{"id":126,"date":"2022-02-16T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=126&2022"},"modified":"2022-02-14T17:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T00:00:16","slug":"seeking-gods-glory-john-7-10-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/seeking-gods-glory-john-7-10-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeking God&#8217;s Glory: John 7:10-24"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: John 7:10-24 (NASB)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\" style=\"display: none;\"><p><sup>10<\/sup>\u00a0But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret. <sup>11<\/sup>\u00a0So the Jews were seeking Him at the feast and were saying, &#8220;Where is He?&#8221; <sup>12<\/sup>\u00a0There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; some were saying, &#8220;He is a good man&#8221;; others were saying, &#8220;No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray.&#8221; <sup>13<\/sup>\u00a0Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for fear of the Jews. <\/p><p><sup>14<\/sup>\u00a0But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and <em>began to<\/em> teach. <sup>15<\/sup>\u00a0The Jews then were astonished, saying, &#8220;How has this man become learned, having never been educated?&#8221; <sup>16<\/sup>\u00a0So Jesus answered them and said, <span class=\"red-letter\">&#8220;My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.<\/span> <sup>17<\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"red-letter\">If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or <em>whether<\/em> I speak from Myself.<\/span> <sup>18<\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"red-letter\">He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.<\/span> <\/p><p><sup>19<\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"red-letter\">&#8220;Did not Moses give you the Law, and <em>yet<\/em> none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?&#8221;<\/span> <sup>20<\/sup>\u00a0The crowd answered, &#8220;You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?&#8221; <sup>21<\/sup>\u00a0Jesus answered them, <span class=\"red-letter\">&#8220;I did one deed, and you all marvel.<\/span> <sup>22<\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"red-letter\">For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on <em>the<\/em> Sabbath you circumcise a man.<\/span> <sup>23<\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"red-letter\">If a man receives circumcision on <em>the<\/em> Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on <em>the<\/em> Sabbath?<\/span> <sup>24<\/sup>\u00a0<span class=\"red-letter\">Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment.&#8221;<\/span> <\/p><p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=john 7:10-24&amp;version=NASB\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">John 7:10-24<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>During one of the conversations Jesus has, He shares something that I find incredibly profound and powerful. In verse 18, Jesus shares, <strong>\u201cHe who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Jesus is talking about Himself, and how He came to glorify God to humanity. He is taking the role of an ambassador <em>(someone who goes to a foreign country and represents the leaders in the home country)<\/em> and as an ambassador, His purpose is to direct the glory to God and not on Himself. <\/p>\r\n<p>This paints an interesting idea if we broaden the idea from being exclusively on Jesus to focusing on God\u2019s church. If we are truly being disciples of Jesus, we will be focused on giving God the glory, because He is who sent us, just as He sent Jesus. If we are seeking our own glory, then we are speaking for ourselves and there may be unrighteousness in us.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Giving God the glory\u2014<em>all the glory<\/em>\u2014is what we have been called to do as ambassadors of God\u2019s Kingdom.<\/strong> Giving God all the glory will guard against pride creeping into our lives. Pride comes when we seek our own glory, and according to this verse, seeking our own glory comes alongside speaking from ourselves\u2014which is also counter to the nature of Jesus.<\/p>\r\n<p>When we give God the glory He deserves <em>(which is all of it if you are honest with yourself)<\/em>, God will hold up the closing phrase in this verse and work to cleanse you from your unrighteousness. This is what scholars call \u201csanctification\u201d, and it is the work of God cleansing your life, throughout the span of your life, as you continually grow closer and closer to Him. <strong>Giving God the glory\u2014<em>all the glory<\/em>\u2014leads to a sanctified life with God!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--126\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, <a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/\" title=\"Check out Reflective Bible Study!\">click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p><p><em><a class=\"underline\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onClick=\"rbs_aj_inline_subscribe(this, '126');\">Subscribe<\/a> to this blog and never miss an insight.<\/em><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During one of the conversations Jesus has, He shares something that I find incredibly profound and powerful. 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