WEDNESDAY, June 18th, 2008

Hey everyone! Today Is Wednesday. I Hope that you will be in church tonight!

A Few Thoughts From Yesterday:
Brooke: Hey! Great application with the verse "He must Increase, I Must Decrease"! I am glad that you remembered that!
Amy: No that video is not Real! When are you going to be back in town? I am not sure if you still qualify, I need to look it up: Call Me!
Jessica M: How is Volley Ball Practice going every morning at the "Crack of Dawn"!!
Cary: Good to see you being faithful on here! Now: Where is Tyler?!?!
Rachel: I am/ Will be/ Was Glad that you told/ will tell us that Ryan Was/ Would Be/ Will Be Doing His Devotions! :) Silly Girl!
Kacey: Hey Girl! Good to see you! We missed you on Sunday!

John 7:25-36
25 Now some of them from Jerusalem said, “Is this not He whom they seek to kill?
26 But look! He speaks boldly, and they say nothing to Him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is truly the Christ?
27 However, we know where this Man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where He is from.”
28 Then Jesus cried out, as He taught in the temple, saying, “You both know Me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know.
29 But I know Him, for I am from Him, and He sent Me.”
30 Therefore they sought to take Him; but no one laid a hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come.
31 And many of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do more signs than these which this Man has done?”
32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him.
33 Then Jesus said to them, “I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me.
34 You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come.”
35 Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
36 What is this thing that He said, ‘You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

I dont know what you think, but it sure seems like these people are awful blood thirsty. I mean Jesus comes in to town, heals some people, teaches in the temple and now half the city wants Him dead. Sometimes I think to myself, If I were there, then I would not have crucified Him, but the truth is that any of us in that same situation would have crucified Him. The truth is that every time we sin, that sin is what He had to go to the cross for! He died to save us from the consequences of each sin we commit! I am so thankful that He did pay our sin debt!

I imagine that when John was writing this passage He wanted us to get a vantage point of everything going on there in the streets. Verses 25-27 show us a group of skeptics (unbelievers) who are talking amongst themselves discussing why this cannot be the Christ. They say that He cannot be the Christ because they know where he came from... Did they?
Next In verses 28-29 we see what Christ is teaching: He is teaching about EXACTLY what that group of skeptics needed to hear... They said they knew where he was from. He says to them... Yes, you know where I am from, but do you know who sent me?

I think it is so cool How God speaks to me right where I am at about exactly what I am going through. He did that same thing here on the street.

Next John explains to us in verse 30 that the Jews were now ready to kill Jesus. So they went to try to capture Him, but... they couldnt.

In verse 31 we see from the vantage point of Some believers standing in the crowd watching... They say: Do you really think that the messiah will do more miracles than this man has done? There you go! These people are thinking logically. They see the works of the Lord and they believe!

I will close with these thoughts... there are many different vantage points of Christ today: Some people believe, some dont. Some live like they believe, many dont. If you were to look at Christ on the street that day, would you have been a believer?or a skeptic?

Well today is no different in the matter of believing! Just as those believers were back then, we can be the same today... We must believe in Christ, and we MUST LIVE with actions the Prove our belief!

See You Tonight!!!