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Read John 8:36-47
Read John 8:36-47
36 “So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
37 “I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.
38 “I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father.”
39 They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham.
40 “But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.
41 “You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God.”
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.
43 “Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.
44 “You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
45 “But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.
46 “Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?
47 “He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”
V. 37
37 “I know that you are Abraham’s descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you.
Jesus talks about what true freedom is (its in Him)
And that if you have Him, if you are in Him you have complete freedom.
Here he saying that they are indeed the descendants or seeds of Abraham
They are the descendants of Abraham physically, but they still need a new birth .
they need salvation thru Christ.
They seek to kill Jesus because the truth (that sets you free) is not in them.
‘they are slave to sin, bound to it. And because of that they want to kill Him.
V. 38
V. 38
38 “I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father.”
Jesus here shows again the difference between Him and them.
we all know the saying, “like father like son”
When a lion is born they are born a lions, with the nature and habits of lions
When a fish enters into this world, they know nothing but being a fish
we see behavior of a child that mimics there parents
kids are (in a way) a mirror of there parents.
The lessons that they learn are from them, the art of being cautious comes from the parents. (ketchup, lLeyla),
Jesus is explaining that He knows who they are.
and they are not with Him,
That they are of the bloodline of father Abraham, but yet in still they want to kill Jesus.
V.39-40
V.39-40
39 They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham.
40 “But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.
The Jews, the same Jews that said that they are not in slaved to anyone, are now saying that there father is Abraham
They are not just talking about bloodline, but righteousness also.
They believe that because of there bloodline, they have salvation
But Jesus is denying this.
The physical lineage of the Jews have nothing to do with salvation.
Jesus tells them that if there were children of Abraham, they would be as he was. (like father like son)
Abraham live a life of obedience, these Jews are living a life of sin.
V. 41
V. 41
41 “You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God.”
Jesus is saying that the Jews are doing to deeds of their father
They are saying that they are under God. That they are God’s people
They want to kill Him, however they are of God?
V. 42-43
V. 42-43
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.
43 “Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.
Jesus is telling them clearly.
If you were of God, If God is your father, you would know who I am.
You don't understand who I am, that I am He, because you cannot hear my words (you dont have the ability to hear my words
When pride gets in the way
When pride gets in the way
What happens when we see pride?
What happens when we see pride?
We look at ourselves
we think highly of ourselves
we don’t stop. and at times we don't see the truth, because we are focus on ourselves
- “I'm the pastor”
- I’m the pastor’s wife
- I'm the pastors daughter
When pride comes, we cant see, we blind ourselves
These Jews could not see anything, but there own pride.
again, Jesus here again pulls no punches.
Jesus is going to make it clear to them, who their father is.
V. 44
V. 44
44 “You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Jesus not only shares who there father is, but he explains the nature of their father, the devil
Jesus tells them that they do the desire of their father, the devil.
What does he say about him?
a murderer from the beginning
does not stand in the truth
no truth in Him
speaks lies
a liar and the father of lies
This is the father of the Jews, the fathr of those who are not in Christ.
There is not middle. IN OR OUT
V. 45-46
V. 45-46
45 “But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me.
46 “Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me?
Jesus again reminds them that because he speaks the truth, which the truth is not in them, because they do what their father wants, and the truth in not in their father)
Jesus then asks them who convicts Him of sin. In John 5:18
18 For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
The Jews accused Him of sin, but Jesus is without sin.
But the Jews in no way could make up of have evidence of Him sinning.
Jesus speaks the truth and they still wont believe Him.
V.47
V.47
47 “He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”
Jesus says something heartbreaking to them.
He says that those who are in Him hears his words,
but He is not talking about these Jews.
They dont hear Him because they are not of God.
Jesus will later say:
27 “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me;
Closing
Closing
this is a reason that Jesus wept of Jerusalem
The savior of all the world weeps because the the sin of people.
Out God cares. OUR GOD CARES