil has made judging a bad thing, so much so we are judged for judging.
However, it is not wrong, unless it is done unrighteously.
That’s what the people do here.
a. the unrighteousness of the people
V 19a 1.
These people assumed that because they kept a few festivals every year that they had a close relationship with God.
They thought that outward conformity translated into inward change.
But in reality, their hearts were full of evil.
Cf.
Mark 7:6-7; 20-22; And to make matters worse, Jesus knew exactly what was in them.
Cf.
John 2:24-25
V 19b 2.
In their hearts, they wanted Jesus dead.
He knew it and they knew it.
If they wanted to kill Him for violating the Law, why not others?
They were all violators of the Law.
b. the unrighteous judgment of the people
V 20a 1.
Jesus was exposing them for what they were.
They had the opportunity to repent, but instead unrighteously judged their Messiah.
They told Him that they believed He was demon possessed.
People said the same thing about John the Baptist.
Jesus had just told His brothers that the world hated Him because everyone who does evil hates the light.
Cf.
John 3:20
V 20b 2.
On top of their unrighteous judgment, the lie.
They deny that anyone had thoughts of killing Jesus.
But they did.
Cf.
John 5:18
*Trans.*
These people were guilty of UNRIGHTOUS JUDGMENT.
Second, there is…
ii.
Hypocritical judgment vs. 21-23
Illus. of “Joyous Imperfection” Someone once said, “A nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others.”
The problem these people had was they thought Jesus was imperfect and He was not.
The joy they had at nitpicking at Him was to be short-lived.
He was going to point out the hypocrisy in their judgment.
a.
WHat did Jesus do wrong?
V 21 1.
Jesus had done one work, one miracle and they all blew a gasket.
He is referring back to the healing of the paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda back in chapter 5.
2.
Cf.
John 5:10 The problem was that this miracle took place on the Sabbath.
Not only did Jesus work, but he told the one healed to carry his mat.
To them, this was a violation of the Sabbath Laws and angered the religious leaders.
But, were they pure in their judgment?
b. why are they hypocrits?
V 22a 1.
Moses gave them circumcision as part of the Mosaic Law that they were to keep.
A boy is to be circumcised on the 8th day of his life.
Cf.
Lev.
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