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45 Days to Read the Gospel Challenge The Gospel of John Chapter Seven: Jesus Identifies His Enemy – The World As A Spirit

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Overview of The Gospel of John:

The Gospel of John is written by one of Jesus Christ’s disciples, John, the son of Zebedee. This Gospel is 21 Chapters long.  John is described as the “Disciple of Whom Jesus loved”.  It has been determined by biblical scholars that John wrote The Gospel of John (also known as “According to John”).

  It was written around A.D. 80-90, about 50 years after he witnesses Jesus’ earthly ministry under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and as an eyewitness in composing the gospel. He is not John the Baptist. However, in this book, John the Baptist is discussed.   

The Gospel of John explains who Jesus Christ is before creation. It establishes his deity as Creator of the World, The Father (I AM), and is the long-awaited Messiah, the Son of God in the flesh. Its purpose is to explain that even though Jesus is the Creator and God (I AM), believers are to understand that Jesus is the Son of God that came in the flesh and yet while we were sinners, died for our sins and rose again to become Savior of the World-reconnecting us to God. That is why we pray to the father in Jesus Christ’s name. 

Defeating death and sin by the shedding of his blood and life, Jesus gives the gift of everlasting life with repentance. That by believing you may have life in his name (20:31)  John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  God is omnipresent meaning he can be in more than one place at the same time. He can be on earth (flesh) and in heaven (spirit) at the same time. 

 Revelation 19:6  “And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thundering, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.”  

Isaiah 9:6 “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son, is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”

 

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45 Days to Read the Gospel Challenge The Gospel of John Chapter Seven: Jesus Identifies His enemy – The World As A Spirit

 

 

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Overview of Chapter Seven

Jesus walks into Galilee. The Feast of Tabernacles is at hand.  Jesus tells his brothers he is not going to the feast with them. He says the world hates him because he came to testify of the world and its evil.  His brothers do not believe in him.  Jesus brothers are James, Simon, Judas, and Joses (Matthew 13:55).  Jesus waits until everyone is gone. Then, he goes to the feast alone and teaches in the temple.

Jesus offers “living waters” the Holy Spirit for everlasting life to those who believe in him. Many do not know what to think of Jesus. Some say they know where he came from, and it is the line of David. Many say no one has performed the miracles Jesus has performed.  The Chief Priests of the Pharisees sent officers to arrest Jesus. However, he is not arrested by the officers because they were impressed by the way he spoke and the things he spoke of.  They knew he was not educated but he spoke as if he was. Everyone was impressed.  Nicodemus asks the Chief priests “Does our law arrest a man before hearing him out and know what he is doing? 

However, the people did not believe a prophet can come out of Galilee. They did not know Jesus was born in Bethlehem, as predicted by the prophecy about the “awaited Messiah.”   The Messiah is the promised deliverer of the Jewish nation prophesied in the Hebrew Bible.  Jesus moved always in the perfect timing of God. He would state, “My time has not yet come”.

 

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 The Gospel of John Chapter Seven: Jesus Identifies His enemy As The World’s  Spirit

 

Time: 45 minutes to complete lesson: 30 minutes to read the entire post and take the interactive quiz, additional 15 minutes to read the bible chapter.

 

 

Objectives Chapter Seven  (What you will learn)
  1. How Jesus identified the hatred against him as spiritual. Today, believers are to know our enemies are spiritual as well.
  2. Jesus demonstrates supernatural wisdom from God.  Jesus did not speak of his own authority. (see *James  1:5 below)
  3. The confusion, as to why some believed in Jesus’ teachings and some did not. 

 (*James 1:5 “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”) 

 

Outline for Chapter Seven: 

1. Jesus identifies the hatred against him and his teaching as spiritual, even though the police were after him.  

2. Jesus displays supernatural wisdom.  He reads doctrines and speaks of many things. He is not educated.

3. We are to judge not according to appearance but judge righteous judgment.

4. Jesus offers “living waters” to believers, referring to the Holy Spirit. 

5 Many believed in him and some did not because of his birthplace and teaching,  The police do not arrest him because they are impressed by Jesus.

6.  Nicodemus asks the Chief priests of the Pharisees that they should hear Jesus out and find out what he is doing before arresting him. 

 

Reflection: 

Can you remember a specific time you needed to know something or needed help studying, so you prayed for wisdom and knowledge and it was received? For example, when I call companies for information or customer service, I always pray that I ask the right questions, give the right information, get a rep who knows their job well, and one that will help me in order to get my problem solved. It seems to work.   :}   Post all comments below in the comment section or on ePrayer Circle’s new social media Instagram or  Facebook. eprayercircle.com 

 

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Resources for this lesson:

FREE King James versions of the  Gospel: text (pdf), web text (KJV) better for mobile phones,  and YouTube audio/video version  Chapter 7 (total time 12 min.): Part One, Part Two, Part Three and Part Four. 

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Highlights of Chapter Seven  KJV Answers to Objectives and Quiz Questions

 

Jesus identified the hatred against him as spiritual. Today, believers are to know our enemies are spiritual as well.

 John 7 : 6Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is always ready. 7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. 

 

Jesus demonstrates supernatural wisdom from God.  Jesus did not speak of his own authority. (see *James  1:5 below)

15And the Jews marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him

 

The confusion, as to why some believed in Jesus’ teachings and some did not.

John 7:12-14And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people. 13Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. 14Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and taught. 

John 7:38-40 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 40Many of the people, therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth, this is the Prophet.

 John 7: 41-44  41Others said This is the Christ. But some said Shall Christ come out of Galilee? 42Hath, not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? 43So there was a division among the people because of him. 44And some of them would have taken him, but no man laid hands on him.

 

Interactive Quiz.

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#1. Given John 7:6 KJV ,  answer the following question by selecting ONE BEST answer from below. Why did Jesus say, "the world hates me"?

#2. Given John 7:16 KJV,  select whether True or False the following statement.  Jesus' response to the people who were amazed at the knowledge of him as he was not an educated man.  16Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him

#3. Given John 7: 15-18, 41-44, identify from the list below, two reasons or objections the people had of Jesus'? 

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Call to salvation:

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Romans 10:9-10  9That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth, confession is made unto salvation. 

John 3:5-6  5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is the Spirit.

 

 

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