Comprehend - to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of
3 Habits That Prevent Understanding:
1. Following the Majority
2. Fearing the Authorities
3. Focusing on the Emissary
3 Habits That Secure Understanding:
1. Follow Your Heart, not the majority – Ask questions
2. Fear God not the Authorities – Seek the Truth
3. Focus on message not Emissary – Knock Luke 11:10
John 7:1-9; His Brothers Were Guilty of Following the Majority
Vs.4,6 Show yourself to the world – My time is not yet come – They didn’t ask Him to explain?
John 7:10-13; The Crowds Were Guilty of Fearing the Authorities
Vs.13 No one was speaking openly of Him, for fear of the Jews!
The Jews Were Guilty of Focusing on the Emissary John 7:14-18
Vs.15 Astonished at His teachings but how has this man become learned?
John 7:19-24 Now Jesus Exposes Everyone’s Ignorance
Vs.22 For this reason – to expose you all, vs…..
Righteous judgment accomplished when you ask, seek, knock.
Empowered with Understanding
John 7:25-31; Now Crowds Ask Questions
John 7:32-36; Now Soldiers Fear God not Authorities
John 7:37-40; Now People focus on the Message
Lost in Ignorance
John 7:41-44; vs.42 Ask Him where He was born.
John 7:45-49; Vs.48 Intimidating to keep power.
John 7:50-53; vs.52 Ignorant of His birth as well
Salvation of Nicodemus:
Vs. 51 Our Law does not judge unless – fear of God
Asks accused questions – then knows what he is doing
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