JOHN 7-
John 7:45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and
Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
John 7:46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
https://youtu.be/VCiSt4e8YTs John 7
COP SHOOTING [video links below]
Over the last 2 days I have watched the footage and reporting of
the shooting in Dallas.
Many of the initial reports said there were multiple snipers [as a
matter of fact- I just heard this again- on radio- about an hour before you
read this- 7-9-16] I mention this on the videos- I realize that initial reporting
does get things wrong- and I’m not getting conspiratorial- but there were many reports
about multiple snipers.
There were some media claims that a radical group claimed responsibility
and that they called for more shootings.
Obviously this would be bad- yet no ‘main line’ media outlet
mentioned it.
So- like in other tragic events- at times we want the public to
not get too alarmed- and at times the media has not told us the whole story.
It also seems surreal to hear about a shooting in Dallas- and some
saying there was more than 'one sniper’ and others refuting it- it hearkens back
to the days of the Kennedy assassination.
The killer was killed [ok]
with a bomb- used by a robot- by the police.
Obviously I’m not against killing the gunmen- but the danger of
possibly mistaking this as a terrorist act [because of all the other shootings]
it would be easy for a conspiracy group to say he was a suicide bomber- who
blew himself up.
If the robot bomb was the best- or only way to do the job- fine.
It just seemed strange- and opens up the possibility of conspiracy
[like groups saying it was a suicide bomber- and the government wants to cover
it up]
All in all- please pray for the families of the victims- both the
Black people who were killed by cops- and the White cops who were targeted by a
Black man.
Yes- both are wrong- and we should not be too politically correct
to avoid using these descriptions- on both sides.
https://youtu.be/cqUuyNojBFQ Cop shooting [my link]
https://youtu.be/Sh2X2RIUuss Update- Cop shooting [my link]
Below are the links to the story of the local girl who has
been missing-
http://www.kristv.com/story/32401266/missing-woman-found-dead-in-mathis she’s dead. I’ve been commenting on this
local case. 3 women in the last few
months.
[more news links at
bottom]
ON VIDEOS-
.The ‘biblical’ secret- of Golf?
.Prayer as medicine
.Black preachers- bear your Cross- and speak out against Black
injustice
.My prophetic train dream
.EWTN
.Crossing the Tiber- what does that mean?
.Why did the cops get shot?
.Light illuminates the mysteries in the room- don’t get
fixated on ‘the light’ [your gift]
.Are you a professional speaker- what did Jesus say?
.Catholic train dream
.Did Hobby Lobby get the first scientists right?
.Were they really trying to kill Jesus?
.What happens if you don’t stay on script?
MY LINKS FOR TODAYS VIDEO-
MY LINKS ON JOHN-
PAST POSTS [verses below]
The Iliad and Odyssey [Homer]
I want to cover some of the classics of
Western Literature- when I do the philosophy and science stuff- the purpose is
to show how God- and ‘religion’ are an inescapable thread that we see all thru
out history- and in fact- the rise of what we call ‘intellectualism’ did indeed
come from the Judaic/Christian tradition [for instance- the modern day
university system did come from the Church].
Ok- lets start with what most
believe to be the greatest work from antiquity- outside of the bible.
These are 2 poems by Homer- the
Iliad and Odyssey.
These poems were written in the 8th
century BCE- and cover the Trojan war- which most believe was a real war- that
took place in the 12th-13th century BCE.
In Homers works we read about
this epic battle.
The war starts with- once again-
a ‘woman’ issue.
Prince Paris of Troy steals Helen
of Greece- from her husband King Menelaus [king of Sparta].
The Greeks- led by Achilles- lay
siege to Troy.
In Homers telling of the event-
the Greeks are actually defending the honor of marriage- and are carrying out a
just retribution against an unjust act.
Sort of the same themes we read
in scripture- when the sons of Jacob defended the honor of their sister Dinah-
when she was treated unjustly by the pagan nation that took her- forcefully- to
be the wife of a kings son.
The brothers meted out justice-
by tricking these pagans to get circumcised- then- while recovering ‘from
surgery’- the sons went in and wiped out the city- to their fathers dismay!
In the story- Achilles is a
warrior- who displays extreme violence- and also the human traits of a man who
acts out of selfish motives.
At one point in the war- he
removes himself from battle- because he feels his honor was betrayed.
The only thing that brings him
back is the killing of his close friend Patroclus- by Hector.
Achilles leads the Greeks to victory-
and reflects the struggle between living a long life- or dying young- yet dying
for a just cause.
One of the more famous quotes
form Homer’s Poems- attributed to Achilles- is ‘I carry 2 sorts of destiny to
the day of my death. Either, if I stay here and fight beside the city of the
Trojans, my return home is gone, but my glory shall be everlasting; but if I
return home to the beloved land of my fathers, the excellence of my glory is
gone, but there will be a long life- left for me, and my end in death will not
come to me quickly.’
There has been some debate over
the historicity of the war itself.
Some scholars believe it was Myth
[I’ll get to this in a moment].
That is- they believe the war
itself was not true- but a sort of Oral Tradition- that encompasses the reality
of the human condition- and that Homers Poems are simply mythological ways to
reveal the true condition of man.
Yet- much like the debate that
took place in the 19th century German universities- over the ‘Myth’
of the bible- later on- the rise of what we now call Archaeology [because of
the Industrial revolution- a new field arose- men started digging up the
ground- for the primary purpose of extracting materials from the earth- and at
this time we also discovered ‘lost worlds’- that is we could actually trace
cities and lands that were once deemed fake].
So- as with Homers Troy- and
bible lands- these archaeologists did indeed find Cities that matched the
stories.
In 1870 the German Archaeologist
Schliemann discovered remains that seemed to find the city of Troy- the area is
known today as modern day Turkey.
This same thing happened with the
bible- we did indeed find historical evidence that seemed to back up the historicity
of the stories we find in the bible.
As a matter of fact- a famous
doubter of the bible embarked on a search- to prove the bible was ‘myth’ yet-
after researching carefully the historical names and places we read about in
the book of Acts- he came to believe that the book of Acts- written by both an
historian and doctor [Luke] was the most historically accurate writing that
came from the first century [Acts has lots of names of political figures- court
proceedings- stuff like that- and when doing research like this- it is quite
easy to debunk the historical reality of a fake work- but- when these names and
places were researched- from actual historical records dating back to the first
century- it was amazing how the pieces fit].
The Trojan War is found in many
works of Greek literature- and art.
But the most comprehensive
account comes from Homer’s 2 poems.
Now- in Homer’s poems there are
obvious references to Mythology- Goddesses- Golden apples- the Greek gods
intervening in the affairs of men.
So yeah- we see that there are
obvious mythological aspects to the work.
Yet- the ancient Geeks did indeed
believe the war itself was a real war that took place at around the 12th
century BCE.
Some believe that Homer never
actually wrote the poems- but that he told the stories- like Oral Tradition-
and they were later written down by others.
Sort of like the classic-
Paradise Lost- by John Milton. Milton was blind- and told the story to his
daughters [oral tradition] and the actual work was penned by those who heard
it.
Jesus himself used this method-
he never wrote a book- or letter in the New Testament- yet the gospels were
compiled by his men after his death.
We read about this when Luke [who
I mentioned above] gives the reason for his documenting stuff in the book of
Acts [read Acts chapter one].
Luke also wrote his gospel a few
years after the death and resurrection of Christ.
So- some believe the same thing
happened with Homer- those who heard him tell the story multiple times- simply
put it together later on.
Most scholars believe that Homer
did indeed write the poems- and that the famous Trojan War was a real
historical event.
Last year- when in North Bergen-
my atheist friend Daniel said he watched a PBS show- and he said ‘even a priest
said the bible was Myth’.
I explained to Daniel that when
the more liberal scholars use this term [like in the writings of Bultman] that
they do not mean ‘fake’- like Greek Mythology.
But they mean that some of the
stories in the gospels might be a compilation of the many Oral teachings of
Jesus- and they were put together as one story [some think the Sermon on the
Mount was actually multiple teachings Jesus did- and they were compiled into
one event].
Now- when I explained this to
Daniel- he said ‘see- even you believe it was Myth’.
I told Daniel that no- I do not
hold to this theory [not 100%] but that I was simply telling him that even
those who use the term Myth- when talking about Theology- they do not mean
Myth- as in fake.
So- I find it interesting that
both the New testament- and Homers poems- got the same scrutiny.
In these poems we do indeed see
the condition of man- which Homer depicts as one of constant war- not peace.
James 4:2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and
cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
James 4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye
may consume it upon your lusts.
Homers poems are considered by
some to be the beginning of the great works of Western literature- of which
there are many.
The great writer C.S. Lewis- who
rejected Christianity for many years- later became a believer.
He attributed his conversion to
the fact that he could not escape the reality of the Church- or Christian
themes- found in all the fields of study.
Whether it was the classics- or
history- philosophy.
He said every were he read-
studied- he could not escape this scarlet thread that ran thru out all the
fields of knowledge.
Yeah- in the end- his thirst for
knowledge- his intellectual search- led him to the Cross.
Jesus- in a way- was a 1st
century Achilles- he battled the forces of darkness- for the honor of a woman-
the Bride- the church.
He- Like Achilles- chose a just
death- for a just cause.
There’s a prophecy in the Old
Testament- it speaks of Christ ‘the zeal of thine house has eaten me up’.
Jesus was a righteous warrior- a
prophet, priest and king- and he had a zeal for the church- that far exceeded
anything we find in Homers poems.
.
Verses quoted on the video-
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. Isaiah
Zechariah 3:1 And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing
before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist
him.
Zechariah 3:2 And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee,
O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a
brand plucked out of the fire?
Zechariah 3:3 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and
stood before
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For the next 3-4 weeks I plan on covering the letter to the
Romans- written by the Apostle Paul- Below are excerpts from a commentary I
wrote years ago- try and read the book of Romans the next week or so.
Actually reading thru the bible- in context- is one of the
best habits you can develop.
Rome was the city of influence at the time of Paul- located
just east of the bend of the Tiber river- about 18 miles from the Mediterranean
Sea.
The letter to the Romans- would be read orally to both
Christians and Jews in the city- in the days of the writing of these letters
[which now make up our bible] they were living in an ‘oral’ culture- and the
letters were intended to be read aloud to those in the early Christian
communities [remember- you didn’t have books back then- like we have today- and
the mass production of writing/publishing did not yet exist].
So- Paul was a strategic thinker- and he penned this letter
hoping it would be a ‘shot in the dark’- that is the darkness of sinful man-
The letter to the Romans is the closest thing to a
systematic theology found in the New Testament.
Its impact in church history is great- John Chrysostom- the great
5ht century preacher- had it read aloud to him- once a week.
Saint Augustine attributes it to his radical conversion- the
story goes he heard some kids singing ‘take up and read’.
He picked up a copy of the letter to the Romans- and history
was changed.
Luther- the great 16th century reformer- was
teaching this letter- as a Catholic priest/scholar- out of Germany- when he
read ‘The just shall live by faith- therein is the righteousness of God
revealed’-
It lead to what we call today ‘The Protestant Reformation’.
A few hundred years later- the Great Methodist founder- John
Wesley- would say his heart was ‘strangely warmed’ while hearing a message at
Aldersgate- and it lead to his conversion- sure enough- the message was from
the letter to the church at Rome.
So- when the great Apostle sat down and penned this ‘arrow’-
hoping it to go forth and have great impact for the Kingdom of God- his hopes
were indeed realized.
Enjoy-
ROMANS 1: 1-16 many believe this letter to be Paul's best, I
wouldn’t disagree. The letters of the New Testament do not appear in
chronological order, some feel this to be a huge obstacle in understanding
scripture. I think it helps to know the times when Paul wrote the letters, but
this in itself doesn’t prevent us from learning scripture. Romans is addressed
to the church at Rome and is significant in that Paul did not ‘plant this
church’. Unlike the other letters of Paul, he is writing to the believers with
whom he had no strong prior relationship. He roots his gospel in the historical
facts of history and scripture. ‘The gospel of God that the prophets
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{1208}
yesterday I went to my daughter’s ranch house to work on her A.C., it was over
100 degrees in the direct sun. I thought I threw my tee shirt in the car, but
couldn’t find it. I worked in a long sleeve black shirt, wound up taking the
whole darn thing apart [in direct sun at noon!] and felt like I got some heat
exhaustion. So, it was in this environment that I finished [almost finished]
the book ‘why we love the church’, boy do I have some major disagreements with
Deyoung’s fundamental view of church. I think his view is very limited, I think
it’s unbiblical and I almost don’t want to recommend the book at this stage
[contrary to my earlier endorsement]. I was not sure if I should try and go
thru some quotes and refute them, this mode often turns into a ‘he said, you
say’ type of argument and usually does not convince either side. Let me simply
hit a few things; page 110 ‘I do appreciate church as staged drama’ [quoting
someone else] page 164 ‘the Body of Christ becomes visible to the world in the
congregation gathered around word and sacrament’ [quoting the great martyr
Bonhoeffer] 166 ‘you and your buddies who never ‘go to worship services’ are
under no ecclesiastical authority’ 168 ‘the office itself [pastor] is not to
blame’ then quotes Ephesians 4:11 to justify the modern office of ‘the pastor’,
and on pages 132-135 his overall view of the crusades, well I simply wrote
‘unbelievable!’ on the margins. I always found it untenable when someone quotes
the actual interaction between Paul and his first century ‘organic, communal,
mystical, house churches’ in order to justify the institutional church against
the ‘out of church’ church. Many learned scholars have looked at the term
‘pastor’ in Ephesians 4 and none of them [learned!] believe that this term
defines the later development of pastor as the head of a local congregation who
‘administers the sacraments to the people in the building on Sunday, the Lords
day’. Which reminds me of Deyoung's use of John ‘on the Lords day’ in the book
of Revelation. He believes John was speaking of Sunday ‘the Lords day’, this
term more than likely is speaking of the great dramatic view of revelation and
of course Jesus future coming as well as the whole period of conflicting
kingdoms and Jesus final great victory. ‘His day’ simply speaking of Jesus
victorious time period. Some see a set period of wrath as ‘the Lords day,’ to
see an early ‘Lords day’ as Sunday as church day from this verse is ridiculous.
And the overall argument that Deyoung makes about Christians ‘leaving church’
and trying to be Christians ‘without church’ is simply a huge blind spot of
Deyoung. He tries to say [or says] that because the word ‘church’ [ecclesia]
means assembly [true enough] that those groups who practice community without
‘church building, liturgy, offices, etc..’ are trying to ‘be the church without
the church’. Yet every single New Testament church in the bible, according to
Deyoung’s view, would be ‘the church without the church’. Needless to say I
disagree almost 100 percent with his view of what the Ecclesia is. This will
probably be my last entry on the book [unless the last chapter has some major
things that need to be addressed] Deyoung’s view of church is important for all
to see [emergents, out of church believers, etc.] it is probably the basic view
that most well meaning men would use to defend the traditional view. I believe
this view to be very limited and fundamentally disconnected from scripture and
the first century churches described in the bible. For the record, in a few
hours I will be ‘attending church’ at the mega church I attend here in Corpus.
I also appreciate the historic church tremendously, I agree with Deyoung [and
Kluck] on the bad attitude that many in the ‘out of church’ movement have
towards the historic church. I just think Deyoung went way over board in trying
to say that ‘the Sunday church meeting, in the church building, with the
liturgical sacraments being administered
by the ecclesiastical authorities’ is what church really is. I see this view to
be extremely limited and disconnected from the Ecclesia’s spoken about in
scripture. I simply believe Deyoung has got it wrong. [If you think this review
was too tough, just imagine if I wrote it yesterday with the heat exhaustion!]
Note- To be fair Deyoung does say that you can ‘have church’ without the
building, as long as you have the offices, liturgy, etc. Sort of like saying if
you move the entire Sunday liturgical drama into the basement, then yes you can
‘have church’ without the building. I simply disagree with his entire view of
‘having church’.
(1206) CASH FOR KLUNKERS AND KLUCK- Okay, I mentioned a few
weeks back about the cash for klunkers program, I thought it was a bad idea. A
day ago the govt. officially scrapped the plan. Dealers all over the country
were decrying
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(1242) Read a few chapters from
Brian McLaren’s ‘everything must change’ thought I’d comment. I like Brian’s
writing style, I agree with him on believers needing to be challenged to see
things differently, but I disagree on some of his ‘everything’s’. He challenges
the idea of objective thinking as defined as foundationalism. He explains well
the questioning of modern intellectuals after the world wars and Holocaust of
the 20th century. He shows how certain thinkers began looking for
answers to the problem of society’s failure as seen in these events. He also
shows how some blamed the events on ‘foundationalism’ which is a way of ‘seeing
things’ [epistemology] as defined by Rene Descartes. These thinkers diagnosed
the problem as society’s acceptance of absolutes, they felt that this led to an
‘overconfidence’ in right and wrong and this in turn allowed for these
atrocities to happen. Many modern thinkers would disagree with this conclusion.
I find it interesting that Brian makes some statements about Evolution that
seem to say he accepts the theory, but yet he fails to see the role that Social
Darwinism played as a precursor to the Holocaust. You could make the opposite
argument that it was the rejection of absolutes, and the rise of liberal
theology from the universities in Germany that led to these events. Many
scholars began questioning Gods truth and laid a foundation that said ‘we
really can’t trust Gods truth’ [or even know it]. To be honest these debates
are a little philosophical and I didn’t think Brian would go down this road,
but he does so I will deal with it. Many ‘post moderns’ believe that one of the
things that must change is the ‘old’ [what is termed modern] way of thinking.
These new thinkers assert that truth itself, as an absolute thing that people
can know for sure, is out of mans reach. They question the modern way of
thinking that teaches there are certain absolutes [preconceived ways of
thinking that everyone accepts]. These new thinkers say this ‘foundationalism’
is the problem. Did the enlightenment invent this mode of objectivism? No.
Thinkers from Aristotle to Aquinas to Descartes all approached thinking this
way. It was defined more clearly during the enlightenment period. But this is a
philosophical debate that goes on in these various camps. You have had very
smart people disagree on these things. The great theologian Karl Barth would
say you are not truly educated until you can ‘affirm both sides of an argument,
accept contradictory definitions of the same thing’ many believe this would
lead to lunacy! The two greatest theoretical physicists of the last century
also disagreed on this. Neils Bohr would say that you can have two
contradictory truths about a subject, and they could both be true, Einstein
disagreed. So these things have been around for a while, many of the eastern
religions teach the same [Zen]. So I would disagree with Brian on this, but do
agree with him on the need for believers to expand their concerns from simple
‘going to heaven when I die’ concerns, to social justice concerns in the
nations. He does give some good examples along these lines.
(1239)
CATHEDRAL OF THE MIND- I came across this phrase the other day while reading
some church history, I liked the idea that it expressed. These last few years I
have ‘weaned’ myself off of the standard preaching shows. But I have
watched/listened/read from theologians, both Catholic and Protestant [primarily
from the Reformed tradition]. I include Eastern Orthodoxy under the subtitle of
Catholic [though they would see it the other way around]. Now, the Christian
church has had a voice of justice to the nations for many centuries. The
Catholic Church gets credit for having a system in place that can speak
cohesively and with authority to the nations. The Protestant church has yet to
achieve this type of unity. But there are many noble scholars and teachers from
the Protestant tradition that the average Protestant is unfamiliar with. Most
of the preacher friends I know and have fellowshipped with over the years have
spent lots of time listening and learning from the popular media channels, the
books read and programs watched are for the most part modern success teachings.
Much of it is void of the gospel as seen in the New Testament. During the
Reformation you had a transition from the ‘church meeting’ that went from
sacrament/Eucharist as being the central theme of the meeting, to preaching/pulpit as becoming the center.
While this was a noble attempt to get the average church goer back to Gods
word, it also produced a passivity in the life of the average believer. He
became accustomed to thinking worship primarily consisted of going to a
building and hearing a lecture. So even though the ancient Mass had some
problems, the New Protestant church service had some of their own. Now, the
‘cathedral of the mind’- the manifold wisdom that exists in the intellectual
mind of the church is tremendous. But you really can’t access it unless you
read and learn from the classics. There is a verse that says ‘son, cease to
listen to the teaching that leads you astray’ the Christian needs to make a
conscious effort to ‘cease to listen’ to some stuff. Now I am not advocating
the boycotting of any contemporary preachers, but to truly become educated we
need to choose wisely. Many of the Catholic voices have tremendous wisdom, but
to listen to them you need to acquire a different type of ear. Father Groeschel
says listening to the Protestant sermon is often like trying to get a drink
from a fire hydrant. He doesn’t mean to offend, but I understand where he is
coming from. To listen to certain scholars you need to develop a new
intellectual capacity that contrasts the average way Protestants learn [the
preaching of the word]. I do believe there are important doctrinal differences
between Catholics and Protestants, that’s why I am still a Protestant. But many
times Protestants are misinformed on some of these things. Bishop Fulton Sheen
used to say ‘there are 10 thousand people who hate what they think is the
Catholic Church, only a few actually hate the church’ while he might be overstating
his case, I get his point. For the believer to truly understand why he
associates with either the Catholic [Orthodox] or Protestant wing of
Christianity, he first needs to develop an appetite for true learning, there
are many areas of knowledge and wisdom that the average believer needs to
become familiar with. God does not require all believers to become
intellectuals, but he does want us to love him with all of our hearts, souls,
minds and might. Do you love God with your mind?
(1238) PSLAMS 37- I have been meditating on this Psalm for
the past few days, it speaks to our day ‘fret not thyself because of evildoers,
for those who seem to prosper in what they are doing’. Recently we have had the
political storm over ACORN, the community group who has it’s hands in all types
of things. They actually have done some good in helping the poor, but the
conservatives finally got them! What do you expect when your
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VERSES-
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 7:2 Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand.
John 7:3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and
go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
John 7:4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and
he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to
the world.
John 7:5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
John 7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but
your time is alway ready.
John 7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I
testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
John 7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this
feast: for my time is not yet full come.
John 7:9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in
Galilee.
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 7:11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where
is he?
John 7:12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning
him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the
people.
John 7:13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
John 7:14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the
temple, and taught.
John 7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man
letters, having never learned?
John 7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine,
but his that sent me.
John 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the
doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
John 7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but
he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no
unrighteousness is in him.
John 7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you
keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
John 7:20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who
goeth about to kill thee?
John 7:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work,
and ye all marvel.
John 7:22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because
it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a
man.
John 7:23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that
the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made
a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge
righteous judgment.
John 7:25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he,
whom they seek to kill?
John 7:26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto
him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
John 7:27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ
cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
John 7:28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye
both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that
sent me is true, whom ye know not.
John 7:29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
John 7:30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on
him, because his hour was not yet come.
John 7:31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When
Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
John 7:32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things
concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take
him.
John 7:33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with
you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
John 7:34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am,
thither ye cannot come.
John 7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go,
that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles,
and teach the Gentiles?
John 7:36 What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall
seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
John 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus
stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
John 7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out
of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
John 7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that
believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because
that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
John 7:40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this
saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
John 7:41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall
Christ come out of Galilee?
John 7:42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the
seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
John 7:43 So there was a division among the people because of him.
John 7:44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid
hands on him.
John 7:45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and
Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
John 7:46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
John 7:47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
John 7:48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on
him?
John 7:49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
John 7:50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by
night, being one of them,)
John 7:51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know
what he doeth?
John 7:52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of
Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
John 7:53 And every man went unto his own house.
Psalm 61:2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Psalm 61:3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.
Psalm 61:4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
Psalm 61:5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
Psalm 61:6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.
Psalm 61:7 He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
Psalm 61:8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
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