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Finding Jesus

by Rev. Kirby Williams

The essential distinction between seeking Jesus and finding Him!

Text: John 7:30-36
Date: 04/23/2017, the Traditional service.
Series: "John: Encountering Love" Part 52

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As the opposition to Jesus and His teaching continues to mount, the religious leaders of Jerusalem take their first actual steps to arrest Him. They muster the Temple guards in fear that Jesus' teaching is taking hold and people are beginning to believe in Him. In a tense scene rich with drama and irony, Jesus reveals the disturbing truth that many who seek Him will not find Him. We will explore the various levels on which His words can be interpreted, and in the process discover that the same principles apply to the secret of "finding" Jesus that govern the sanctified judgments we have learned glorify God. In other words, we will find Him when we search for Him with a "whole heart", a will that is obedient to the will of God, and a mind that is captive to that will. Ultimately we will re-affirm that a regenerate heart redeemed at the Cross is the key to truly "finding Jesus".


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I. Introduction
II. Exposition of the text, John 7:30-36.
A. Context
B. Opposition to Jesus' teaching, vs. 30-32.
1. Saved by "the hour", vs. 30.
2. Cause for alarm, vs. 31.
a. A timid belief, John 10:38.
b. The "hour" for belief.
3. The opposition grows, vs. 32.
a. An unholy alliance.
b. An environment of fear, John 7:13.
c. A "high-level" meeting.
C. Seeking but not finding, vs. 33-36.
1. Revealing an impending departure, vs. 33.
a. Establishing the audience.
b. The nature of the departure.
2. The physical interpretation, vs. 34.
a. Predicting His death.
b. An exclusive destination.
3. An ironic "prophecy", vs. 35.
4. An extraordinary repetition, vs. 36.
D. A deeper interpretation.
1. What the believers hear, John 7:29, 14:2,3.
2. What the unbelievers hear, Jer. 29:13, John 7:28,8:21,14:6 Amos 8:11-12.
III. Application
IV. Conclusion, Isa. 55:6.

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