{"id":2883,"date":"2021-10-01T11:38:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T19:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2883"},"modified":"2021-10-01T11:38:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T19:38:46","slug":"devotion-john-732-39-the-difference-of-the-gospel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2883","title":{"rendered":"Devotion John 7:32-39 The Difference Of The Gospel"},"content":{"rendered":"

John 7:32-39\u00a0<\/b>–\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>\u00a0\u00a0<\/sup><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/sup><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/sup><\/b>The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent\u00a0officers to\u00a0arrest Him.\u00a033\u00a0Therefore Jesus said,\u00a0\u201cFor a little while longer I am\u00a0going to be\u00a0with you, and\u00a0then\u00a0I am going to Him who sent Me.\u00a034\u00a0You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.\u201d\u00a035\u00a0The Jews then said to one another, \u201cWhere does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He does not intend to go to\u00a0the Dispersion among\u00a0the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, does He?\u00a036\u00a0What is this statement that He said,\u00a0\u2018You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come\u2019?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/i>37\u00a0Now on\u00a0the last day, the great\u00a0day\u00a0of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying,\u00a0\u201cIf anyone is thirsty,\u00a0let him come to Me and drink.\u00a038\u00a0The one who believes in Me,\u00a0as the Scripture said, \u2018From his innermost being will flow rivers of\u00a0living water.\u2019\u201d\u00a039\u00a0But this He said\u00a0in reference to the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for\u00a0the Spirit was not yet\u00a0given, because Jesus was not yet\u00a0glorified.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent\u00a0officers to\u00a0arrest Him.<\/i>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0The Jewish authorities had known Jesus was gaining in followers.\u00a0\u00a0They had warned against following Him, against believing His claims.\u00a0\u00a0But more and more people came to belief in Him.\u00a0\u00a0Now, at the Festival of Booths even more were coming to Him and believing, and sharing in whispered tones lest the Jewish authorities arrest and ex-communicate Him. The authorities sent officers to arrest Him.\u00a0\u00a0It is not that they were concerned for the people, but for their own power. But what of the police, how will they respond.<\/p>\n

In the midst of a war, if a soldier was ordered to fire upon orphans huddled in a corner, we would condemn not only his commanding officer, but also the soldier for doing something so morally depraved, even under orders.\u00a0\u00a0There are very few reasons a soldier should disobey his commanding officer, but certainly something like this would be a time to do so.\u00a0\u00a0To save innocent lives should cause every person in uniform to resist an evil authority.\u00a0\u00a0A righteous person should resist evil commands.\u00a0\u00a0That is the soldier\u2019s command from the highest authority, from God Himself, because most importantly all people ultimately answer to God.\u00a0\u00a0And not only should soldiers respond to God rather than man, but every soul that ever lived also should.\u00a0\u00a0What if, in all history, every person who was commanded to do evil resisted the command or law?\u00a0\u00a0How would our history be different?\u00a0\u00a0Go back through history. What if when an evil command was roared with a threat it had always been rebuffed by a righteous return roar of refusal?\u00a0\u00a0We would have a different world.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore Jesus said,\u00a0\u201cFor a little while longer I am\u00a0going to be\u00a0with you, and\u00a0then\u00a0I am going to Him who sent Me.\u00a034\u00a0You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0We, with the promised Holy Spirit within, clearly understand what Jesus was talking about.\u00a0\u00a0We see what those who do not have the Holy Spirit cannot see.\u00a0\u00a0We understand the meaning of what the unendowed cannot. They could not see or find him because they seek him from their own resolve and strength.\u00a0\u00a0We see Him and find Him because we seek not using our resolve and strength but because we lean entirely on Him to guide and teach us.<\/p>\n

\u201c35\u00a0The Jews then said to one another, \u201cWhere does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He does not intend to go to\u00a0the Dispersion among\u00a0the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, does He?\u00a036\u00a0What is this statement that He said,\u00a0\u2018You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come\u2019?\u201d<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0Again, man cannot know the things of God unless received from Him.\u00a0\u00a0They wondered if Jesus would go out into the places that the Jews fled to during the dispersion and teach to the Jews and the Greeks (non-Jews) there.\u00a0\u00a0No, Jesus Himself would not but His disciples would, under the power of the Spirit, and they change the future of the world.\u00a0\u00a0These authorities sought to understand the spiritual from a worldly position.\u00a0\u00a0It will not happen.<\/p>\n

\u201c37\u00a0Now on\u00a0the last day, the great\u00a0day\u00a0of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying,\u00a0\u201cIf anyone is thirsty,\u00a0let him come to Me and drink.\u00a038\u00a0The one who believes in Me,\u00a0as the Scripture said, \u2018From his innermost being will flow rivers of\u00a0living water.\u2019\u201d\u00a039\u00a0But this He said\u00a0in reference to the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for\u00a0the Spirit was not yet\u00a0given, because Jesus was not yet\u00a0glorified.<\/i>\u201d During the Feast of Booths there was ritual that had been performed for at least a couple of hundred years in which water from the Pools of Siloam would be poured out to signify the coming of the Messiah and His Spirit.\u00a0\u00a0This was done the first seven days of the festival.\u00a0\u00a0On the eighth day, the final day, it was not done.\u00a0\u00a0It was to show that this day of the pouring out of the Spirit had not come.\u00a0\u00a0The day they longed for had not yet come.\u00a0\u00a0So it is sad that they did not understand the significance of Jesus giving them this proclamation on this day. It was yet another informing of them that their Messiah had come and Jesus was He.\u00a0\u00a0The words are clear for those with eyes to see and those with the eyes to see, ears to understand, and mind to receive are those who have the heart to believe the words of Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0From Jesus flows living water because only He is the way ordained by God to Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0(John 14:6<\/b>)<\/p>\n

Then, at that time, the Spirit was not yet poured out to them because that would only happen after Jesus had died and risen.\u00a0\u00a0But for us, Jesus has risen.\u00a0\u00a0We can know.\u00a0\u00a0We can drink water that gives eternal life.\u00a0\u00a0We can eat the flesh and drink the blood of Jesus.\u00a0\u00a0We can take up the cross that all believers are called to do, that all must do.\u00a0\u00a0We can know and love Him who first knew and loved us.\u00a0\u00a0What a glorious advantage the Gospel is.\u00a0\u00a0Family and Friends, let\u2019s be sure we all know the one true Gospel and that we cling to it as if our lives depend upon it, because they do.\u00a0\u00a0Thank you Jesus!\u00a0\u00a0Thank you God!\u00a0\u00a0Praise God!<\/p>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/i><\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will Hear\u00a0me.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has\u00a0shown you, Oh man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; and what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of you, but\u00a0to do justly, to love\u00a0mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.<\/i><\/p>\n

Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0The\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

John 7:32-39\u00a0–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent\u00a0officers to\u00a0arrest Him.\u00a033\u00a0Therefore Jesus said,\u00a0\u201cFor a little while longer I am\u00a0going to be\u00a0with you, and\u00a0then\u00a0I am going to Him who sent Me.\u00a034\u00a0You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.\u201d\u00a035\u00a0The…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[100,94,1874,17],"class_list":["post-2883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-john","tag-micah","tag-numbers","tag-psalm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2883"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2884,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2883\/revisions\/2884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}