John
7:25-44
25 At that
point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask,
“Isn’t
this the man they are trying to Kill?
26 Here He
is, speaking publicly,
And they are
not saying a word to Him.
Have the
authorities really concluded that He is the Christ?
27 But we
know where this man is from;
When the
Christ comes,
No one will
know where He is from.”
28 Then
Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out,
'YES, YOU
KNOW ME,
AND YOU
KNOW WHERE I AM FROM.
I AM NOT
HERE ON MY OWN,
BUT HE WHO
SENT ME IS TRUE.
YOU DO NOT
KNOW HIM
BECAUSE I
AM FROM HIM AND HE SENT ME.'
30 At this
they tried to seize Him,
But no one
laid a hand on Him,
BECAUSE
HIS TIME HAD NOT YET COME.
31 Still,
many in the crowd put their faith in him.
They said,
'When the Christ comes,
Will he do
more miraculous signs than this man?'
The Pharisees
heard the crowd
Whispering
such things about Him.
Then the
Chief Priests and the Pharisees
Sent Temple
guards to arrest Him.
33 Jesus
said, 'I am with you for only a short time,
And then I
will go to the One Who sent Me.
34 You will
look for Me, but you will not find Me;
AND WHERE
I AM, YOU CANNOT COME.'
35 The Jews
said to one another,
'Where does
this man intend to go
That we
cannot find Him?
Will He go
where our people live
Scattered
among the Greeks,
And teach the
Greeks?
36 What did
He mean when He said,
‘You will
look for Me, but you will not find Me,’
And ’Where
I am, you cannot come’?
37 On the
Last and Greatest Day of the Feast,
Jesus stood
and said in a loud voice,
'IF A MAN
IS THIRSTY,
LET HIM
COME TO ME AND DRINK.
38 WHOEVER
BELIEVES IN ME,
AS THE
SCRIPTURE HAS SAID,
STREAMS OF
LIVING WATER
WILL FLOW
FROM WITHIN HIM.'
39 By this He
meant the Spirit,
Whom those
who believed in Him were later to receive.
Up to that
time the Spirit had not been given,
Since Jesus
had not yet been Glorified.
40 On hearing
His words, some of the people said,
'Surely this
man is the Prophet.'
41 Others
said, 'He is the Christ.'
Still others
asked,
'How can the
Christ come from Galilee'
42 Does not
the Scripture say
That the
Christ will come from David's family
And from
Bethlehem, the town where David lived?'
43 Thus the
people were divided because of Jesus.
44 Some
wanted to seize Him,
BUT NO ONE
LAID A HAND ON HIM.
(John
7:25-44)
Today, the
Whole World denies
That Jesus
is the Christ of God,
Just as the
Jews in the time of Jesus did.
Only those
whose names are written
In the Lamb's
Book of LIFE
Acknowledge
that Jesus is the Christ.
It is Christ
Jesus Who offers all who are Thirsty,
Living Water
to drink,
That will
flow within them unto Eternal LIFE.
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