The Caldwell Commentaries Podcast
Religion & Spirituality
John 7:32-53
Jesus stood in the Temple, raising His voice to people who thought He could not possibly be the Messiah because they "knew" His origin (birthplace and parentage), but they were wrong. He gave repeated claims to His Deity (7:28, 29), which enraged the religious rulers, especially when many people did believe Jesus was Who He claimed to be. The Jews felt it was time to send for the Temple guard to arrest Him. In this lesson, the Lord spoke a prophecy to the religious rulers, "Ye shall seek Me and shall not find Me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come" (7:34). They sarcastically said among themselves that he must be going among the Gentiles, for they would not "lower" themselves to associated with Gentiles.
John recorded the events of the last day of the Feast of Taberncaldes. We talk a lot about the rituals and ceremonies involved in celebrating this feast and how Jesus used them to point to Himself as the Fulfillment - for example - of the Rock smitten by Moses in the wilderness out from which flowed life-giving water! He said, "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink. He that believeth on Me as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water" (7:37, 38).
There were three kinds of responses to His words - some heeded it; some hindered it; and others hated it. Interestingly, the Temple officers sent by the Sanhedrin Council to arrest Jesus did not arrest Him; instead they returned to the Council with this testimony, "Never man spake like this man" (7:46)! Then, too, one of their own Council members spoke up in defense of Jesus! His name was Nicodemus! This is a great lesson! Lots of "meat".
Genesis Lesson 43: Friend of the World - Lot {The Tragedy of the Compromised Christian Life}
Genesis Lesson 42: The Friend of God {Abraham’s Distinct O.T. Title}
Genesis Lesson 41: El Shaddai {All-Sufficient God}
Genesis Lesson 40: The Fruit of Impatience {The Conception of Ishmael}
Genesis Lesson 39: Abraham’s Exceeding Great Reward {The first of God’s ”I AM” statements}
Genesis Lesson 38: Abraham and Two Kings {Meet Mysterious Melchizedek! Was He the Pre-incarnate Christ?}
Genesis Lesson 37: The Dead Sea War {Aka ”Ten-King War” - First War in History!}
Genesis Lesson 36: Abram and Lot Separate {Being a Peacemaker}
Genesis Lesson 35: Abram; Canaan to Egypt {His Lie about His Wife}
Genesis Lesson 34: Abram; Haran to Canaan {The Beginning of Abraham’s Spiritual Journey}
Genesis Lesson 33: Introduction to Abram {Preserving the Promised Seed}
Genesis Lesson 32: Tyrant, Tower, and Tongues (Babel)
Genesis Lesson 31: Table of 70 Nations {Fascinating!}
Genesis Lesson 30: Noah, Drunk and Naked {What?!}
Genesis Lesson 29: The Noahic Covenant {True Meaning of the Rainbow}
One Thing is Needful! {Tale of Two Sisters; Martha and Mary} NEW STUDY!
Joanna; A Unique, Fascinating Female Disciple NEW STUDY!
Samaritana - Life-Changing Encounter with Man 7 NEW STUDY! {Fourth Significant ”Well Meeting” of Scripture}
Anna; Prophetess , Witness, and Evangelist - NEW STUDY
Genesis Lesson 28: A New World Order
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