WHAT TIME IS IT GOSPEL OF JOHN LESSon #39Sermon Notes |
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Date of Sermon: October 15, 2023
Main Idea: Use of time should be determined by God’s will Key Verse: “Jesus said to them, ‘My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.” John 7:6 Bible reading: 7:1 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because the Jews were seeking to kill him. 2 Now the Jews' Feast of Booths was at hand. 3 So his brothers said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. 4 For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.” 5 For not even his brothers believed in him. 6 Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here. 7 The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify about it that its works are evil. 8 You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.” 9 After saying this, he remained in Galilee. 10 But after his brothers had gone up to the feast, then he also went up, not publicly but in private. Outline: I. Time and Human Decisions (1-5) A. Feast of Booths forces a decision (1-2) B. Jesus’ brother’s advice (3-4) C. A human point of view (5) II. Time and God’s Will (6-10) A. God’s timing versus man’s timing (6) B. God’s timing protects from the world’s hate (7) C. God’s timing is set (8) D. God’s timing must be sought and obeyed (9-10) |