John 7:1-13 Cameron Jungels Sun AM, March 9, 2014

“Who is this man, Jesus?” - John 7:1-13 –

(Eastside Baptist/Sun AM/March 9, 2014

After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him.  2 But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,  3 Jesus' brothers said to him, "Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do.  4 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."  5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him.  6 Therefore Jesus told them, "My time is not yet here; for you any time will do.  7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.  8 You go to the festival. I am not going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come."  9 After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.  10 However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret.  11 Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus and asking, "Where is he?"  12 Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others replied, "No, he deceives the people."  13 But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders. (John 7:1-13, NIV)

“Who is this man, Jesus?”

1. Maliciously plotted against by those who were supposed to be righteous teachers of the Scriptures.

After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He did not want to go about in Judea because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him. (John 7:1, NIV)

Now at the festival the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus and asking, "Where is he?" (John 7:11, NIV)

2. Rejected and ridiculed by his own family.

2 But when the Jewish Festival of Tabernacles was near,  3 Jesus' brothers said to him, "Leave Galilee and go to Judea, so that your disciples there may see the works you do.  4 No one who wants to become a public figure acts in secret. Since you are doing these things, show yourself to the world."  5 For even his own brothers did not believe in him.  6 Therefore Jesus told them, "My time is not yet here; for you any time will do.  7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil.  8 You go to the festival. I am not going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come."  9 After he had said this, he stayed in Galilee.  10 However, after his brothers had left for the festival, he went also, not publicly, but in secret. (John 7:2-10, NIV)

3. Hated by an evil-loving world.

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify that its works are evil. (John 7:7, NIV)

9 The true light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.  10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him.  11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.  12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God-- 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband's will, but born of God.  (John 1:9-13, NIV)

4. Misunderstood and distrusted by the crowds.

Among the crowds there was widespread whispering about him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others replied, "No, he deceives the people." But no one would say anything publicly about him for fear of the leaders. (John 7:12–13, NIV)

5. The one despised and rejected, who gave his life to save sinners.

Therefore Jesus told them, "My time is not yet here; for you any time will do. (John 7:6, NIV)

You go to the festival. I am not going up to this festival, because my time has not yet fully come." (John 7:8, NIV)

Jesus replied, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.  Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds. (John 12:23-24, NIV)

3 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.  4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.  5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. (Isa. 53:3-5, NIV)

The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; the LORD has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes. (Psalm 118:22-23, NIV)

17 Jesus looked directly at them and asked, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: "'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'?  18 Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; anyone on whom it falls will be crushed."  19 The teachers of the law and the chief priests looked for a way to arrest him immediately, because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people. (Lk. 20:17-19, NIV)

Jesus is "'the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.' Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:11-12, NIV)

Main Idea: The most misunderstood and rejected person in the history of the world is the Son of God and only Savior that this world will ever have.