If God were your Father, ye would love Jesus

“If God were your Father, ye would love me”

It’s impossible to love the father without loving his only begotten son. Jesus said that these Pharisees’ father was the devil because they were trusting in the lie of the devil.

The apostle Paul warned us of the antichrist. Even he, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

The Truth Will Make You Free

“If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed”

Before we were saved, we were in bondage to sin, but now that we have been born again by the Spirit of the living God through the blood of Jesus Christ, we have been made free, not free to continue in sin, not free to do our own will, but free to do his will.

The apostle Paul said, “ But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us.”

Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) the apostle Peter said As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

The Light of Life

“he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life”

Jesus is the light of the world. Light represents truth. Darkness represents a lie. The Pharisees were not walking in truth. The truth was right in front of them, but they could not see nor hear the truth because they were trusting in themselves and their own righteousness. Paul, the apostle, dealt with these people, and this is what he said about them.

For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

The Woman Caught in Adultery

John 8:1-11

“he stooped down, and wrote on the ground”

An early morning Bible study with Jesus got interrupted by the Pharisees, who brought in the temple a woman that got caught in the act of adultery. But oh did they get a surprise! Instead of focusing on this woman’s sin, Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground, being convicted by their own conscience. They went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last. Jesus was not interested in broadcasting their sin. To others but to the very heart of the sinner Jesus taught, “Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”

Where are those, thine accusers? Hath no man condemned thee? She said, “ No man, Lord.” And Jesus said unto her, “ Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.”

For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

Division Among the People

John 7:40-52

“So there was a division among the people because of him”

Can I say there’s still divisions today because of a lack of understanding of who Jesus really is John said Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world Peter said Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God Thomas said thou art my Lord and God the centurion said Truly this man was the Son of God. Human reasoning and religion will blind you from seeing who Jesus really is. The apostle Paul said the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Rivers of Living Water

John 7:37-39

Just as Jesus spoke, anJeremiah prophesied, therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. Praise God it happened the outpouring of the Holy Ghost upon the Jews in Acts chapter 2 upon the Samaritans in Acts chapter 8, and also upon the Gentiles in Acts chapter 10 just as Moses smote the rock and water came out. Jesus was crucified, and now we have the Holy Ghost living in us. The apostle Paul said, “ What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Officers Sent to Arrest Jesus

“the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him”

They sent officers to arrest Jesus Why, what did he do? He was righteous, holy, just, merciful, kind, went about doing good, healing all manner of diseases, and daily teaching in the temple. They didn’t know where Jesus came from, and they didn’t know where he was going because they were blind, and their hearts were hard. Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.

Questions in the temple

“Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?

Questions in the temple, whether Jesus was the Messiah, it all boiled down to the works that Jesus did. Will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done? Not only the miracles, but the gracious words that he spoke and the compassion that he had for sinners that they would repent of their sin and turn to God.