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liberty bible church          8~/3~/08 a.M.
By Tom Zobrist
“what’s your jesus iq?”
John 7:25-31
introduction
Illus. of “Level of Intelligence” A fictional story is told about Albert Einstein in heaven: Einstein was having difficulty finding people on his intellectual level to talk to, so one day he decided to stand at the pearly gates and ask everyone who entered what their IQ was.
Before very long he was having a lot of success guessing what people did for a living on the basis on their level of intelligence.
For instance, a woman was ushered through the gates and in response to Einstein’s question, said she had an IQ of 190. “Why, you must be a physicist,” Einstein said.
“Indeed I am,” said the woman.
“I’d love to chat with you about the progress being made in nuclear fusion and in superconductivity, as well as what’s going on in space,” said Einstein.
“Please wait over there.”
He stopped a man who was entering the gates, and the man told him his IQ was 140.
“You must be a physician, probably a surgeon,” said Einstein.
His guess was right.
“Wonderful,” said Einstein.
“I want to talk to you about the latest organ transplant techniques and their effects on life expectancy.
Can you wait a few moments until we can get together?”
Another man walked in and told Einstein he had an IQ of 95. “Is that so,” said Einstein.
“So what do you think is going to happen with interest rates?”
Bits and Pieces, July, 1991 No offense to any bankers or economists, whose IQ’s are much higher than most, I’m sure.
I didn’t make this up.
It’s From Bits and Pieces from 1991, if you can believe that.
My concern today is not the standard Intelligent Quotient, but what we know about Jesus Christ; and not only what we know, but what do we do with what we know?
So, what is you Jesus IQ?  
OPEN to the passage.
*Prop.
*In this passage, we see why a high Jesus IQ is essential to anyone’s life.
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.
And His speaking is very bold in the face of those that would oppose Him.
Cf. 10-24 Now, the people react and their reactions show how little they know, even though they fancied themselves as being very religious and very close to God.
Let’s look at this next paragraph and see if we can get a glimpse of our Jesus IQ.
All main points begin with Q today.
The first is…
 
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questions that contradict vs. 25-27
Illus. of “Controversy Inevitable” Lyman Beecher once said, “No great advance has been made in science, politics or religion without controversy.”
This was certainly true when Jesus came and once more, it continues to be today.
Jesus’ presence whether in person or through His people creates controversy.
And that’s what He does here in Jerusalem during this festival.
It centered around the question, Is He or is He not Messiah?
Let’s think about it…
a. Can Jesus be the Messiah?
V 25    1.
In our previous studies we have established the fact that the Jews wanted Jesus dead.
He had created quite a stir in the nation with His miracle healings and mass feedings and confrontations with the religious leaders.
Cf.
John 5:16 In that passage He had healed a man on the Sabbath.
The question here in verse 25 is why don’t the leaders do something about Jesus if they want Him dead?
V 26a   2.
Here He is, right out in the open, boldly teaching right in the midst of the people and the festival.
If He has done something wrong, if they want Him dead, why do they let Him go?
Perhaps they know something we don’t.
V 26b  3.
Maybe He really is the Messiah.
The people are confused over the lack of leadership that they are getting from the nation.
If He’s a criminal, lock Him up, if He is the Messiah, then hear Him.
But, no one seems to know and there are all these questions…questions that contradict.
Wait a minute…
b.
Jesus can’t be the Messiah, can he?
V 27a   1.
Jesus was from Nazareth, a carpenter from Galilee.
He’s just a regular guy.
We know His family, His parents and siblings.
He has had a pretty normal life, nothing that would set Him apart.
V 27b  2.
They believed that the Messiah would be relatively unknown until He was revealed as such.
He would just pop up on the seen.
Yet they knew where Jesus was from.
Their lack of understanding of the OT also made them fail to realize that the Messiah’s birthplace was foretold in Micah 5:2.
They were so confused and they lacked leadership.
*Trans.*
When it comes to Jesus, QUESTIONS THAT CONTRADICT need to be answered.
Many today lack the leadership to lead them to the Truth.
Besides these questions that contradict, there are…
 
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quizzical statements that confuse vs. 28-29
Illus. of being placed in advanced math in Jr. High because we were tested and placed where our supposed abilities said we should be.
We were told our IQ’s had to be at least 120 to be in the program.
I did ok the first year and upon entering HS, I began to struggle.
I soon realized that effort played a part in understanding and that natural ability would only take you so far.
The same is true with understanding Jesus.
We pick up a few things here and there through attrition in our culture, but if we really want to get Him, it takes some effort on our part.
We have to study His quizzical statements literally, in context, with the proper grammar, and in the proper historical setting to really get it.
a.
A statement of who they think He is    
V 28a   1.
This is a solemn announcement that He is making, publicly in the Temple; and we sense a bit of irony in what He is saying.
V 28b  2.
They though they knew where He was from.
They thought they knew what He was all about.
They thought they understood what He was trying to do.
Illus. of many today that think they know Jesus and what He is about and what He stands for, but do they really?
Have they done the homework necessary to really understand Him?
b.
A statement of who he really is
V 28c   1.
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