Sunday Morning - September 8, 1996
Text: John 7:1-9 "After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he
would not walk in Jewry [JUDEA], because the Jews sought to kill him.
2. Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
3. His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart
hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples [THAT LEFT YOU] also may see the
works that thou doest. 4. For there is no man that doeth
any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do
these things, show thyself to the world.
Proverbs 11:14 "Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety."
Proverbs 19:21 "There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand."
Proverbs 21:30 "There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD."
Matthew 4:5-6 "Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6. And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone."
Mark 8:33 "But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men."
Luke 16:15 "...that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God."
5. For neither did his brethren believe in him. 6. Then
Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your [HIS BROTHERS]
time is alway ready. 7. The world cannot hate you [HIS BROTHERS];
but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
8. Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast:
for my time is not yet full come. 9. When he had said these words unto
them, he abode still in Galilee."
JESUS WAS GOING
Deuteronomy 16:16 "Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread [Passover}, and in the feast of weeks [Pentecost], and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:"
NOT WITH HIS BROTHERS
John 7:10 "But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret."
John 7:1 "After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him."
John 6:59 "These things said he in the synagogue, as he
taught in Capernaum."
John 4:44-45 "For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no
honour in his own country. 45. Then when he was come
into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things
that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast."
Possibly Passover? John 2:23
John 7:1 "After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he
would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought
to kill him."
Matthew 10:14 "And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet."
Matthew 10:23 "But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come."
Matthew 13:10-11 "And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why
speakest thou unto them in parables? 11. He answered and said unto
them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom
of heaven, but to them it is not given."
Ezekiel 12:2 "Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a
rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not;
they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a
rebellious house."
John 9:39 "And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind."
Mark 4:11-12 "And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: 12. That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them."
Matthew 13:1 "The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat
by the sea side."
Mark 4:11 "And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:"
Matthew 7:6 "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither
cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their
feet, and turn again and rend you."
Matthew 15:24-27 "But he answered
and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25.
Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26. But he
answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and cast
it to dogs. 27. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs
eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
Colossians 4:5-6 "Walk in wisdom
toward them that are without, redeeming the time. 6. Let your
speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye
ought to answer every man."
Revelation 22:14-16 "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. 15. For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. 16. I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star."