John 7:40-43 KJV
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
So there was a division among the people because of him.
The division was here caused because some assumed they knew the truth, but did not. They knew the Bible said the Christ should come from Bethlehem, but they did not know that Jesus was born there. Their reasoning rather than faith caused division, and worse, it was the reason they would not be able to go where Jesus was about to go; heaven (read verses 33-36)
Nowhere does the Bible say Jesus ever attempted to defend His position as the Christ by saying He was born in Bethlehem, or that His mother was a virgin, or that He met the requirements of Davidic lineage. Instead, Jesus appealed to the Word of God, to the testimony of John the Baptist and the Holy Spirit, and to His works. Then He simply trusted His Father to give Him those whom the Father would (consider John 6:37-39, 44-45, 65)
Those who believed because they believed Jesus’ works were the ones who were in the right here and the ones who were saved and would get to follow Jesus into heaven.
I wonder how many people cause divisions in the work of God or refuse to be saved because they think they know the truth, but have not fully searched out a matter?
I wonder how many cause divisions or refuse to be saved because they insist on understanding all the "facts" rather than by faith believing the witness of those who have told them about Christ and of the Holy Spirit's still small voice within them?
Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
So there was a division among the people because of him.
The division was here caused because some assumed they knew the truth, but did not. They knew the Bible said the Christ should come from Bethlehem, but they did not know that Jesus was born there. Their reasoning rather than faith caused division, and worse, it was the reason they would not be able to go where Jesus was about to go; heaven (read verses 33-36)
Nowhere does the Bible say Jesus ever attempted to defend His position as the Christ by saying He was born in Bethlehem, or that His mother was a virgin, or that He met the requirements of Davidic lineage. Instead, Jesus appealed to the Word of God, to the testimony of John the Baptist and the Holy Spirit, and to His works. Then He simply trusted His Father to give Him those whom the Father would (consider John 6:37-39, 44-45, 65)
Those who believed because they believed Jesus’ works were the ones who were in the right here and the ones who were saved and would get to follow Jesus into heaven.
I wonder how many people cause divisions in the work of God or refuse to be saved because they think they know the truth, but have not fully searched out a matter?
I wonder how many cause divisions or refuse to be saved because they insist on understanding all the "facts" rather than by faith believing the witness of those who have told them about Christ and of the Holy Spirit's still small voice within them?
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