The Last Question

John 7:19-25

The Last Question 

Judge with right judgment (John 7:24)

The Law condemns and trusting in it makes one a

A. Jesus does not forbid judgment

B. Jesus actually insists that we make judgments

C. What at first may appear to be right isn’t always right — the need for  

Matthew 7:1

“we purpose to watch over one another in brotherly love, to remember one another in prayer, to help one another in sickness and distress, to cultivate Christian compassion and courtesy, and admonish and entreat one another as an occasion may require.” ~ Church Membership Covenant

One does not see the rightly in their brother’s eye until they recognize the in their own eye

The Log in one’s eye clouds

Question 1: Is not this the man whom they seek to kill?

Question 2: Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ?

The people hearing Jesus are him: Is he the Messiah or not?

The reasoning of the crowd: This cannot be the Christ because where he comes from

Rabbinic tradition: The Messiah would be until he came on the scene to redeem Israel 

John 9:24ff

In John 9 — It is argued that Jesus is not the Christ because they do not him

According to the Atheist Alliance, Christianity is false because:

a. There is no evidence prayer works — there is a lot of people that would disagree

b. There is clear evidence Christians event gods

c. Clear evidence that religion and gods are propagated through culture by infecting children

d. People on this planet have unequal access to Christianity and billions will go to hell if it is true

e. The Bible contains errors that we would expect from those in the iron age, not the God of the universe.

f. Christian theology is absurd

g. Christianity has changed over time

h. All arguments for God are flawed

The problem is that these are not and have not been drawn by the Father (John 3 and John 6).

2 Corinthians 4:4 – the God of this world has unbelievers and they do not even see the truth of the gospel

People will not see the truth of the gospel unless the Spirit acts

When people reject the gospel we:

a. Don’t up on them

b. Continue to love them and share the with them

c. We that the Lord would be gracious to them and remove the spiritual blinders that are keeping them from seeing the truth.

As Jesus preaches there are those who seek to him and those who him to be the Christ.

The Spirit of God uses the of God as he redeems sinful humanity 

1 Peter 1:23

The last question comes after these have new — they come to see Jesus as the Christ (it all starts to make sense)

Two Implications:

A.

B.