John ch. 7

I am writing this at the end of a VERY long day so excuse any typos.

The first verse I want to talk about tonight is verse 7,
"The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that what it does is evil."
I have always wondered why people hate God so much and this verse just explained it to me! There are so may people who hate God simply because they don't want an authority figure over them on a daily basis. We will have people that hate us and persecute us because we are Christians. Jesus dealt with this too so he understands the pain and suffering we go through.

The next several verses talk about how Jesus finally preached at a large gathering. Not many people believed him. Jesus's own brothers also didn't believe that he was the messiah. They didnt know how he had gotten to be so smart without having the proper training. Jesus's answer is one we should give, "My teaching is not my own. It comes from he who sent me."Everything we teach should come from The Lord. He speaks life not so that we may speak it onto others. I'm sure this puzzled the Pharisees. They weren't exactly sure what was going on and why he was gaining so much power. They weren't sure where his training came from. Who was his teacher if he wasn't learning from the Pharisees? Where did he get the authority to say these things? These questions may have ran through their Heads, but God knew what was going to happen and he protected Jesus the first time.

At this point, people had been noticing that Jesus was preaching and the Pharisees weren't doing anything about it. They didn't understand that he was the Messiah. Then it says that they tried to seize him but NOTHING happened because it wasn't yet his time. I am going to stop here at this verse tonight and pick up here tomorrow. This verse shows us that God loves us enough to not let anything happen to us unless it is the right time. He knew that Jesus had more things to do n earth; so he spared his life. This is the same thing with our lives. We need to stop worrying. We are going to die whether we like it or not. But God has his hand on us until that point in time. Stay faithful and strong!